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Use Linux with the "Terminator" shell.
Use a version control system.
Use virtualenv, for managing different versions of Python and dependencies, e.g.
virtualenv path --python=python2.7 --no-sites-packages system libs: ./configure --prefix=envpath ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=envpath/lib
Use yolk, handy …
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This talk will be about 3 tools, that can be considered secret weapons: they offer great payoffs, for low efforts.
(Note: the slides enhance most of these concepts with lots of code examples, have a look!)
Haystack does full text search, and …
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Simon Willison is the co-founder lanyrd.com, a social website for conferences.
Using cryptographic signing for various things can ensure that they haven't been tampered with, for instance a cookie or an unsubscribe …
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Performance (e.g. a request should return in less than 5 seconds) is not the same as scalability (e.g. a request should ALWAYS return in less than 5 seconds). Fortunately, it turns out that when …
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