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Explore all 154 posts about Python, WSGI, web development, Kubernetes, Docker and more.

4 October 2025

Lazy imports using wrapt

How to implement Python lazy import mechanism using wrapt.

python wrapt

11 September 2025

Status of wrapt (September 2025)

The current status of my Python wrapt package and what to expect next.

python wrapt pycharm

10 September 2025

Back from the dead

After a 6 year hiatus from posting, I'm back.

3 January 2019

Integrating the workshop notes with the image

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

2 January 2019

Dashboard combining workshop notes and terminal

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

1 January 2019

Administration features of JupyterHub

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

31 December 2018

Deploying a multi user workshop environment

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

30 December 2018

Creating your own custom terminal image

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

29 December 2018

Running an interactive terminal in the browser

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

28 December 2018

Using JupyterHub as a generic application spawner

docker jupyterhub kubernetes openshift +1 more

22 October 2018

Packaging mod_wsgi into a zipapp using shiv.

mod_wsgi shiv zipapp

13 April 2018

Book #2: Deploying to OpenShift

openshift

30 January 2018

The "Decorator Pattern" versus the Python "wrapt" package.

decorators python wrapt

30 April 2017

Deploying Jupyter Notebooks in a hosted environment.

docker ipython jupyter kubernetes +2 more

9 December 2016

Backdoors for becoming root in a Docker container.

docker

1 December 2016

What USER should you use to run Docker images.

docker kubernetes openshift

1 August 2016

Testing out deployment of Python based Opal health care framework.

django docker mod_wsgi python +2 more

26 July 2016

Installing mod_wsgi on MacOS X with native operating system tools.

apache mod_wsgi python

8 April 2016

How are you using Docker in your development workflow?

docker python

7 April 2016

Learning more about using OpenShift 3.

docker kubernetes openshift pycon +2 more

2 March 2016

Speeding up Docker build times for Python applications.

docker openshift python s2i

24 February 2016

A walkthrough of using OpenShift 3.

docker kubernetes openshift

18 February 2016

Building a better user experience for deploying Python web applications.

apache django docker mod_wsgi +4 more

18 January 2016

Automating deployment of Lektor blog sites.

apache docker lektor mod_wsgi +3 more

14 January 2016

Python virtual environments and Docker.

docker python

4 January 2016

Roundup of Docker issues when hosting IPython.

docker ipython openshift python

29 December 2015

Issues with running as PID 1 in a Docker container.

docker gunicorn ipython mod_wsgi +4 more

24 December 2015

Unknown user when running Docker container.

docker ipython openshift python

23 December 2015

Random user IDs when running Docker containers.

docker ipython openshift python

22 December 2015

Overriding the user Docker containers run as.

docker ipython openshift python

18 December 2015

Don't run as root inside of Docker containers.

docker openshift

18 December 2015

Running IPython as a Docker container under OpenShift.

docker ipython openshift python

1 October 2015

A new job and a new set of goals.

mod_wsgi openshift python red hat

11 August 2015

Running ASYNC web applications under OpenShift.

async openshift python tornado +1 more

3 July 2015

Using Apache to start and manage Docker containers.

apache docker mod_wsgi python +1 more

1 July 2015

Redirection problems when proxying to Apache running in Docker.

apache docker mod_wsgi python +1 more

30 June 2015

Proxying to a Python web application running in Docker.

apache docker mod_wsgi python +1 more

26 June 2015

Installing a custom Python version into a Docker image.

docker python

18 June 2015

Musings about PaaS and running many small micro services.

docker kubernetes python wsgi

18 June 2015

My dynamic DNS service using AWS Route53/S3 now supports OpenShift.

dyndns53 heroku openshift

7 June 2015

Implementing request monitoring within the WSGI server.

apache datadog mod_wsgi python +2 more

26 May 2015

Performance monitoring of real WSGI application traffic.

datadog python statsd wsgi

23 May 2015

Monitoring the response content from a WSGI application.

python wsgi

19 May 2015

Effects of yielding multiple blocks in a WSGI application response.

apache gunicorn mod_wsgi nginx +3 more

19 May 2015

Returning a string as the iterable from a WSGI application.

