Eduardo Zepeda's latests posts
Be careful of Shiny Object Syndrome and FOMO in web development
- opinion
- javascript
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Don't Use Github To Evaluate Developers It Is Naive
- git
- opinion
If you are one of those who use Github contributions to evaluate your candidates, or clients, Ill explain why its not necessarily a good idea.It is common practice to use Github to assess a developers capabilities, but to do so blindly, ignoring the following set of factors, woul...
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Fix slow queries in Django when using annotate and subqueries
- django
- databases
Djangos ORM is quite useful and versatile, it can perform most of the common SQL operations, such as filtering, partitioning, joins or sorting information, creating aliases, but it also has its limitations, especially when combined with subqueries, today Ill tell you about one of...
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How to improve Django Framework?
- django
- opinion
On June 21, 2024 I started a thread on reddit with the following question: What would you improve about Django framework?. The response from the community was immediate and the conversation quickly filled up with suggestions on how to improve Django framework, ranging from modest...
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How to avoid spam when putting an email on a website?
- opinion
- seo
Sometimes we want to put an email on a website but without exposing it to be read by some random bot that includes us in an advertising list, reminding us of our problems to start a physical relationship with the two mature women who live less than two kilometers away. And since ...
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My Analysis Of Anti Bot Captchas and their Advantages And Disadvantages
- opinion
This is my analysis of some of the most popular captcha options out there and my opinion as a user on their advantages and disadvantages, this analysis includes google recaptcha, sliding captchas, simple questions, letter and number recognition and the most bot resistant captcha ...
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My technical SEO mistakes when I migrated my site from Wordpress
- SEO
- opinion
A few years ago, I migrated my website a couple of times, first from Wordpress to Frontity (A wordpress framework in React) and then from Frontity to a Digital Ocean Hugo App. I dont regret my decision at all, but I made a few technical SEO mistakes that you can probably avoid if...
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AI is Overhyped When Will the Bubble Burst?
- artificial intelligence
- opinion
Before you read this post, I want to make something very clear. A bubble doesnt mean something is useless, fake, or will disappear, it means that its market valuation is way above its real value. Eventually the market will correct itself and its value will drop.Whats being debate...
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Don't Obsess About Your Web Application Performance
- opinion
This post is for you, who want to become independent from companies and are looking to create your own projects in the internet world. Have you ever thought if those extra milliseconds of performance that we get by switching a project to a more verbose language really matter that...
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