Amal Shaji
Amal is a full-stack developer interested in deep learning for computer vision and autonomous vehicles. He enjoys working with Python, PyTorch, Go, FastAPI, and Docker. He writes to learn and is a professional introvert.
Amal Shaji
Articles & Tutorials
Dockerizing Flask with Postgres, Gunicorn, and Traefik
This tutorial details how to configure Flask to run on Docker along with Postgres, Gunicorn, Traefik, and Let's Encrypt.
Dockerizing Django with Postgres, Gunicorn, and Traefik
Configure Django to run on Docker along with Postgres, Gunicorn, Traefik, and Let's Encrypt.
Web Authentication Methods Compared
Commonly used web authentication methods.
Dockerizing FastAPI with Postgres, Uvicorn, and Traefik
Configure FastAPI to run on Docker along with Postgres, Uvicorn, Traefik, and Let's Encrypt.
Adding Social Authentication to Flask
Add social auth to a Flask app.
Adding Social Authentication to Django
Set up social auth with Django and Django Allauth.
CSRF Protection in Flask
This article looks at what CSRF is and how to prevent a CSRF attack in Flask.
Session-based Auth with Flask for Single Page Apps
Add session-based authentication to a Single-Page Application (SPA) powered by Flask and Svelte.
Using Hypothesis and Schemathesis to Test FastAPI
How property-based testing via Hypothesis and Schemathesis can be used to test FastAPI
Parallelism, Concurrency, and AsyncIO in Python - by example
This tutorial looks at how to speed up CPU-bound and IO-bound operations with multiprocessing, threading, and AsyncIO.
Rapid Prototyping with Flask, htmx, and Tailwind CSS
Add htmx and Tailwind CSS to Flask to improve developer productivity.
Rapid Prototyping with Django, htmx, and Tailwind CSS
Add htmx and Tailwind CSS to Django to improve developer productivity.
Moving from Flask to FastAPI
Interested in moving from Flask to FastAPI? This article compares and contrasts common patterns in both Flask and FastAPI.
Working with Static and Media Files in Django
How to work with static and media files in a Django project, locally and in production.
Serving a Machine Learning Model with FastAPI and Streamlit
Serve up a style transfer machine learning model with FastAPI and Streamlit.
Docker Best Practices for Python Developers
Several best practices to make your Dockerfiles and images cleaner, leaner, and more secure.