Posts tagged "Python"
Most Django blog tutorials show a Post model with a title and content. For a real site where SEO matters, that is nowhere near enough. Here is the complete Post model — with every SEO field you need.
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.
Technical SEO is the foundation everything else is built on. Here is the complete checklist I use for every Django project — meta tags, sitemaps, schema.org, Core Web Vitals, and more.
A single settings.py creates real problems in production. The solution is a settings package — three files, clean separation, zero hacks. Here is exactly how to set it up.
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.