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Tim The Webmaster's Development Laboratory

Where I'm developing my own web services and online tools, automation scripts and telegram bots, scrapers of websites and django apps. I am writing articles related to the research of topics that are interesting to me. I share code, experience, developments, errors and various stories while I'm working on my own (and other people's) tasks and projects.

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An ordinary programmer who is engaged in implementing his projects, writes about it. Sharing as things progress, all the details of the development of this project are happening.this is in two formats, in the public format tool or in the format of an article or a series of articles, if the project quite complicated.

Various topics fall into this laboratory. So, I will detailI analyze and publish the process of developing programs for specific needs. Or I am analyzing certain data sources for practical application in the field of website promotion in search engines. I also write articles related to the history of software developmentsoftware, be it programming languages or the people behind it or other technology.

Also if I spend a lot of time developing and publishing my owntools and web applications. My tools are of various types, from built-inweb applicationson my website to terminal utilities and PyPI packages on Python. Since the tools itself If they have different directions, then their stacks are correspondingly different. So, to develop web applications I use Django and TailwindCSS, and for telegram bots AIOgram.

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Image scraper online and free

28.11.2023

13.04.2026

Web tool

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Image scraper from any websites online, scrape any images via URL for a web page or a whole website

Django application for managing ad blocks from YAN

09.10.2025

08.03.2026

Django app

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Complete guide to installing and configuring Django Yandex Ad Manager for advanced advertising integration. Learn to implement banners, full-screen ads, carousels, and in-image ads with platform targeting, pagination support, and smart middleware injection. Step-by-step setup with code examples for optimal ad placement and monetization.

Online RSS reader and aggregator with subscription for RSS feeds | RSSReader

20.03.2024

12.03.2026

Web tool

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This online tool allows you to read and subscribe to RSS feeds for free and without limitation. You can also aggregate any number of feeds.

Django middleware for managing the BTCPay donation links

13.03.2026

16.03.2026

Django app

This application helps manage all donation links generated on your own Bitcoin node, based on BTCPay Server. It has minimal installation requirements, is managed via database entries, and is easily hosted and placed on your website.

Location locating bot

17.02.2026

Telegram bot

179

This bot requests your location and displays brief information about it. It also allows you to enter an address and get the location on a map. Build using aiogram library and geodecoding api.

A SMIL animation editor for SVG images

09.01.2026

12.03.2026

Web tool

190

This is a simple animation editor for SVG images based on direct code editing. It was created solely for teaching the basics and specifics of animating SVG images using SMIL. Has build in picker for ID's of elements of an image.

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Jan. 24, 2026, 9:34 a.m.

TimTheWebmaster

Hi. Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I think about this problem too but ended up leaning toward a built-in detection of the Yandex Ads Network. At the time of writing this reply, YAN effectively filters out all bot traffic, which I am certain is 10 to 20 times greater than the total number of human visitors on my website. But I will check out the Django throttle middleware.

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Jan. 22, 2026, 9:38 a.m.

Artem Frolov

Great article and a very solid Django integration for managing Yandex ad blocks. I worked on a related but orthogonal problem — protecting ad impressions from abnormal or invalid traffic (bots, loops, broken integrations). Ended up building a small Django middleware that throttles suspicious ad impressions to reduce the risk of ad network penalties. In practice, tools like this ad manager + traffic protection work best together. https://github.com/frollow/throttle

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How to deploy a Django website on the timeweb

24.07.2025

15.04.2026

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How to deploy a django website on a timeweb with database configuration, plus setup for a HTTPS redirects and configuration of a nginx, gunicorn and dns

How to deploy a Django website on reg.ru

16.03.2025

15.04.2026

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How to deploy a django website on a reg.ru with database configuration, plus setup for a HTTPS redirects and configuration of a nginx, gunicorn and dns

Fast implementation of a RESTful API for a Django website

24.02.2025

08.04.2026

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Implementing a REST API for a Django website in short, clear steps with minimal code required. Also included is a demonstration of backend interaction via the client side of the …

How to Fix SSL "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" and Migrate Email Between Hosts

27.03.2026

12.04.2026

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Struggling with SSL verification errors during email delivery? Learn how to solve the CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED issue in Python/Django and follow a step-by-step guide on migrating your corporate email server.

