Chris Achinga’s Articles and Written Stuff

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I write about making stuff with code.
Total Articles: 8

Formating Posts on a Hugo Site

this is my go to documentation for editing posts on this hugo site. it still uses markdown, but with some touch of style here and there. Article frontmatter: Use front matter to add metadata to your content. https://gohugo.io/content-management/front-matter/ --- author: ["Hugo Authors", "PaperMod Contributors", "Aditya Telange"] title: "Comprehensive Frontmatter Example" date: "2019-03-11" description: "A comprehensive guide showcasing Markdown, shortcodes, syntax, and formatting for HTML elements." summary: "Sample article demonstrating various frontmatter fields and their usage." tags: ["markdown", "shortcodes", "privacy", "syntax", "code", "gist", "css", "html", "themes", "emoji"] categories: ["themes", "syntax"] series: ["Themes Guide"] FAtags: ["markdown", "css", "html", "themes"] FAcategories: ["themes", "syntax"] FAseries: ["Themes Guide"] aliases: ["migrate-from-jekyl"] cover: image: images/msg.png caption: "Generated using [OG Image Playground by Vercel](https://og-playground.vercel.app/)" social: fediverse_creator: "@[email protected]" math: true weight: 2 ShowToc: true TocOpen: true ShowBreadCrumbs: false --- Inline Code This is Inline Code Only pre This is pre text Code block with backticks <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> <meta name="description" content="Sample article showcasing basic Markdown syntax and formatting for HTML elements." /> </head> <body> Test </body> </html> Code block with backticks and language specified <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> <meta name="description" content="Sample article showcasing basic Markdown syntax and formatting for HTML elements." /> </head> <body> Test </body> </html> Code block with backticks and language specified with line numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> <meta name="description" content="Sample article showcasing basic Markdown syntax and formatting for HTML elements." /> </head> <body> Test </body> </html> Code block with line numbers and highlighted lines PaperMod supports linenos=true or linenos=table 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> <meta name="description" content="Sample article showcasing basic Markdown syntax and formatting for HTML elements." /> </head> <body> Test </body> </html> With linenos=inline line might not get highlighted properly. This issue is fixed with 045c084 1<!DOCTYPE html> 2<html lang="en"> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8" /> 5 <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> 6 <meta 7 name="description" 8 content="Sample article showcasing basic Markdown syntax and formatting for HTML elements." 9 /> 10 </head> 11 <body> 12 Test 13 </body> 14</html> Code block indented with four spaces <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> </head> <body> Test </body> </html> Code block with Hugo’s internal highlight shortcode <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Example HTML5 Document</title> </head> <body> Test </body> </html> Github Gist https://gohugo.io/shortcodes/gist/ To display a specific file within the gist: Emoji Emoji can be enabled in a Hugo project in a number of ways. ...

Moving to My Own Site

i put a pause on writing technical articles. mainly because the platforms i love have become a hustle to use and they don’t make it easier for people not registered on those platforms to read content. i’m trying out some static site generators, would love to have content publicly accessible without any unnecessary stuff i put a pause on writing technical articles. mainly because the platforms i love have become a hustle to use and they don't make it easier for people not registered on those platforms to read content. i'm trying out some static site generators, would love to have content… — C A (@achinga_chris) May 18, 2025 ...

Become a Good Attendee and Listener at Developer Meetups and Tech Conferences

There’s no shortage of advice on how to deliver amazing talks or workshops at tech conferences, not to mention tips for preparing killer proposals and navigating the call for speakers. But what about attendees? Sure, there are guides on becoming a good listener or an engaged participant, but this piece is different. This is about my experience and what makes a great attendee and listener. Organizers & Speaker’s Sweat: A Behind-the-Scenes Look Before we dive into how to be a top-tier attendee, let’s take a moment to appreciate the efforts it takes to organize a tech event or deliver a talk. ...

DjangoCon Africa 2023, Almost a Year Later …

The Announcement I only saw Django Conferences happening in European and American countries. From the content and updates shared on X and by speakers/attendees, I realized that these events had serious content to share. I envied that. This right here, the X(tweet 😂) on May 10th. Hello World 👋🏼 We are more than excited to announce the first-ever DjangoCon event in Africa. It will take place this year in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 6th - 11th November 2023! Please visit https://t.co/qC69TfKnPt to learn more! 1/3 🧵#djangoconAfrica #djcafrica #djangocon pic.twitter.com/gypAJD07hX ...

Seeding Data in Django Using Faker

Seeding data in a Django project can be essential for development and testing. Faker, a Python library, provides a convenient way to generate placeholder data realistically. This guide will explore how to seed data using Faker in Django. Here is an example model: First, let’s consider an example model consisting of Skill and Category. from django.db import models import uuid class Skill(models.Model): id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, unique=True) title = models.CharField(max_length=200, unique=True) def __str__(self): return self.title class Category(models.Model): id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, unique=True) title = models.CharField(max_length=200, unique=True) def __str__(self): return self.title Creating a Seeder Command To seed data easily, we’ll create a custom management command. ...

Beginners Guide to Using APIs in Python

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are crucial in the world of software development. They serve as the backbone for communication between different software applications. This article explores how to interact with a simple API using Python. We’ll use a dummy server set up using JSON-Server, a package that allows you to create a fake API for testing and development purposes. Setting Up the Dummy Server Before diving into Python code, let’s set up our dummy server. JSON-Server provides a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than a minute(not literally). Here’s how you can set it up: ...

Git and GitHub SSH Configuration

Installing git Install git from here Choose a selection based on your operating system. For Linux and Ubuntu OS, you may use this alternative: Open your terminal and paste the command below: sudo apt-get install git Ensure you have a GitHub account. If not, create one here Join GitHub. First of all, we’ll configure your details to git. “Assuming your GitHub username is DevAcc, and the email used on GitHub is [email protected]” On your terminal, use the following commands: ...

DevC Nairobi: Never Not a Community

I would like to take this time and write my appreciation to the diverse community that has made it all possible for me and all other members. My Community Being part of a community is a gateway to your career success. Developer communities play a larger part in fulfilling this. Facebook Developer Circles: Nairobi has been really helpful to my career and a source of motivation to keep building a stronger foundation, and ooh yeah write clean code. The weekly posts by the admins and moderators, the campus communities, and the free quality courses are just but a few blessings from the community. ...