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How to Deploy Django to a Hetzner VPS with Nginx and Gunicorn

Hetzner CX22 gives you 2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, and 40 GB SSD for around £4/month. Here is exactly how I deploy Django — from a fresh Ubuntu server to a live SSL-secured site.

#Deployment #Django #Gunicorn #Hetzner #Nginx #Python

Mubashar Iqbal

4 April 2026

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HTMX vs React: When to Choose Hypermedia Over a JavaScript Framework

After shipping dozens of products with both HTMX and React, here is my honest take on when hypermedia-driven development wins — and when it does not.

28 Mar 2026 Read

Web Development 1 MIN

Web Forms That Actually Work for Everyone

Accessible forms aren't a compliance checkbox — they're just well-built forms. The same changes that help screen reader users also reduce errors for sighted users and improve your conversion rate.

19 Mar 2026 Read

Web Development 1 MIN

CSS Custom Properties: A Practical Approach to Theming

Sass variables are compiled away at build time. CSS custom properties live in the browser, cascade like any other property, and can be changed at runtime. That difference matters more than most developers realise.

5 Mar 2026 Read

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Five Django ORM Patterns That Slow Your Pages Down

Slow Django pages are almost always a database problem, not a server problem. These five ORM patterns show up in nearly every codebase I've worked on, and each one is straightforward to fix.

19 Feb 2026 Read