Django: ‘WSGIRequest’ object has no attribute ‘user’
One of those “aw, crap” moments where everything was working fine one day and then you can’t get into the admin interface the next.
Python – Alternate standard-library implementation of NLTK concordance() that allows saving output
I need the functionality of NLTK’s concordance() for something I’m working on, but rather than struggle with not being able to download its components through corporate proxies, adding NLTK as a dependency to my project and still not being able to… Continue Reading
Python – Are Threads or Processes more appropriate for disk I/O-bound operations?
For a task which involves needing to reading and writing a lot of data to and from a lot of files, would threads or processes improve performance?
Django – Format JSON strings to be human-readable in Admin pages
I’m storing a JSON blob in a TextField and indexing these fields using Elasticsearch. Unfortunately my JSON strings show up as as an ugly single line when I look at the entries in the Admin panel.
Android – Google Hangouts messages received late, no notification, long delay
This is an easy one. I stopped using Google Hangouts a while ago since messages I was receiving weren’t triggering any notifications, and I had to turn on the phone and manually check for new messages every few minutes. Even… Continue Reading
Deploying a Django app (to Dreamhost)
I’ve been using Django a lot more and more these days. It’s pretty easy to build and test an app within the testing environment it ships with, but things get trickier when it comes to deploying it to a production… Continue Reading
How to find and remove malware on a hacked WordPress site
It finally happened to me.
CentOS 7 Deployment Notes
Say what you will about Ubuntu, but its total footprint is rather minimal and yet manages to include most utilities needed to perform basic administrative tasks.
Python/Twisted – Various import errors
Here are some issues I encountered while trying to set up a basic Twisted install. ImportError: No module named ‘twisted.conch’ This issue occurred because I was trying to use Twisted with Python 3.4. As of right now this is not… Continue Reading
Ubuntu 15.04 MaaS – iscsistart connection refused
If you found this page you’re here for a very specific reason so I won’t go into details. On the MaaS server, start the iscsi service manually and you should be good: sudo /etc/init.d/tgt
How to export a FreeNAS NFS share as a XenServer NFS VHD SR
Creating SR There was an error while trying to create the NFS storage repository Check your settings and try again. …How informative.
mount.cifs: permission denied: no match for /media/cifs found in /etc/fstab
So this is a stupid problem with a stupid solution.