A Platform to Buy Gift Cards for Eco-Friendly Products
Running in Production
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Antonin Grêlé goes over using Django to build a gift card service focused on eco-friendly products. It's hosted on PythonAnywhere.
In this episode of Running in Production, Antonin Grêlé talks about using
Django to build a gift card purchasing site for eco-friendly products. It’s
hosted on PythonAnywhere and has been up and running since fall 2019.
Antonin developed it himself in a few months and covers tying together services
using Zapier, what it’s like to manage gift card logic, the value in getting
something up quickly and more.
Topics Include
2:10 – Launching an MVP after a few months of dev time as a solo developer
5:10 – Motivation for using Django and Python
7:39 – Batteries (mostly) included, using the Django Admin and Django REST Framework
10:51 – Using Stripe to build a single checkout page to buy gift cards
15:57 – It’s a monolithic app but it uses services like Airtable and Zapier
23:58 – Managing gift card funds and logic is the core of the business
30:34 – Tech stack includes SQLite and using PythonAnywhere for a host
39:50 – Cloudflare is mainly used for serving static files
42:59 – The process from development to production and secret management
49:10 – Performing hourly DB backups and using UptimeRobot for downtime notifications
54:19 – The new SCA compliant Stripe APIs are being used
58:33 – Best tips? Get your product out ASAP and be mindful of what happens if you leave
1:01:05 – Check out https://www.ethikdo.co and Antonin is also on Twitter
Links
⚙️ Tech Stack
django →
python →
airtable →
bootstrap →
cloudflare →
discord →
mailchimp →
mailjet →
python-anywhere →
sqlite →
stripe →
uptime-robot →
vue →
zapier →
🛠 Libraries Used
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail
https://github.com/zostera/django-bootstrap4
https://github.com/django-ckeditor/django-ckeditor
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
https://github.com/peterbe/premailer
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