Deploying the BTCPay server on VPS

05.03.2026

12.04.2026

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I'll describe the process of deploying a BTCPay server to accept crypto payments. Step by step: Bitcoin Core -> .NET SDK 8.0 -> NBXplorer -> BTCPay -> Nginx -> Tor …

How to add user on Linux server

28.02.2026

11.03.2026

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How to add a user on a Linux server (Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS), why it's necessary, and how to make them an administrator. I'll briefly explain the differences between a privileged/root user and …

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Dec. 22, 2025, 10:32 a.m.

Vector

Good article. Unfortunately the quill official documentation doesn't contain any article about container blot

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July 27, 2025, 7:05 p.m.

timthewebmaster

Sure, why not :)

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July 25, 2025, 11:20 p.m.

TOBI

hi, could you make a telegram quiz bot that lets you upload a file (json) from which it extracts the data to create the quiz

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May 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m.

timthewebmaster

Even better. Can you add some expressions? I want to feel.

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May 15, 2025, 4:43 p.m.

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May 9, 2025, 5:03 a.m.

timthewebmaster

Nice one

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April 25, 2025, 10:41 a.m.

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Notes and records

About a semantic core analysis

20.04.2026

Lately, I've been trying to understand my semantic core. Or rather, part of it. It turned out something like this:

The funniest thing is that the original PNG image weighed 18 megabytes, while this one weighs less than 1 megabyte. That's why it's worth using WEBP today.

About a podcasts and an ads networks

28.03.2026

I tried not to push too hard on the site today. The only thing I did was add the ability to add podcasts to the site, which would be hosted directly on the site.

Initially, I planned to use Buzzsprout for podcast distribution, but then I realized that even $20 would be a bit much. So, for now, I'll be storing the podcasts on the server.

I also looked at other ad networks I could work with, preferably internationally. And I found some alternatives to AdSense: Monetag and HilltopAds. The beauty of them for me is that they pay out in Bitcoin, which is quite nice because you don't have to deal with paperwork.

About an SSL and feedback form

27.03.2026

Today, I accomplished three things:

I published an article regarding the SSL certificate validation error.
I made some minor tweaks to the homepage and moved all forms to the site's footer.
I finally fixed the contact form on the website.

That's all for today.

Updated notes and worked on notifications from BTCPay

24.03.2026

Today I was working on a system for sending emails when accepting payments via BTCPay. It's strange: I can send emails from my local machine without any problems, but when I try to do the same on the production server, nothing works.

I'll be testing other email clients soon, so there may be some email outages in the next 2-4 days.

I also modified the notes section. Now notes work not only through the standard CharField field in the model, but also through a FileField. This means, in practice, the presence of indents, links, fonts, and other markup that was only present in articles and tools.

Had change the Tool App and coresponding data base

12.02.2026

Today I was busy migrating my tools to a new, more rigid tool structure with strict categorization into Web Tools, TG Bots, Parsers, Scripts, and Django Apps. I'll also add browser extensions and probably mobile apps in the future, but I'm not sure. It was brutal; I ruined the entire database and had to manually restore all the descriptions and connections… Otherwise, I'm having a great evening…

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What this Lab is doing

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Image scraper online and free

Django application for managing ad blocks from YAN

Online RSS reader and aggregator with subscription for RSS feeds | RSSReader

Django middleware for managing the BTCPay donation links

Location locating bot

A SMIL animation editor for SVG images

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How to deploy a Django website on the timeweb

How to deploy a Django website on reg.ru

Fast implementation of a RESTful API for a Django website

How to Fix SSL "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" and Migrate Email Between Hosts

Deploying the BTCPay server on VPS

How to add user on Linux server

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Notes and records

About a semantic core analysis

About a podcasts and an ads networks

About an SSL and feedback form

Updated notes and worked on notifications from BTCPay

Had change the Tool App and coresponding data base