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5/11/2026
Day 97 of #100DaysOfCode — DevCollab: Deploying the Django Backend to Railway

Day 97 of #100DaysOfCode — DevCollab: Deploying the Django Backend to Railway

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Author deployed a Django backend to Railway, handling infrastructure and PostgreSQL provisioning with minimal setup. Production readiness required environment-specific settings files, WhiteNoise for static files, and Gunicorn as WSGI server. Three deployment issues (missing DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE, incorrect ALLOWED_HOSTS, missing STATIC_ROOT) were debugged and fixed; all API endpoints tested successfully in production.

  • •Step-by-step Django backend deployment to Railway with environment configuration split
  • •Production readiness: static file handling via WhiteNoise, Gunicorn WSGI server, PostgreSQL provisioning before Django service deploy
  • •Real debugging walk-through: three production issues encountered and resolved; full API test validated live parity

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