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Email to Data (with an LLM)

Speeding up my taxes by converting .eml files to useful data with an LLM

Updated: Sun 03 November 2024

Train an AI to generate text with Python 🧠

We'll train a real GPT AI language model from scratch using Python on macOS, specifically designed to generate Shakespearean text, using the Tiny Shakespeare dataset.

Deploy Django Ninja to production in 9 minutes 🥷🛰️

Very simple. Django or Django Ninja to production using Render

Django Ninja + Next.js - 2 powerful frameworks 🥷⚛️

Django Ninja for a fast, typed API backend + Next.js (with App Router) for frontend

Create a simple Google search bar component with React 🕵🏻‍

Simple search with sample data and debouncing

Use React with Django Ninja (including Auth) in 15 mins ⚡️

We'll create an app from scratch with a React.js frontend (including persistent user authentication) and Django Ninja

Want to ship faster? Spend money 💰

The simplest hack to ship your products faster -> Don't be cheap

React + Django + Ninja (Full-stack in 15 mins) ⚛️🥷

React, Django, and Django Ninja (including CORS setup and Typescript).

Use Vue with Django (including Auth) in 15 mins 🍒

We'll create an app from scratch with a Vue.js frontend (including persistent user authentication) with Django in 10 minutes.

How to use React with Django (in 10 mins) ⚛️

The simplest way to set up a React.js frontend and a Django REST API backend

The simplest way to add polling to Django with HTMX 🗳️

We'll build a dashboard that updates every few seconds with HTMX

Add inline AI suggestions to your Django app 🗯

Use a fast LLM, HTMX, and Photon Designer to recommend actions to the user.

Stream your voice clone 🎼

We'll turn your voice into an infinitely-scalable instrument with Django

The simplest way to add lottie animations to your Django app 🌀

Show competence with smooth animations in your app.

Add Stripe subscriptions to Django in 7 minutes 💵

We'll add the ability for users to pay subscriptions in Django extremely quickly, including local webhook testing.

Build a Connect Four game with HTMX and Django in 8 minutes 🟡🔴

Use HTMX with Django for fast and neat web apps. Keep state changes server-side.

Stream AI chats using Django in 5 minutes (OpenAI and Anthropic) 💧

Simply use server-sent events with Django (no extra packages needed) to stream LLM completions. Avoid waiting for the full completion.

Use Postgres as a simple task queue for Django 🐘

Simply run background tasks using Postgres and python. This has some big advantages.

Add comment threads to Django in 9 mins 🧵

A simple way to let people leave comments in your Django app

7 simple examples using Django GeneratedField ⚡️

Do calculations with your database in a neat and extremely fast way

Simply add (and export) data from your Django database with YAML (3 mins) 🧮

Speed up your time to useful content. A simple guide to adding and exporting data using YAML and Django's management commands

Create a quiz app with HTMX and Django in 8 mins ☑️

Build multi-stage forms with HTMX and Django very quickly.

Simple Django mistake - Not debugging using network responses 🕸️

Avoid wasting a load of time when debugging Django apps, particularly with APIs (like AWS)

The simplest way to add a Django worker (Using AWS Chalice) 🍷

Add an AWS lambda function, with async invocation for background tasks, to development and production (plus GitHub Actions deployment)

Django app killer - Query in for-loop 🌪️

Avoid killing your Django app's performance by putting a database query in a for-loop

The simplest way to add Tailwind CSS to Django 💨

How to use Tailwind CSS with Django

How to add python serverless functions as Django background workers 🗡

I spent 14 hours adding async serverless functions. Here's the guide I was missing using DigitalOcean functions

Build a Django AI colorization app 🎨🦾

Use Django and webhooks to build an app that uses AI to color black and white photos.

The simplest way to add magic link sign-in using Django ✉️

An easy guide to add email sign-in (and verification) to Django using Gmail and others

The simplest way to add Google sign-in to your Django app ✍️

Avoid adding big packages (like Django-allauth or Django-social-auth). It's easier without them.

Use English to query your Django data 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Let non-technical users use English to get answers from your Django data (with OpenAI's Assistant API)

Deploy an instant messaging app with Django 🚀

How to deploy an app with real-time events in the easiest way (Part 2 of building an instant messaging app with Django 🌮)

The simplest way to build an instant messaging app with Django 🌮

How to create an app with real-time events in the easiest way (with server-sent database events and no Redis)

Add Notion as your Django database in 8 minutes 🕯️

Adding Notion as your Django database is simple, free, and makes viewing and changing data very easy (you use Notion).

Write good tests (with FactoryBoy and Faker) in 6 Minutes 🍽️👨‍🍳

Start writing good Django unit tests (quickly and clearly)

The simplest way to add server sent events to Django 🏺

Add server sent events to your Django app with Daphne (and minimal code).

Add infinite scroll with Django and HTMX in 60 seconds ♾️

Speed your initial load - get content only when the user wants it.

How to upload images easily with Django (and save the links to your database) 🌤️

Simply upload images to the cloud and store the links (using Django, Cloudinary, and Alpine.js)

Build a simple file uploader with Django (and Alpine.js) 🏔️🌅

Frictionless uploading with a tiny Alpine.js component and S3.

Snapshot any site with Django in 3 minutes 🖼️

Build a Django app to snapshot any URL using simple headless browsing

Create a open graph social image generator with Django 🌐

Help people share your content - create Open Graph social images for any url automatically

How to add Google sheets as your Django database in 4 minutes 📊

An easy to add database (and free)

3 steps to upload files properly with Django (and HTMX) 📁

Most tutorials give bad advice about uploading files. Here's how to avoid blocking your server.

How to store your users' API keys securely in Django 🔑

Encrypt your users' keys to increase security

How to add serverless functions with Django in 6 mins (with HTMX and AWS Lambda) 🧠

Add serverless functions. Banish background worker mess.

Add instant database search with Django and HTMX 🕵️

Search server-side with speed.

How to create ChatGPT with Django and HTMX in 4 minutes 🦾

Add AI to your web apps, simply and quickly (including GPT4)

How to create a Django form (using HTMX) in 90 seconds 🐎

Minimise javascript. Maximise building speed with Django and HTMX.

How to add a javascript library to your Django HTML template 👔

Add a JavaScript library to your Django HTML template. Create more valuable Django apps as a result.

How to create a Django form in 2mins using Alpine.js 🏔️

Create an async Django form simply and neatly with Alpine.js. Boost speed, enhance functionality.

Automatically register all Django models in Django admin

Register all of your Django models in the admin automatically. Avoid manually adding each new one.

Django Viewset Permissions - A Guide to Setting Permissions Per ViewSet Method

We show how to set permissions using Django ViewSets (a very fast and elegant way to build a Django REST API)

Build web apps 5-10x faster by combining Webflow and Django

A basic script and guide for exporting Webflow to Django

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