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Agiliq
Company blog · agiliq.com/blog · on HN as shabdaprogrammingweb
Agiliq is the company blog at agiliq.com, writing about programming and web. Since 2010, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 61 times, most often “Show HN: I made a tool to find your Ethical Framework with 16 trolley problems”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-08-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Agiliq's Python and Django posts, including a magic methods guide, a pseudo-random text generator, and a serverless Django piece. Several comments point to its trolley-problem ethics quiz page.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
We build scalabale and maintainable webapps and APIs. We develop custom, bespoke webapps and mobile backends using Django, Python, Postgres, Angular and other modern tools. We love building amazing apps. We have been doing it since 2009. We are doing it right now, and we can do it for you. Intereste
Most-linked posts?
- Show HN: I made a tool to find your Ethical Framework with 16 trolley problems2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2024-01-10
- The missing documentation for django.utils.datastructures2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-05
What Hacker News says?
This would be an example: https://www.agiliq.com/blog/2018/01/understanding-python-mag...
Comment linking /blog/2018/01/understanding-python-magic-methods-with-djang-querysets/
on “A Guide to Python's Magic Methods (2012)”Submitted Comparing Python frameworks: A simple webapp in Flask, web.py, bottle, juno ... as a story · 114 points
HN discussionDocs at http://readthedocs.org/docs/django-merchant/en/latest/ and http://agiliq.com/docs/merchant/
Comment linking /docs/merchant/
on “Payment processing for Django”Submitted Real time applications with Django, XMPP and StropheJS - The Agiliq Blog as a story · 22 points
HN discussionDjango actually has a serverless story now: https://www.agiliq.com/blog/2019/01/complete-serverless-djan...
Comment linking /blog/2019/01/complete-serverless-django/
on “Build and Deploy Serverless React Apps with Next.js 8 and Zeit Now”Submitted Understanding '*', '*args', '**' and '**kwargs' in Python as a story · 10 points
HN discussionCan you suggest some good resources for newbies/laymen on the topic? Edit - For anyone else who might be looking, this page gives a nice pythonic example: http://agiliq.com/blog/2009/06/generating-pseudo-random-text...
Comment linking /blog/2009/06/generating-pseudo-random-text-with-markov-chains-u/
on “Happy third birthday, Horse_ebooks”Submitted Django request response lifecycle as a story · 8 points
HN discussionThe main developer James Bennett has discussed his reasons several times on multiple venues, but the FAQ in the Read the Docs for django-registration gives details in "Does django-registration come with any sample templates I can use right away?" https://django-registration.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.ht... Other people have provided good baselines to work from, the Djen of Django provides explanations with their…
Comment linking /books/djenofdjango/chapter5.html
on “Django-registration 1.0 is out”Submitted How Django sends data from Form to Database as a story · 8 points
HN discussionYes please. lakshman8 gmail Work: http://agiliq.com/ourwork
Comment linking /ourwork
on “Ask HN: Anyone want Forrst.com invites?”Submitted Using SQLite with Android as a story · 7 points
HN discussionThere are different kinds of trolley-switchers. This questionnaire can tell you which kind you are. https://www.agiliq.com/notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/ https://hn.algolia.com/?q=trolley
Comment linking /notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/
on “Trolley Problems”Submitted Django Design Patterns as a story · 6 points
HN discussionDepending on your ethical framework, there's a quiz that will analyze what kind of trolleyswitcher you are. https://www.agiliq.com/notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=good+place+trolley&iax=videos&ia=v...
Comment linking /notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/
on “Absurd Trolley Problems”Submitted Quick and easy Django app deployment with Docker as a story · 6 points
HN discussionYou can find out which kind of trolley-switching strategy you lean towards. https://www.agiliq.com/notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/
Comment linking /notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/
on “Trolley Problems”Submitted Show HN: How far back in time do you have start working to match Musk's wealth? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThere are different kinds of trolleyswitchers, and there's a test to find out which ethical strategy you lean toward. https://www.agiliq.com/notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/
Comment linking /notebook/ethical-framework-trolley/
on “AI decides on trolley problems [video]”Submitted What is the most “Advanced” programming language? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Coffeescript for Python programmer as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted CSS3 Properties and Compatible Browsers as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting up a base Ubuntu install as a django development platform. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: I made a tool to find your Ethical Framework with 16 trolley problems as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting started with South as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build a lean startup (With list of resources) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: What if every HTTP status code was a meme? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Finding a prime number whose binary representation is a giraffe (or a T-Rex) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Supervisor with Django and Gunicorn as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Threads in Python as a story · 2 points
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