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Justin Thurman

Justin Thurman

I am a software engineer at Bevy, doing primarily back end work in Django. If you want to learn more about me, check out my portfolio.

How to add context to Celery WorkerLostError logs

Feb 19, 2022499 views

For a while now, we've had semi-frequent WorkerLostErrors on one of our Celery queues. These can happen for a few reasons, but one of the most common...

How to add context to Celery WorkerLostError logs

About CaptureQueriesContext

Jan 18, 2022506 views

If you ever need to access the raw SQL executed during any unit test, the CaptureQueriesContext context manager can help. It's very simple: from...

About CaptureQueriesContext

About the _ Variable in Python

Jan 6, 2022108 views

When using Python in an interactive environment (i.e., the shell), the _ variable stores the result of your most recent operation. This is useful if,...

About the _ Variable in Python

About tree traversal options in Django, and how I evaluate third-party libraries

Nov 28, 202168 views

Background I'm working on a side project for my wife, and the data structure for this project involves models with a recursive foreign key...

About tree traversal options in Django, and how I evaluate third-party libraries

About Modifying Request in Middleware

Oct 8, 202147 views

Today, I spent a while trying to debug a slow API endpoint. As part of the initial exploratory process, I just wanted to time how long the entire...

About Modifying Request in Middleware

About Finite-State Machines in Django

Aug 7, 2021508 views

Finite-state machines (FSMs) are awesome. I was first introduced to the concept through the XState JS package. This package is, obviously, geared...

About Finite-State Machines in Django