Ellen Potter https://ellen.dev Notes on software development. en-gb TIL: hosts.txt described the internet https://ellen.dev/til-host-files-described-internet.html Wed, 4 Dec 2024 18:30:00 GMT TIL: Firebase Auth lowercases email addresses, despite SMTP https://ellen.dev/til-firebase-auth-lowercases-email-addresses.html Wed, 13 Sept 2023 17:00:00 GMT TIL: Gitlab's default squash behaviour deletes commit messages https://ellen.dev/til-gitlab-default-squash-deletes-commit-messages.html Tue, 12 Sept 2023 20:00:00 GMT Building a relational database: File structure https://ellen.dev/building-a-relational-database-file-structure.html Sun, 11 June 2023 12:10:00 GMT TIL: Keyboard navigation should tab between components, but not within https://ellen.dev/til-tab-between-components-not-within.html Wed, 7 June 2023 07:50:00 GMT TIL: Having a UUID as a primary key can be a really bad idea https://ellen.dev/til-uuid-primary-keys-bad-idea.html Wed, 10 May 2023 18:55:00 GMT Building a Gigatron: Trials and Tribulations https://ellen.dev/building-gigatron-trials-tribulations.html Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:30:00 GMT Building a Gigatron: Power and clock https://ellen.dev/building-gigatron-power-clock.html Mon, 3 Oct 2022 14:00:00 GMT Building a Gigatron: Capacitors https://ellen.dev/building-gigatron-capacitors.html Tue, 27 Sept 2022 10:30:00 GMT Buying a Gigatron https://ellen.dev/buying-a-gigatron.html Mon, 26 Sept 2022 17:45:00 GMT Racket pronunciation guide https://ellen.dev/racket-pronunciation-guide.html Thur, 22 Sept 2022 06:30:00 GMT Favourite talks at PyCon UK 2022 https://ellen.dev/favourite-talks-pycon-uk-2022.html Wed, 21 Sept 2022 12:00:00 GMT Protohackers: Tips for getting started https://ellen.dev/protohackers-tips.html Thur, 8 Sept 2022 14:15:00 GMT How to serve a static site using Caddy https://ellen.dev/serve-static-site-using-caddy.html Wed, 15 June 2022 17:45:00 GMT Exploring browser history using Python's sqlite3 module (plus: finding the database with proc or lsof) https://ellen.dev/exploring-browser-history.html Wed, 25 May 2022 16:00:00 GMT Faster CSV export from the Django admin https://ellen.dev/faster-csv-export-django-admin.html Tue, 24 May 2022 19:45:00 GMT Updating Python using Pyenv and Poetry https://ellen.dev/updating-python-using-pyenv-poetry.html Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:00:00 GMT Reducing boilerplate with Python dataclasses https://ellen.dev/python-dataclasses.html Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:30:00 GMT