Plain @plainframework

A web framework for building products with Python. Follow for development updates. Follow @davegaeddert for more background. plainframework.com Kansas Joined July 2024

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

2 days ago

Python 3.13 is the new minimum for @plainframework Without uv, I'm not sure this would be such an easy call!

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I removed the earliest(), latest(), and get_latest_by from the @plainframework models I'm actually in favor of having some convenience methods for this kind of thing, but the combination with get_latest_by (which I've literally never used) feels wrong to me. Just use order_by!

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

3 days ago

Getting the agent to *use* the tools is another problem though. For some, a line in your AGENTS[.]md telling it to use `plain agent` is enough. For claude code, right now I'm using a hook to inject it into the context. Every session includes all of the plain AGENTS instructions

Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

3 days ago

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

3 days ago

Trying a set of agent-specific tools in the plain CLI - read docs - see simplified source / framework APIs available - read AGENTS[.]md included in Plain - make (authenticated!) requests against your dev env

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

3 days ago

Added a -c option for plain shell and having much better success with claude doing one-off Python debugging

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

a week ago

Playing with the starter kit style... this isn't quite there yet, but the general "plain" aesthetic I'm headed towards is inspired by older GitHub / Tailscale / PlanetScale Shooting for something that works with standard Tailwind classes and system fonts. Lots of bg-stone-900...

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

a week ago

I also made some changes to the class based views for working with objects (DetailView, UpdateView, etc) They now use @ cached_property for self.object, which makes it way more convenient to use the object anywhere in the view without worrying about whether it has been loaded

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

a week ago

Plain core also includes a new setting: APP_VERSION This replaces ADMIN_TOOLBAR_VERSION and can (and will) be used in more places throughout the framework to point to the git sha or whatever you consider the "version" to be

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

a week ago

The plain toolbar has gotten to the point where it deserves it's own package It's on the path to be a full-featured, extensible dev toolbar that works in local development *and production* uv add plain-toolbar

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Plain @plainframework

3 weeks ago

Making a little progress on the admin UI... - pyproject.toml project name for branding - icons for sidebar nav - gravatar for logged in user

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Plain @plainframework

3 weeks ago

Experimenting with a MARK comment in the Plain source code, which we can render as sections when displaying docs. Inspired by # pragma mark in Objective-C and MARK in Swift

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Plain @plainframework

3 weeks ago

Plain 0.58.0 includes completely rewritten CSRF protection — no more {{ csrf_input }} needed! This mostly relies on the modern Sec-Fetch-Site header and some great research by Filippo Valsorda (words.filippo.io/csrf/), and the new csrf middleware in Go 1.25.

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

a month ago

Trying to figure out how to make a framework AI-friendly without locking in to specific providers or APIs. Right now it seems like generating prompts + CLI tools can get you pretty far! Works with IDE agents too — just copy the prompt or tell it to run the command itself

Plain @plainframework

a month ago

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Plain @plainframework

a month ago

Plain now ships with `plain install` and `plain upgrade` commands. In some ways these are glorified AI prompt generators! But integrating with coding agents in this way leaves API keys and control completely in your hands. Use any provider or tool you want.

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Dave Gaeddert @davegaeddert

2 months ago

Pretty pumped about this. Still took quite a bit of effort, but this first version wouldn't be anywhere close to this without claude code. Fun to see pieces start to fall into place. The toolbar and on-page query summary goes all the way back to Forge (RIP), but now uses…

Plain @plainframework

2 months ago

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Plain @plainframework

2 months ago

From seeing a problem to fixing it, with the new opentelemetry instrumentation, plain-observer, and `plain observer diagnose`. What else can we do if we embrace coding agents?!

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Plain @plainframework

2 months ago

Models in plain no longer support custom primary keys. Everything gets a bigint auto id field! Time will tell whether more is really needed here, but in most cases you shouldn't need to customize primary keys in new apps and this sets a clear expectation across all of Plain.

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Plain @plainframework

2 months ago

When using plain-dev, your dev "services" now auto-start in the background any time they are required (perfect for a database running in a docker container). This feels like a better DX for people, but also makes it more agent-friendly so you and claude can work side-by-side.

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Plain @plainframework

2 months ago

The admin toolbar shows exception tracebacks automatically when you break something. This appears on top of your regular error view, so you never forget what your users are seeing in these situations!