Starting Over at 40: How Solo Python Freelancing Let Me Trade Burnout for a Zero-Stress, Profitable

It took me twenty years, two burn-outs, and a hard look at what I really wanted from a working week to understand how I could earn a comfortable living and stay sane. This article is the unfiltered story of my learning curve. It’s 100 percent real; I wrote every line, using AI only to polish grammar and structure. If you are wondering whether a mid-career switch to Python freelance work could fit your own life, read on: I will lay out every step, the money, the mistakes, and exactly how I organise my days now so you can decide what might translate to your situation.

Link to full post here

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Django DRF with django All Auth. Cross origin question.

Hey I'm trying to make Django DRF that uses django all auth with a React frontend.

The error is 403 (screenshot):

Backend - localhost:8000

Frontend - localhost:3000

Header's I'm sending along with the fetch request:

headers: {
'Accept': "application/json",
},
credentials: 'include',headers: {
'Accept': "application/json",
"X-CSRFToken": getCSRFToken() ?? '',
},
credentials: 'include',

(the function is tested and returns the token properly)

There is an example project, which I tried to replicate with no luck:
[https://codeberg.org/allauth/django-allauth/src/branch/main/examples/react-spa](https://codeberg.org/allauth/django-allauth/src/branch/main/examples/react-spa)

Request headers for 403:

POST /auth/browser/v1/auth/signup HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:8000
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0
Accept: application/json
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br, zstd
Referer: http://localhost:3000/
X-CSRFToken:
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 59


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Django 5 healthcheck

Hello, I am looking to create a healthcheck endpoint for my django app and I was hoping for it to be a little bit more thorough than just returning an HTTP 200 OK response. My idea was to do something that at least check for DB and cache connectivity before returning that successful response. Are there any recommended/ best practices for this?

I could certainly just perform a read to DB and read or write something to the cache, but was just curious to what others are doing out there since I feel that might be inefficient for an endpoint that's meant to be quick and simple.

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What best works for frontend if I use DRF?



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Monday Daily Thread: Project ideas!

# Weekly Thread: Project Ideas 💡

Welcome to our weekly Project Ideas thread! Whether you're a newbie looking for a first project or an expert seeking a new challenge, this is the place for you.

## How it Works:

1. **Suggest a Project**: Comment your project idea—be it beginner-friendly or advanced.
2. **Build & Share**: If you complete a project, reply to the original comment, share your experience, and attach your source code.
3. **Explore**: Looking for ideas? Check out Al Sweigart's ["The Big Book of Small Python Projects"](https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Small-Python-Programming/dp/1718501242) for inspiration.

## Guidelines:

* Clearly state the difficulty level.
* Provide a brief description and, if possible, outline the tech stack.
* Feel free to link to tutorials or resources that might help.

# Example Submissions:

## Project Idea: Chatbot

**Difficulty**: Intermediate

**Tech Stack**: Python, NLP, Flask/FastAPI/Litestar

**Description**: Create a chatbot that can answer FAQs for a website.

**Resources**: [Building a Chatbot with Python](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a37BL0stIuM)

# Project Idea: Weather Dashboard

**Difficulty**: Beginner

**Tech Stack**: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, API

**Description**: Build a dashboard that displays real-time weather information using a weather API.

**Resources**: [Weather API Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P5MY_2i7K8)

## Project Idea: File Organizer

**Difficulty**: Beginner

**Tech Stack**: Python, File I/O

**Description**: Create a script that organizes files in a directory into sub-folders based on file type.

**Resources**: [Automate the Boring Stuff: Organizing Files](https://automatetheboringstuff.com/2e/chapter9/)

Let's help each other grow. Happy

/r/Python
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Django 2024 Annual Impact Report
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/jun/30/django-2024-annual-impact-report/

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any django package for user credit usage/balance ?

hi everyone!

I'm building an AI based web application with django, celery.

