caching archive – Nicolas Kuttler

Update Django template fragment caches in the background

2020-07-13

The title of this post is what I originally tried to do, but the solution to the problem was to do a small refactoring and to use the low level cache API. This post will explain how I modified my approach after thinking about the problem for a while. more

Set random background image and i3lock wallpaper

2020-06-02

I use the same script on multiple machines to pick a random desktop background and i3lock wallpaper. It performs a few sanity checks before running and selects an image from a directory based on the current screen size. more

Stable Django deployments without downtime

2017-05-07

This post describes a deployment and maintenance method for Django projects that was designed with scalability in mind. The goal is to push new releases into production at any moment with minimal or no downtime. Upgrades can be performed with unprivileged access to the production server, and rollbacks are possible. I use Gunicorn, Fabric and Supervisord in the examples. more

Cache busting with nginx

2013-02-17

Here's a little snippet for cache busting without abusing a query string which can lead to caching problems. The example below will rewrite paths like /css/foo_20130401-5.css to /path/to/static/css/foo.css on the static.example.com host. more

Redirecting all subdomains to the main domain

2009-01-11

Using the canonical hostname for websites isn't an obvious problem. After all, who really cares if your site is accessible at www.domain.com and domain.com? Search engines, for example, could penalize you for having the same content on both domains. I think that today they are smart enough to discover this … more