Clinton BlackburnMigrating to StripeNOTE: Although I am a Stripe employee, this is my personal blog. None of what I will describe has an official recommendation from Stripe…8 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Clinton BlackburnUnder the Hood of mitcnc.orgOver the past six months I’ve been working on changes to mitcnc.org, the homepage of the MIT Club of Northern California (MITCNC), and the…8 min read·Nov 28, 2020----
Clinton BlackburnBlack Lives MatterThe past week has been frightening, upsetting, overwhelmingly exhausting, and surprisingly insightful. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and…4 min read·Jun 7, 2020----
Clinton BlackburninedX EngineeringStripe for Open edXAn accessible version of this post is available at https://blog.edx.org/stripe-open-edx.2 min read·Nov 6, 2017----
Clinton BlackburnLeaving ParadiseOver a decade ago I missed a Delta Airlines flight. Fortunately my Aunt Shebronda, being the great aunt that she is, bailed me out, and got…4 min read·Nov 2, 2017----
Clinton BlackburnCounting calls to Django QuerySet methodsYesterday, I spent some time working on a test that needed to verify the delete method was called a certain number of times for a Django…1 min read·Oct 6, 2017----
Clinton BlackburninedX EngineeringDjango Migration Don’tsHere at edX we use the red-black (or blue-green) deployment method. Ben Schmaus’ post on the Netflix Technology Blog details red-black…3 min read·Aug 30, 2017----
Clinton BlackburninedX EngineeringServerlessAn accessible version of this post is available at http://blog.edx.org/serverless-deployments.3 min read·Aug 27, 2017----
Clinton BlackburnSolar Eclipse 2017Last week I visited South Carolina to photograph the solar eclipse. In a word, it was: EPIC!3 min read·Aug 27, 2017----