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| Posts | 223 |
Oct. 19, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we took advantage of having all the DNS configuration complete and tried to find the path to connect the outgoing prompt email to the incoming journal entry from a user. We did this with some old-school print debugging and logging on production to see exactly what data is provided to the receiver webhook.
Read MoreOct. 5, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we returned to our DNS configuration from the previous stream and worked on testing email from end to end on the production site. On the stream, we spent a lot of time looking through SendGrid documentation, digging into layers of DNS, and troubleshooting the challenges that can arise when getting a site online.
Read MoreSept. 28, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we did the work to deploy the site to Heroku to make the site live. We configured the production site, fixed some missing settings, and connected to the relevant DNS configuration.
Read MoreSept. 7, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we worked on the inbound hook to receive email responses from SendGrid using the service’s Inbound Parse feature. We worked through the configuration and addressed the security concerns with opening up a public webhook.
Read MoreAug. 24, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we took another step closer to deploying the service online. The primary goal was to make sure that email sending works. I spent a lot of time explaining email configuration and showing exactly how to wire up SendGrid to Cloudflare to do Domain Authentication that permits email sending from the service’s domain (journeyinbox.com).
Read MoreAug. 17, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I added the deployment checklist and improved the security of the app. Then we moved to work to set up the database to use DATABASE_URL and prepare to use Postgres.
Read MoreAug. 3, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I started working through the set of issues that I previously identified as necessary to complete before launching the service on Heroku. We add history tracking, soft deletion for the user model, and integration with SendGrid.
Read MoreJuly 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I finished the email sending job, then determined which issues will be needed before launching the product. Once we crafted the short list, I added an integration with Sentry.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we added the prompt email that will be the primary way of connecting to users for our email-based journaling service. I spent a fair amount of time thinking about copy writing to craft a compelling email that will resonate with users. Also, I made a bunch of silly mistakes and to keep correcting myself, so this is a good example of programming humility too.
Read MoreJune 29, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I planned to do the work of sending email prompts for the journal to users. Along the path, we realized that the Account model was missing, so I stopped to build that out before we could proceed. By the end of the stream, we had a working background job that would send email and was 100% unit tested.
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