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I Use This
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:date: 2011-07-30 15:10
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:category: python
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:featured: True
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A while back, I published a post about my setup, inspired by the awesome
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articles on the `UsesThis <http://usesthis.com/>`_ site.
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As times change, so does my toolset. So, here's a list of my latest
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favorite things. I *love* them, and think you should use them too.
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ep.io
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Perfectly Pythonic WSGI Hosting.
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There are a number of new Heroku-like Python hosts out there, but most
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of them leave a bad taste in my mouth. This is mostly because they only
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support Django, and not generic WSGI (e.g. Flask apps).
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Ep.io supports any WSGI application. It charges based on usage and
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offers a generous amount of free usage *per application*. Redis support.
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Cron jobs. Optional git/mercurial integration. The architecture and
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configurations are *very* elegant. I love it.
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I host a most of my open source applications, including this very
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website, on ep.io. I couldn't be happier.
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[ `ep.io <http://ep.io>`_ ]
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gaug.es
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Google Analytics is an extremely power analytics platform that can be
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used to drive important business decisions and analyze deep trends.
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I don't need any of that.
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I need realtime traffic information, visitor browsers and devices, and a
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simple list of referral URLs.
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Check out `Gauges <http://gaug.es>`_. Realtime, simple, and elegant
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analytics. No domain limits. It's provided by a group of great guys that
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are passionate about making the service as awesome as possible. It
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really shows.
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[ `gaug.es <http://gaug.es>`_ ]
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DNSimple
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Stop using GoDaddy. Now. They have extremely misleading billing
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practices, terrible ads, and — worst of all — one of the worst DNS
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management interfaces on earth.
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DNSimple has the simplest and most elegant DNS management system I've
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ever used. Everything just works — instantly. One-click record templates
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for GitHub Pages, Google Apps, etc.
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There's a small subscription fee, tiered by the number of hosted
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domains. If you find yourself thinking, "Why would I pay for DNS
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hosting?": You get what you pay for.
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It doesn't matter where you register your domains, but I register all of
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mine through DNSimple. The registration cost is a little high compared
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to a few providers, but — again — you really get what you pay for.
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I got a signed postcard from them in the mail last year, wishing me a
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Happy New Year. These guys care.
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[ `DNSimple <https://dnsimple.com/r/125ca47dda0551>`_ ]
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Sublime Text 2
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It's time to face the facts: TextMate is dead. The author has been lying
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to his loyal community for a long time now. It's time for us to move on.
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I looked for a worthy replacement for a long time. This wasn't an easy
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task. I believe that I have tried literally every editor ever released
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for every major operating system within the past 10 years. I'm really
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picky about my development environment; It's part of who I am.
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`Sublime Text 2 <http://www.sublimetext.com/2>`_ is incredible.
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It offers TextMate theme and snippets support, extremely optimized
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workflows, and a full internal Python API for writing plugins. Coupled
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with `SublimeLint <https://github.com/lunixbochs/sublimelint>`_ and
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`Soda Theme Dark <https://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme>`_, it's
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perfect.
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It's available for OS X, Linux, and Windows too.
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[ `Sublime Text 2 <http://www.sublimetext.com/2>`_ ]
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Readability
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Full disclosure: `I work for
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Readability <http://kennethreitz.com/joining-arc90-readability.html>`_.
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However, that's completely irrelevant. Readability is easily one of my
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favorite tools ever.
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If I land on an article that's either ugly or too long to read at the
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moment, I hit \` in Chrome. I'm presented with a highly polished,
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content-only version of the article with elegant typography.
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Top notch browser plugins. First-class Typography. Offline HTML5 apps
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for every device I own. A daily digest of my articles, sent to my Kindle
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automatically? Yes, please.
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[ `Readability <http://readability.com>`_ ]
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Canon 35mm f/1.4L
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One of the few things that gets me away from my machine is photography.
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Check out `my Flickr
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stream <http://www.flickriver.com/photos/kennethreitz/>`_. It's very
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much a hobby, but I quite enjoy it.
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My lens kit has gone through quite a few iterations. It took me a while,
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but I'm finally got rid of my last zoom lens, and have moved on to all
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primes. Zooms seem to suck creativity out of me. Constraints are good.
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My new favorite lens is the `Canon EF 35mm
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f/1.4L <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-35mm-1-4L-Angle-Cameras/dp/B00009R6WY>`_.
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I'm blown away by this thing. It's exactly what I've been looking for. I
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can't believe it hasn't been updated since 1992.
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I've noticed a bit of a fanastic subculture behind this lens since I got
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it. If you ever take a look at the `White House's Flickr
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Stream <http://www.flickriver.com/photos/whitehouse/popular-interesting/>`_,
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you'll see the excellent work of Pete Souza. He uses the 35L in almost
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every indoor photo. Incredible.
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Before, I typically shot with my moderately telephoto `85mm
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f/1.2L <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-85mm-f1-2L-Lens-Cameras/dp/B000EW9Y4M>`_
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(my photon vaccuum). I still use it on certain occasions, but the 35L is
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really bringing my photography to a new level.
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The
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`35L <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009R6WY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bookforkind-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00009R6WY>`_
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*&*
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`85L <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EW9Y4M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bookforkind-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B000EW9Y4M>`_
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are an unstoppable duo.
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WebFaction
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I've never been a fan of shared hosting at all. These guys proved me
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wrong.
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They really know their stuff. Python is a true first-class citizen on
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their boxes: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2 are all available, with
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most of the popular supporting libraries (PIL, etc), out of the box. One
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click installers for WordPress and more with 100% perfect permissions
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set. Nginx-fronted Apache, giving you the best of both worlds. A
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standard account gets you user-level SSH access to the box. Awesome.
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If I need to host a PHP or static app, they're my first stop.
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[ `WebFaction <http://www.webfaction.com?affiliate=kennethreitz>`_ ]
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Read the Docs
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A product of last year's DjangoDash, Read the Docs is the best Sphinx
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documentation site around. It's `open
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source <https://github.com/rtfd/readthedocs.org>`_ too.
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`python-requests.org <http://python-requests.org>`_,
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`python-guide.org <http://python-guide.org>`_, and
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`tablib.org <http://tablib.org>`_ are all hosted on RTD. You should use
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it too.
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[ `Read the Docs <http://readthedocs.org/>`_ ]
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Bonus Things
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------------
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* `Binary Pandoc Installer for OSX <http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/pandoc-1.8.2.dmg>`_
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* `Xcode-less GCC Installer for OSX <https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer>`_ |