The Black Wire and the White Wire
On the tension between "traditional" IT, that needs to be less risk averse, and the innovative, risk taking groups found in many companies. I like to think my group is on the white wire, but I totally appreciate the black wire folks.
Is the ability to specify a series of template folders in [your settings file](http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/settings/#template-dirs).
Here’s what we do at [work](http://www.ajc.com):
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates"),
os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "ANOTHERSITE", "templates")),
)
It allows us to easily share templates from ANOTHERSITE with sister/sub sites, but when/if you need to override them you just drop your new template your site’s templates folder and you’re off to the races.
###Another template tip
If you use the tip above, I’d recommend putting templates that are explicity shared in a templates/shared folder.
Then you can do things like:
{% extends 'shared/shared_somethingorother.html' %}
It’s a minor tip, but it helps prevent collisions and alerts developers that these templates shouldn’t have any site specific code in them.
Send SMS from Django applications
A nice easy wrapper around turning a user’s cell phone number into an SMS-addressable e-mail address.
I’ve often said that building good software is a lot like building a city — it’s never done, and it’s always changing
By day, I'm a product manager serving a group of fantastic engineers at Square.
By night, I fight crime and solve mysteries with a robot pal of my own creation.
By midday, I like a snack, generally a cookie.
Part of this biography isn't true (hint, I like cookies and engineering, I don't own a robot)