I want to allow users have pay-as-you-go model. There will be credit purchasing.
is there any package for this purpose ?

Thanks

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Feeling Overwhelmed as a Django Beginner, Is This Normal?

Hi guys, I recently started learning Django. I'm not completely new to backend development though, I understand the basics, since I had been using Flask for a while. However, I never worked on any real-world projects, just personal ones.

My first programming language was Python, then I moved on to Flask, and now I'm learning Django. I also know HTML and a bit of CSS. I've never really had any formal training; most of my learning has been through YouTube.

Lately, I’ve come to realize how little I actually know. Everything feels overwhelming. I keep learning every day, but there's always something new to figure out. I just started learning Django REST Framework (DRF) through a YouTube course. It was only yesterday or so that I found out about Django Ninja, another option for building REST APIs (I think it supports async too), I discovered it thanks to a Udemy course I got on using Redis with Django by Very Academy.

I've been applying for internships and junior developer roles. I've even sent emails to startups and organizations offering to work as an unpaid intern just to gain real world experience. How did you guys manage to keep going through all this?

Also, in

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Best Way to Split Scientific PDF Text into Paragraphs?

Hi everyone,

I'm working on processing scientific articles (mostly IEEE-style) and need to split the extracted text into paragraphs reliably.

Simple rules like \\n or \\n\\n often give poor results because:

Many PDFs have line breaks at the end of each line, even mid-paragraph.

Paragraph separation isn't consistent.

I'm looking for a better method or tool (free if possible) to segment PDF text into proper paragraphs
Any suggestions (libraries methods......) would be appreciated!



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How is PySide6 as a GUI development option?

I've been looking into native GUI app development, and PySide6 came up—does anyone have experience with it?

Also, is building GUI apps with Python kind of a bad idea in general?

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An open-source alternative to Yahoo Finance's market data python APIs with higher reliability.

"Hey folks! 👋

I've been working on this Python API called defeatbeta-api that some of you might find useful. It's like yfinance but without rate limits and with some extra goodies:

• Earnings call transcripts (super helpful for sentiment analysis)
• Yahoo stock news contents
• Granular revenue data (by segment/geography)
• All the usual yahoo finance market data stuff

I built it because I kept hitting yfinance's limits and needed more complete data. It's been working well for my own trading strategies - thought others might want to try it too.

Happy to answer any questions or take feature requests!"

/r/Python
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toycrypto: Some toy cryptographic modules and related tools

### toycrypto

Some toy cryptographic modules and related tools that should never, ever be used for anything other than demonstation purposes.

Python's "one int to rule them all" makes it very attractive for illustrating cryptographic notions and computations.

- PyPi
- Github
- Documentation

### What My Project Does

toycrypto is a collection of modules which can be used to illustrate or teach about basic cryptographic concepts.
It has few third party dependencies and no required dependencies on anything that would prevent its use in a pure Python environment.

It started out as a place for me to collect various things I had written in Jupyter notebooks or in teaching notes.

A few examples:

- The oldest (and ugliest) code in the project is the Elliptic Curve module, which I had originally created to so that I could talk about the doubleandadd algorithm (and its vulnerabilites to side channels).

- The birthday problem module because I needed something that would efficiently provide reasonable approximations for the kinds of numbers and probability I wanted to talk about.

- A more recent module is the security games,
which can be used to illustrate things like IND-CPA.

- The number theory module started out to just give me pure Python utilities that I would otherwise have used Sage

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Tuesday Daily Thread: Advanced questions

# Weekly Wednesday Thread: Advanced Questions 🐍

Dive deep into Python with our Advanced Questions thread! This space is reserved for questions about more advanced Python topics, frameworks, and best practices.

## How it Works:

1. **Ask Away**: Post your advanced Python questions here.
2. **Expert Insights**: Get answers from experienced developers.
3. **Resource Pool**: Share or discover tutorials, articles, and tips.

