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Django Digital Ocean Deployment Guide - The guide that I used to setup my VPS with Django.
Tiny KVM - The VPS that I use.
Litestream - The SQLite backup provider that I use.
BiteCode_dev HN Comment - A cool way to setup a standalone Python full-stack webserver
Benchmarking SQLite in Django - A post by Simon Willison on benchmarking SQLite in Django
Obey the testing goat! - An excellent book on TDD in Django
Against service layers in Django - Why service layers in Django are an anti-pattern and fat models are better
Django Markdown Tutorial - Add Markdown to a Django website
Bullet Proofing Django Models - This goes into depth on using transactions with your Django models. This blog also has other good content.
Django Model Behaviors - Treat Django mixins like behaviors instead

You don't need to work on hard problems - An interesting piece on the impact of working on more smaller problems than fewer difficult problems
The Grug Brained Developer - Notes on keeping programming simple
One process programming notes - Captures the ethos of keeping things simple and using SQLite with a single process in Go
Radical simplicity - A classic on simplifying your software stack

An oral history of bank Python - An interesting article on how banks use Python, including their backend task processing and queueing
Don't mock what you don't own - Also, some interesting alternatives to mocking
Python libs that I wish were part of the standard library - Some interesting Python libraries like diskcache

Homemade Vegetarian Chili - A staple chili recipe that we use
Minestrone - A minestrone recipe that we use. We usually leave the chicken out though.
Popcorn - An easy stovetop popcorn recipe
Red lentil curry - An easy curry that has become a staple for us
Veggie black bean enchiladas - A great enchilada recipe
Enchilada sauce - A recipe for enchilada sauce to go with the enchilada recipe

Are you playing to play, or playing to win? - Make sure you're accomplishing the task at hand in the most efficient way