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Datasette is an open source tool for exploring and publishing data.

2020

Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.6 — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies

Weeknotes: Shaving yaks for Datasette Cloud

I’ve been shaving a lot of yaks, but I’m finally ready to for other people to start kicking the tires on the MVP of Datasette Cloud.

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Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.5.1 — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies
Release datasette-upload-csvs 0.1a — Datasette plugin for uploading CSV files and converting them to database tables
Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.5 — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies
Release datasette Datasette 0.35 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.4.1 — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies
Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.4 — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies
Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.3 — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies
Release datasette Datasette 0.34 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data

Weeknotes: datasette-auth-existing-cookies and datasette-sentry

Work on Datasette Cloud continues—I’m tantalizingly close to having a MVP I can start to invite people to try out.

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Release datasette-sentry 0.1.1 — Datasette plugin for configuring Sentry
Release datasette-sentry 0.1 — Datasette plugin for configuring Sentry
Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.3b — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies
Release datasette-auth-existing-cookies 0.2a — Datasette plugin that authenticates users based on existing domain cookies

Weeknotes: Datasette Cloud and zero downtime deployments

Yesterday’s piece on Tracking FARA by deploying a data API using GitHub Actions and Cloud Run was originally intended to be my weeknotes, but ended up getting a bit too involved.

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Tracking FARA by deploying a data API using GitHub Actions and Cloud Run

I’m using the combination of GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Run to retrieve data from the U.S. Department of Justice FARA website and deploy it as a queryable API using Datasette.

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Building a sitemap.xml with a one-off Datasette plugin

Visit Building a sitemap.xml with a one-off Datasette plugin

One of the fun things about launching a new website is re-learning what it takes to promote a website from scratch on the modern web. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying using Niche Museums as an excuse to explore 2020-era SEO.

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2019

Weeknotes: Datasette 0.33

I released Datasette 0.33 yesterday. The release represents an accumulation of small changes and features since Datasette 0.32 back in November. Duplicating the release notes:

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Release datasette Datasette 0.33 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data

Building tools to bring data-driven reporting to more newsrooms. I wrote about my fellowship project so far and my goals for the next few months for the JSK Medium publication. My next priority: an invite-only hosted version for newsrooms so that figuring out how to install and manage the software isn’t the biggest barrier to entry.

# 20th December 2019, 11:17 am / data-journalism, datasette, jsk

Logging to SQLite using ASGI middleware

I had some fun playing around with ASGI middleware and logging during our flight back to England for the holidays.

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Better presentations through storytelling and STAR moments

Last week I completed GSBGEN 315: Strategic Communication at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Release datasette-atom 0.4 — Datasette plugin that adds a .atom output format

datasette-atom: Define an Atom feed using a custom SQL query

I’ve been having a ton of fun iterating on www.niche-museums.com. I put together some notes on how the site works last week, and I’ve been taking advantage of the Thanksgiving break to continue exploring ways in which Datasette can be used to quickly build database-backed static websites.

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Release datasette-atom 0.3 — Datasette plugin that adds a .atom output format
Release datasette-atom 0.2.1 — Datasette plugin that adds a .atom output format
Release datasette-atom 0.2 — Datasette plugin that adds a .atom output format

niche-museums.com, powered by Datasette

I just released a major upgrade to my www.niche-museums.com website (launched last month).

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Release datasette-cluster-map 0.8 — Datasette plugin that shows a map for any data with latitude/longitude columns