Let me start with this proviso: Math is not my strong subject (okay, just stop right there with the Barbie jokes). I'll do just about anything to avoid writing complex equations. And most of the time, I don't have to. Most of the time, I can find alternative solutions, dependent ...

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After you've run inspectdb and done all your syncing and basic admin setup, take a peek at the models you generated - depending on the state of your legacy db, you've probably wound up with something that looks like this (column names have ...

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By this time, I'm several weeks into the project and it's time to get you all caught up - let's see if I can break this down into digestable bites.

(Btw, don't expect it to you take this long - this isn't an officially sanctioned work project for me, so ...

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This is most likely going to be at least a three-parter, and I'm not getting into any code samples in this first one. I just wanted to give some background into the project I'm working on, so feel free to skip ahead.

As of this writing, I'm working at a ...

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For context, I've been working on a project that involves submitted messages going through a manual review process - once they've been approved in the admin, each message should be posted to Twitter. My Twitter API script is over here, for reference.

I had originally thought I'd set up ...

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