## Guidelines:

* This thread is for **advanced questions only**. Beginner questions are welcome in our [Daily Beginner Thread](#daily-beginner-thread-link) every Thursday.
* Questions that are not advanced may be removed and redirected to the appropriate thread.

## Recommended Resources:

* If you don't receive a response, consider exploring r/LearnPython or join the [Python Discord Server](https://discord.gg/python) for quicker assistance.

## Example Questions:

1. **How can you implement a custom memory allocator in Python?**
2. **What are the best practices for optimizing Cython code for heavy numerical computations?**
3. **How do you set up a multi-threaded architecture using Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)?**
4. **Can you explain the intricacies of metaclasses and how they influence object-oriented design in Python?**
5. **How would you go about implementing a distributed task queue using Celery and RabbitMQ?**
6. **What are some advanced use-cases for Python's decorators?**
7. **How can you achieve real-time data streaming in Python with WebSockets?**
8. **What are the

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Can someone help me with a clear guide to Django auth process customization ?

Hello guys !! I'm new in the django world, and i feel a little confused by the authentication process of this framework. A come frame laravel where i used to create the auth process by myself (although there are some ready to use kits like breeze). But in Django, i've realized that the authentication system is a built in feature of the framework. I searched for a way to customize it, but all the tutorials i found were not as clear as i needed. So if someone has some tips or suggestions for me, il be delighted to explore them 🙂. Thanks in advance.

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Practice resources

Recently complete watching “code bro” YouTube python learning
And now I wanted to practice on those skill. Do you have any recommended researchers to practice from it?

I tried “code war” and i think the Questions there is a little off ( some of the question there are weird and I don't think I'll ever run into them again)

I know “leet code” is more difficult question aiming for interview question but maybe I should learn from them

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Blog Understand how Python works using daily koans

When I first started using Python, I did what everyone does: followed tutorials, bookmarked cheat sheets, and tried to memorize as much as I could. For a while, it worked. At least on the surface.

But even after months of writing code, something felt off.
I knew how to use the language, but I didn’t really understand it.

Then I stumbled across a line of code that confused me:

== False # False
if : # Also False

I spent longer than I care to admit just staring at it.
And yet that little puzzle taught me more about how Python handles truth, emptiness, and logic than any blog post ever did.

That was the first time I really slowed down.
Not to build something big, but to sit with something small. Something puzzling. And that changed the way I learn.

So I started a little experiment:
Each day, I write or find a short Python koan, a code snippet that seems simple, but carries a deeper lesson. Then I unpack it. What it looks like on the surface. Why it works the way it does. And

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What’s your approach to organizing Python projects for readability and scalability?

I'm working on improving my Python project structure for better readability and scalability. Any tips on organizing files, folders, modules, or dependencies?

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How to Implement login by either email or phone number?

Hello, I'm trying to develop an online store project, and I need a way to allow users to use either email OR phone number for registration. Keyword being Or. However since this is an online store, for actual purchase i will require users to provide phone number later. For now, is there a way to let users sign up with email or phone number? (CustomUser maybe?)

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D Monthly Who's Hiring and Who wants to be Hired?

For Job Postings please use this template

>Hiring: [Location\], Salary:[\], [Remote | Relocation\], [Full Time | Contract | Part Time\] and [Brief overview, what you're looking for\]

For Those looking for jobs please use this template

>Want to be Hired: [Location\], Salary Expectation:[\], [Remote | Relocation\], [Full Time | Contract | Part Time\] Resume: [Link to resume\] and [Brief overview, what you're looking for\]

​

Please remember that this community is geared towards those with experience.

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Will requiring login deter users from trying my mood tracker?

I am finishing up my first web application, a simple mood tracker where users log daily mood and notes. All pages require login so data stays private. I’m worried visitors will see the login wall and leave without trying the core features. Is that a dealbreaker? What’s the easiest way to let people try the main functionality without sacrificing privacy? I’m using React with a Django REST backend and session based authentication.

/r/django
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