Something that I couldn't figure out was how to import my app so that I could test it with pytests. Isolated tests would work, but anytime I tried to import something from my app like so

from app.main import app
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient

client = TestClient(app)

def test_root():
    response =...

This is geared toward debian linux users.

Connecting to Postgres and looking around.

• Log into your postgres instance with sudo -u postgres psql
• You should see the psql prompt

~/repos/chorelist$ sudo -u postgres psql
psql (14.6 (Ubuntu 14.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1))
Type "help" for help.

postgres=#

• \?: list of possible commands and short descriptions. This should be...

The last year or so has been bumpy. I changed jobs, twice. Went from Ruby on Rails back to Python. Emerged from a pandemic. Neglected my health a little and learned some things. This is still ongoing, nothing serious though. Saw coworkers get let go, some that even helped me...

If you're reading this it's because I was able to get everything working. I still have some things to fix up, but overall the app is working as expected. I should be able to add in some code examples at some point. To that end...

Welcome!

Often I find that I need to create more than one record for my specs. A simple create(:some_factory, name: 'something1') repeated multiple times seems inefficient and wrong.

create_list: The Alternative

There is a way to create a set of records in one go, but the drawback is that the objects will...