gunicorn mod_wsgi python uWSGI +1 more

15 May 2015

Measuring response time for web requests in a WSGI application.

decorators python wrapt wsgi

14 May 2015

Using benchmarks to understand how WSGI servers work.

apache mod_wsgi pycon python +1 more

6 May 2015

Using mod_wsgi-express as a development server.

apache django mod_wsgi python +1 more

10 April 2015

Automatic patching of Python applications.

python wrapt

6 April 2015

Integrating mod_wsgi-express as a Django admin command.

apache django mod_wsgi python +1 more

5 April 2015

Using mod_wsgi-express with Django.

apache django mod_wsgi python +1 more

2 April 2015

Introducing mod_wsgi-express.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

21 March 2015

Generating full stack traces for exceptions in Python.

python

18 March 2015

Ordering issues when monkey patching in Python.

decorators python wrapt

12 March 2015

Using wrapt to support testing of software.

decorators python testing wrapt

11 March 2015

Safely applying monkey patches in Python.

decorators python wrapt

13 January 2015

Important mod_wsgi information about coming Apache httpd update.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

6 January 2015

Using alternative WSGI servers with OpenShift.

mod_wsgi openshift python wsgi

18 December 2014

Apache/mod_wsgi for Windows on life support.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

16 December 2014

Launching applications in Docker containers.

apache docker mod_wsgi python +1 more

10 December 2014

Deferred build actions for Docker images.

apache docker mod_wsgi python +1 more

2 December 2014

Hosting Python WSGI applications using Docker.

apache docker mod_wsgi python +1 more

28 November 2014

Managing the developer experience using docker.

docker python

3 September 2014

Hosting PHP web applications in conjunction with mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi php python +1 more

2 September 2014

Debugging with pdb when using mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

2 September 2014

Python module search path and mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

2 September 2014

Using Python virtual environments with mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

2 September 2014

What is the current version of mod_wsgi?

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

1 September 2014

Reporting on the DjangoCon US 2014 hallway track.

django python

1 September 2014

Setting LANG and LC_ALL when using mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

17 August 2014

Transparent object proxies in Python.

21 May 2014

Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5).

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

4 April 2014

Talk to me at PyCon about Python web application performance monitoring.

mod_wsgi new relic pycon python

20 February 2014

Use of threading in mod_wsgi daemon mode.

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

20 February 2014

Vertically partitioning Python web applications.

apache mod_wsgi new relic python +1 more

17 February 2014

Performance overhead when applying decorators to methods.

decorators python

8 February 2014

Performance overhead of using decorators.

decorators python

15 January 2014

The @synchronized decorator as context manager.

decorators python

14 January 2014

The missing @synchronized decorator.

decorators python

13 January 2014

Maintaining decorator state using a class.

decorators python

11 January 2014

Decorators which accept arguments.

decorators python

9 January 2014

Implementing a universal decorator.

decorators python

8 January 2014

Implementing a factory for creating decorators.

decorators python

7 January 2014

How you implemented your Python decorator is wrong.

decorators python

7 January 2014

The interaction between decorators and descriptors.

decorators python

2 December 2013

A dynamic DNS service using AWS Route53/S3 and Heroku.

new relic python

5 December 2012

Let me Google that for you.

14 October 2012

WSGI middleware and the hidden write() callable.

python wsgi

13 October 2012

Why are you using embedded mode of mod_wsgi?

apache mod_wsgi python

11 October 2012

Obligations for calling close() on the iterable returned by a WSGI application.

python wsgi

8 October 2012

Requests running in wrong Django instance under Apache/mod_wsgi.

apache django mod_wsgi

25 August 2012

Version 3.4 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi new relic python

2 November 2011

New Relic is not just for Apache/mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi new relic python

28 October 2011

What excited me about New Relic.

mod_wsgi new relic python

20 September 2011

Why is WSGI deployment under FASTCGI so painful?

apache fastcgi wsgi

24 March 2011

Should my next conference talk be on how web servers work?

apache mod_wsgi python wsgi

28 January 2011

An awesome year for Python web hosting.

python wsgi

22 January 2011

Testing a wsgi.file_wrapper implementation.

python wsgi

7 January 2011

Decorating WSGI applications.

python wsgi

5 January 2011

Content length and wsgi.file_wrapper.

python wsgi

5 January 2011

Implementing WSGI application objects.

python wsgi

31 December 2010

Prognosticating about 2011.

django mod_wsgi pycon python +1 more

31 December 2010

Solving some of the problems with wsgi.file_wrapper.

mod_wsgi wsgi

21 October 2010

Is PEP 3333 the final solution for WSGI on Python 3?

