Matt Layman
mattlayman.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2016
Matt Layman, a Python and Django developer who writes and records a podcast and series about building and running a SaaS app.
What HN saysHN links it for Django guides, notably using htmx with Django templates, which a commenter calls the best of both worlds.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Teaching a Kid to Code with Pygame Zero · Matt Layman3 people · 10 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 2Python Alternative to Docker3 people · 8 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 3How to Use Htmx in Django3 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 4A Failed SaaS Postmortem2 people · 227 points · first shared 2019 · 134 comments on HN
- 5Lessons from a Failed SaaS – Building SaaS #37 · Matt Layman2 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 6Layman's Guide to Python Built-in Functions1 people · 50 points · first shared 2024 · 22 comments on HN
- 7Understand Django: Security and Django1 people · 22 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 8Templates and Logic – Building SaaS #45 · Matt Layman1 people · 6 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 9Django Riffs 4 – Building User Interfaces1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 10Brute Force Development1 people · 3 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 11Add Styles to Templates – Building SaaS #42 · Matt Layman1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 12Supercharging Vim: Blazing Fast Search and Global Replace · Matt Layman1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 13A complete guide to internationalization in Python1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 14Understand Django: Go Fast with Django1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 15Make a Custom User Model – Building SaaS #40 · Matt Layman1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
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stuartbman · 2021-10-15
I can't comment on every use case, but I've recently been using htmx[1] with Django templates to provide sort-of async behaviour. For me it's the best of both worlds; I can specify my template and view as though it's a normal page load, and then use some hx- attributes to make it async.
1. https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2021/how-to-htmx-django/
recursivedoubts · 2021-02-09
It's pretty new but people are starting to publish information on using it:
https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2021/how-to-htmx-django/
https://www.jerriepelser.com/blog/using-htmx-with-aspnet-core/
You can also join the discord server if you have questions:
https://htmx.org/discord