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Company blog · dabapps.com/blogprogrammingwebai

DabApps is the company blog at dabapps.com, writing about programming, web and ai. Since 2011, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “Django models, encapsulation and data integrity”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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24mentions?
10HN people?
2011–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

A non-magical introduction to pip and virtualenv for Python beginners. Commenters link it as a beginner resource, and one promotes a related Brighton workshop that the post's material came from.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

DabApps is a UK software and AI engineering partner helping ambitious organisations deliver dependable web applications, mobile products, data platforms and production AI systems.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Django models, encapsulation and data integrity
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-10-07
  2. Programming and Cognitive Load (2019)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-01-31
  3. Web API performance: profiling Django REST framework (2013)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-05-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. DabApps | Full Time Experienced Python/Django Engineer | ONSITE | Brighton, UK (or possibly Cardiff, UK) DabApps is looking for an experienced and highly-skilled senior Python developer with excellent knowledge of Django and ideally Django REST framework. We need a motivated technical leader with the architectural and hands-on skills to help take us to the next level. DabApps is one of Brighton's leading web and mob…

    Comment linking /careers/experienced-python-engineer/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)”
  2. Submitted A non-magical introduction to pip and virtualenv for Python beginners as a story · 241 points

    HN discussion
  3. Here's a "non-magical introduction to pip" http://www.dabapps.com/blog/introduction-to-pip-and-virtuale... Pip is an excellent package management system.

    Comment linking /blog/introduction-to-pip-and-virtualenv-python/

    on “OS X Auditor”
  4. Submitted Building a higher-level query API: the right way to use Django's ORM as a story · 103 points

    HN discussion
  5. Brighton, UK - http://dabapps.com DabApps is looking for a junior to mid-level software developer with minimum one year of experience. May suit graduate with internship or sandwich year experience. DabApps is a growing company based in the centre of Brighton. We concentrate on web and mobile application development, and are passionate about producing high-quality work that we and our clients can be proud of. Our val…

    Comment linking /careers/current-vacancies/2012-04-software-developer/

    on “Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (May 2012)”
  6. Submitted Web API performance: profiling Django REST framework. as a story · 70 points

    HN discussion
  7. If you're in Brighton in the UK and you like this then maybe you'll be interested in the one day workshop run by Jamie (author of the blog post) and myself. This post was actually based on some of the material written by Jamie for the course. Next one is happening next Thursday and there are still a couple of tickets: http://dabapps.com/services/training/python-for-programmers

    Comment linking /services/training/python-for-programmers

    on “A non-magical introduction to pip and virtualenv for Python beginners”
  8. Submitted Python tools for local continuous integration as a story · 31 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Programming and Cognitive Load (2019) as a story · 26 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Redesigning Django's generic class based views. as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Could AI bring about a hypermedia renaissance? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Web API performance: profiling Django REST framework as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Python in Production as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Kickstart web app development with Twitter's Bootstrap as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted A non-magical introduction to Pip and Virtualenv for Python beginners (2013) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Django models, encapsulation and data integrity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Web API performance: profiling Django REST framework (2013) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Minimising performance issues caused by Django's implicit database queries as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Programming and Cognitive Load as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Sustainable open source management as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Django models, encapsulation and data integrity as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Web API performance: profiling Django REST framework as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Performance Heisenbugs and Premature Optimisation as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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