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Satchmo at DjangoCon

Posted on July 20, 2008 by chris

The Satchmo team is very pleased to be invited to present at DjangoCon. Now, we need to figure out what we should say! Read More

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Satchmo 0.7 Release

Posted on May 26, 2008 by chris

After nearly 7 months of development, the Satchmo team is very pleased to announce the release of Satchmo version 0.7. Read More

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Another Satchmo Store

Posted on February 14, 2008 by chris

Another Satchmo store - http://www.heartlandstores.com is live and ready for the world. Read More

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Show Me the Cache

Posted on January 18, 2008 by chris

Django's caching framework has been really useful in developing the Satchmo to UPS interface as well as some speed improvements for the satchmo site. Read More

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Conceptual integrity

Posted on December 17, 2007 by chris

Adam Gomaa has an interesting posting about conceptual integrity and how it applies to web frameworks like Django and Pylons. I think there are lessons for Satchmo here. Read More

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Close but no cigar

Posted on December 12, 2007 by chris

I submitted a proposal for a Pycon talk on Satchmo but it was not accepted. However, the reviewer comments had some really nice praise for Satchmo. Read More

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Satchmo in the news

Posted on November 11, 2007 by chris

There's an interview on linux.com with Bruce Kroeze that talks about using Satchmo for developing a store. Read More

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Satchmo 0.6 Release

Posted on October 30, 2007 by chris

Updated announcement. A new version of Satchmo is immediately available for download. Read More

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Optimizing A Django VPS Setup

Posted on September 25, 2007 by chris

I have gone through several different options for hosting Satchmo. This entry gives some hopefully useful tips on configuring Django apps in memory constrained situations. Read More

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Satchmo 0.5 Release

Posted on August 22, 2007 by chris

After many months of work, the first public release of Satchmo is available. Read More

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The Value of Open Source

Posted on August 17, 2007 by chris

I recently stumbled upon Ohloh and noticed that Satchmo was listed and thought this was a pretty cool site. Read More

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Satchmo Project Gets RSS

Posted on August 15, 2007 by chris

Some notes on how I added rss feeds to the satchmo project web site. Read More

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Open Source Development Lessons (Part 1)

Posted on August 11, 2007 by chris

There are several classic writings out there on developing open source. In this post, I take a look at one of them and discuss the application to Satchmo. Read More

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First Post

Posted on August 6, 2007 by chris

The first post on the satchmoproject blog. I'll explain a little bit about why I've created the blog and what I will use it for. Read More

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