Tutorials, best practices and news on Django, Python and modern web development.
What the padlock really means, the certificate types and why the free one is right for most sites, how the 90-day Let's Encrypt renewal cycle works, and the six steps that make a Django site fully secure.
Shared, VPS, dedicated and managed platform hosting compared on who patches the server, isolation, scaling and cost, plus the eight things a Django site needs from its host and a short decision list.
Region, automatic HTTPS, tested backups, reserved memory and an account in your own name: the five things small business and startup hosting must include, how to plan for a traffic spike, and a checklist before you sign up.
A copyable website disaster recovery plan template with the fields to fill in and a worked example for a small online shop: RTO and RPO, inventory, scenarios including ransomware, the rebuild runbook, verification and the ICO deadline.
A practical website security checklist for small businesses and developers: updates, backups, 2FA, hosting, HTTPS and TLS, forms and monitoring, plus the real Django settings, security headers and deploy checks from our own site.
The database and uploaded files are what need copying; the code lives in git. Here is the 3-2-1 rule stated precisely, a scripted nightly backup for a Django site, and the monthly restore test that proves it works.
A website is a running program, and running programs decay. Here is the timeline of what fails on an unmaintained site, a monthly maintenance schedule, why Django and Python support cycles matter, and what a maintenance plan should include.
A precise explanation of Docker images and containers, the six things Docker is not, a Dockerfile for a Django site, and the four situations where a small business website actually benefits from containers.