Appengine: getCurrentUser() is None but app.yaml login:admin Allows Access?

Today, while working on Google AppEngine code, I discovered a bug in AppEngine, but it just turned out to be a typo. I spent a good few hours googling before tearing things apart and solving the tricky issue. As such, I am sharing my finds to help others’ save some time and stress. Short version is to check your regular expressions in the app.yaml file when adding security to an entire...

Appengine Django/GQL – Ensuring Uniqueness of Model Type on Edit – Not Equals Filters

Edit 2009-02-02 - Added note about inequality query complexity. Spoiler – inequalities are 2 queries under the hood. In my further adventures in Google AppEngine land, I wanted to ensure uniqueness of an email field while still allowing the user to change their email address. Since, Google App Engine’s BigTable doesn’t allow you to custom define unique indexes, this poses a...

Will Wolverine be in Imax? Trolls Ruin Google…

Just a quick rant… My old buddy Jin and I have been planning on catching the new Wolverine flick together for a long time. I know it was leaked to unflattering reviews, but I really don’t care. He is coming from St. Cloud and I am coming from Minneapolis. So we were thinking it might be cool to try to hit the IMAX in St. Michael. But thus far, the ticket sites were not showing...