27 August 2010

The 2010 mod_wsgi world road show.

2 August 2010

Light hearted look at status of WSGI on Python 3.

python wsgi

28 June 2010

Sydney PyCon mod_wsgi talk slides available.

django mod_wsgi

17 June 2010

The mod_python project is now officially dead.

apache mod_python mod_wsgi python

27 May 2010

The mod_python project soon to be officially dead.

apache mod_python mod_wsgi

18 May 2010

I will be presenting at Sydney PyCon.

4 April 2010

Time to find a new job.

31 March 2010

Going To Singapore PyCon.

mod_wsgi pycon

28 March 2010

An improved WSGI script for use with Django.

django mod_wsgi

11 March 2010

Dropping support for Apache 1.3 in mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi python

26 November 2009

Save on memory with mod_wsgi 3.0.

mod_wsgi

21 November 2009

Versions 3.0 and 2.7 of mod_wsgi are now available.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

15 November 2009

Authorship of mod_wsgi and mod_python.

mod_python mod_wsgi

15 November 2009

New release candidate for mod_wsgi 3.0 is now available.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

9 October 2009

WSGI issues with HTTP HEAD requests.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

2 October 2009

Details on WSGI 1.0 amendments/clarifications.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

17 September 2009

A roadmap for the Python WSGI specification.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

21 August 2009

More on those problems with example web2py configurations for mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi python web2py

20 August 2009

Problems with example web2py configurations for mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi web2py

20 August 2009

Using bobo on top of mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

11 May 2009

Version 2.5 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi

8 May 2009

Blocking requests and nginx version of mod_wsgi.

apache mod_wsgi nginx python +1 more

28 April 2009

Python 3.0 support in mod_wsgi to be disabled.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

20 April 2009

Accreditation For Python Web Hosting

python

17 April 2009

Improving Commercial Python/WSGI Hosting Options

mod_python mod_wsgi python wsgi

11 April 2009

Version 2.4 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi python wsgi

3 April 2009

WSGI and printing to standard output.

mod_wsgi wsgi

20 March 2009

Are you having WSGI problems?

mod_wsgi python wsgi

19 March 2009

Future roadmap for mod_wsgi.

mod_python mod_wsgi python

9 March 2009

Load spikes and excessive memory usage in mod_python.

django mod_python mod_wsgi python

9 March 2009

A Python interpreter is not created for each request in mod_python.

mod_python mod_wsgi python

8 March 2009

Final chance for providing input into mod_wsgi 3.0.

mod_wsgi

26 February 2009

Source code reloading with mod_wsgi on Windows.

django mod_wsgi

19 December 2008

Using mod_wsgi when developing Django sites.

django mod_wsgi

4 December 2008

Python 3.0 and mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi python

25 August 2008

Version 2.3 of mod_wsgi is now available.

21 March 2008

Version 2.0 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi python

18 November 2007

Version 1.3 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi python

11 November 2007

Poor man's Python virtual environment.

mod_wsgi python

31 October 2007

Version 1.2 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi python

14 October 2007

Google hates mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi

1 October 2007

Version 1.1 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi

12 September 2007

Parallel Python discussion and mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi python

5 September 2007

Version 1.0 of mod_wsgi is now available.

mod_wsgi

2 September 2007

Relative popularity of Python web frameworks.

mod_wsgi python

14 August 2007

Version 1.0 of mod_wsgi real close now.

mod_wsgi

30 July 2007

Commodity shared hosting and mod_wsgi.

mod_wsgi python

2 July 2007

Web hosting landscape and mod_wsgi.

mod_python mod_wsgi python

30 March 2007

Reloading of Python code into web applications.

mod_python mod_wsgi python

6 March 2007

Resistance is futile.