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The Practical Guide to Scaling Django
Most Django scaling guides focus on theoretical maximums. But real scaling isn't about handling hypothetical millions of users - it's about systematically eliminating bottlenecks as you grow. Here's how to do it right, based on patterns that work in production.
The Elimination Strategy - Why More Makes Your SaaS Worth Less
The most valuable companies in the world aren't built by adding. They're built by eliminating. Not by giving customers more options, but by systematically removing every friction between them and what they want...
Django and JavaScript: Choosing the Right Integration Strategy
When building web applications with Django, developers often reach a crossroads: should they integrate JavaScript directly into their Django templates, or should they use Django as a backend API and build a separate JavaScript frontend?
Startup Defensibility | Competitive Advantage Examples
There are only so many ways to create defensibility. For your startup, you should focus on the ones that make the most sense. Here are some examples of how to create defensibility.
Innovative MVP Strategies That Launched Tech Giants
Let's explore 10 creative MVP approaches that kickstarted some of today's biggest tech companies.
Django Stripe Subscriptions: How To Guide
Here is a full guide on setting up django stripe subscriptions. This guide will walk you through implementing Stripe subscriptions using a Django backend (with dj-stripe) and a React frontend
Dockerizing a Django and React Application: Docker + Django + React
docker + django + react. In this guide, we'll walk through the process of using docker django react together. We'll be Dockerizing a full-stack application consisting of a Django backend and a React frontend. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a Dockerized application that can be easily deployed and scaled.
Django React Login | How to setup a login page
Implementing a Django React login system can be challenging, but it's a crucial feature for many web applications. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up authentication using Django on the backend and React on the frontend.
History of the AI Winter
The term "AI winter" refers to periods of reduced funding and interest in artificial intelligence research, following cycles of high expectations and subsequent disappointment. This phenomenon, which occurred primarily in the 1970s and 1980s with repercussions extending into the 1990s and early 2000s, has significantly shaped the development of AI as we know it today.
Django React Projects: Building an AI SaaS with GPT-4o in 2024
Welcome to the Django React Projects series. For this SaaS app, we'll walk through creating an AI application using Django, React, and the GPT-4o model.
How to Sell as a Technical Founder
Don't get caught up in ideal customer profiles. Focus on the magnitude of the problem you're solving. A prospect fits your target market but can't quantify their pain. Red flag.
10 Uncommonly Useful Observations on Product-Market Fit
1. It's a spectrum, not a binary state. Companies don't suddenly "achieve PMF." They gradually increase their degree of fit. Continuous function, not discrete. 2. Organic growth trumps all other signals. 15%+ month-over-month growth without marketing spend? You're onto something. Everything else is noise.
Connecting React and Django Rest Framework: Quick Guide
This guide offers a quick, straightforward approach to connecting React with Django Rest Framework. This guide will help you set up a basic project that demonstrates the django react integration.
Marketing High Tech Without Talking Tech
Your technology might be complex, but your message doesn't have to be. We want to talk about the things that excite us. But as Google's famous 12-word pitch shows ("Google organizes the world's information and makes it universally accessible and useful"), sometimes less is more.
Startup Success - Analysis of Unicorn Startup Founders
Brief overview of the unicorn landscape from a number of sources. Data reveals clear patterns in unicorn founder characteristics, challenging some common assumptions.
SaaS Copywriting: The SaaS Marketing Framework That Actually Works
Most SaaS marketing is a wasteland of buzzwords and empty promises. But it doesn't have to be. Effective marketing isn't about being clever; it's about being clear and compelling. Here's a framework for creating marketing that actually drives growth, not just hot air.
A System To Find Your Own SaaS Ideas
The difference between a good idea and a transformative one often lies in the approach to ideation itself. Let's explore a system for generating high-value SaaS ideas, grounded in data and cross-disciplinary thinking.
Boilerplate or Bloatplate?
Open source has an incredible advantage when it comes to building software. With boilerplates, however, the advantage of hundreds of people contributing features has the opposite effect. As a startup founder...
The Real Cost of Starting Every Project from Scratch
starting every new project from scratch seems appealing. A clean slate, no legacy code, and the latest technologies at your fingertips. But this approach comes with significant hidden costs that can derail projects and drain resources...
