OpenIDAbout this site
I’m Simon Willison, and this is my personal weblog. I write about my technical interests, which mainly relate to client- and server-side web development.
I’m a co-creator of the Django Web framework, which powers this site.
I am available for freelance work. The opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of my clients.
You can e-mail me at simon @ this site’s domain.
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This site runs on a custom weblog application written in Python using Django. It is hosted by mod_python running on Apache 2 behind nginx, on an Ubuntu Virtual Machine at Bytemark. The database is MySQL 4.
Dynamic images are created using the Python Imaging Library. ElementTree is used throughout for munging XML.
The search engine is powered by hyperestraier, running as a local Web service. OpenID support is built around the JanRain Python library. Version control is handled by Bazaar.
Atom feeds are served by FeedBurner. Photos are hosted on Flickr, and pulled in using the Flickr API.
