Jesse Casman
jcasman.bsky.social
Jesse Casman
@jcasman.bsky.social
Open source user and enthusiast, president of Oppkey, Silicon Valley-based developer relations firm
New dev.to article: “Versioning your database with SQLAlchemy and Alembic.”

Big ah-ha for me: changing your models doesn’t touch the DB until you generate and run a migration, so you can review changes before they hit prod.

dev.to/jcasman/vers...

#python #sqlalchemy #alembic #fastapi
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’ve been looking at different ways to deploy a FastAPI-based application. I’ve used Fly and Leapcell recently.

Article and try-it-yourself installation steps here:

fastopp.hashnode.dev/deploy-a-min...

#fastapi #opensource
October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Calling all students! FastOpp is a well-scaffolded, opinionated open source technology stack for building AI web apps. It bridges the gap between learning frameworks and real-world AI-first apps.

fastopp.hashnode.dev/fastopp-a-st...

#fastapi #Python
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FastOpp: A Student-Friendly Starter for AI Web Apps

Opportunity for students learning AI - Guided curriculum, mentorship, live project to add to your resume

dev.to/jcasman/fast...

#opensourceai #opensource
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To use AI, you've got to test it first.

We've done that here at Oppkey, and this article on testing AI for marketers gives you a great starting point.

Key question: Can I use AI with my internal marketing data spreadsheets? Is it better than my spreadsheets?

dzone.com/articles/tes...
April 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
From the R Consortium - cool information about a new R Users Group in Malawi - Covers how the use of R in Malawi is still in its infancy but use is growing in academia

r-consortium.org/posts/introd...

#rstats
December 30, 2024 at 9:58 PM