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I wrote a book on Heroku! It’s called The Heroku Hacker’s Guide, and you can buy it (right now!) in both e-book (PDF) and paperback formats on the new book website: http://www.theherokuhackersguide.com/. If you’ve read my blog, you know I tend to talk a lot about web applications, infrastructure, and best practices. My real passion as a developer (and startup guy) has always been building things.

WARNING: This is a bit of a rant. I’m going to assume you have a basic understanding of Heroku, and web application architecture. Heroku isn’t for idiots. There–I said it. I’m already starting to feel better! I’m usually not the type of person to get involved in internet debate (because I typically avoid politics as much as possible), but yesterday I read an incredibly fraudulent article which rea

I may not be a great programmer, but I have a ton of fun programming. As a self-taught hacker, I’ve always enjoyed programming to a great extent–but everyone has their ups and downs. These are simply my reflections about what makes me happy while programming, and serves as reminder to myself why I should keep pushing onwards! Live for the Challenge Writing software is difficult for so many reasons

I’ve been using GitHub for several years now, and it has drastically changed my development work flow, mindset, and collaboration efforts. Over the time I’ve used GitHub, I’ve contributed to many projects, started many of my own, and had the opportunity to interact with a wide range of developers (from novices to professionals). This article is my attempt to explain GitHub best practices that you

Over the past two years, I’ve learned a hell of a lot about deploying Django apps into production. And yes, I really do mean a HELL of a lot. While Django is a great web framework, one of its primary weaknesses (in my opinion) is a lack of strong deployment documentation and community standards. There has been no easy way (until now, kinda) to deploy your apps into production in a reliable, simple