pamela fox's blog posts

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• Safety evaluations for LLM-powered apps
• Observations: Using Python with DeepSeek-R1
• Running Azurite inside a Dev Container
• Making a dev container with multiple data services
• My first PyBay: Playing improv with Python
• Entity extraction using OpenAI structured outputs mode
• Integrating vision into RAG applications
• Making an Ollama-compatible RAG app
• Playwright and Pytest parametrization for responsive E2E tests
• Should you use Quart or FastAPI for an AI app?
• pgvector for Python developers
• Using SLMs in GitHub Codespaces
• RAG on a database table with PostgreSQL
• Truncating conversation history for OpenAI chat completions
• Evaluating RAG chat apps: Can your app say "I don't know"?
• RAG techniques: Function calling for more structured retrieval
• Converting HTML pages to PDFs with Playwright
• Using FastAPI for an OpenAI chat backend
• Using llamafile for local dev for an OpenAI Python web app
• Strategies for managing dependencies for Python samples
• Using SQLAlchemy 2.0 in Flask
• Best practices for OpenAI Chat apps: Go Keyless
• Best practices for OpenAI Chat apps: Streaming UI
• Best practices for OpenAI Chat apps: Concurrency
• Mocking async openai package calls with pytest
• Fetching JSON over streaming HTTP
• Accessibility snapshot testing for Python web apps (Part 2)
• Automated accessibility audits for Python web apps (Part 1)
• Tips for debugging Flask deployments to Azure App Service
• Best practices for prompting GitHub Copilot in VS Code
• Providing feedback on the VS Code Python experience
• Streaming ChatGPT with server-sent events in Flask
• A Dev Container for SQLAlchemy with SQLTools
• Converting a Spreadsheet to JSON with Neptyne
• Adding Microsoft Graph authentication as a Flask Blueprint
• Deploying a containerized FastAPI app to Azure Container Apps
• Rendering matplotlib charts in Flask
• Fast-loading Python Dev Containers
• Hosting Python Web Apps on Azure: A Price-Off
• Testing APIFlask with schemathesis
• Managing Python dependency versions for web projects
• Loading multiple Python versions with Pyodide
• Dis This: Disassemble Python code online
• Writing a static maps API with FastAPI and Azure
• Tips for debugging Django deployments to Azure App Service
• FastAPI on Azure Functions with Azure API Management
• Running PostgreSQL in a Dev Container with Flask/Django
• Deploying a Django app to Azure with the Azure Developer CLI
• A template for new Python projects with Dev Container support
• Happy Hacktoberfest!
• Deploying a containerized Flask app to Azure Container Apps
• Returning an image from an Azure Function App in Python
• Preparing a Django app for deployment on Azure App Service
• How I setup a Python project
• A browser-based runner for Faded Parsons Problems
• How to audit CS61A
• New online class: Python Crash Course on Co:rise
• Rewriting Django Admin in Backbone
• Using the Instagram API from a Python Flask App
• Converting Addresses to Timezones in Python
• Using 3-Legged OAuth APIs with Flask
• Code Quality Tools
• Sending Errors to Email in App Engine