• September 7, 2026

  5 design patterns used in my new habit tracker app

  There are plenty of habit trackers, but I wanted to build mine with constraints, a calendar view and habit streaks. So I built commitgraph: a small Django + HTMX app. Here are five Python design and testing patterns from building it.

• June 5, 2026

  How to Update Multiple Page Elements from One htmx Request

  A button submits code, tests run, feedback appears. Standard htmx. But the submissions dropdown stays stale; the new submission is in the database, just not in the dropdown. One request, two elements to update.