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2 years and a half ago, SourceForge was all PHP except for one little Python service. SourceForge was originally written in 1999, when Python wasn't so great at the web. After 10 years though, it all started to atrophy.
So SourceForge decided to do a …
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This talk was about non-relational databases. I didn't take a lot of notes :o) The most important morale is probably: don't keep the mind altering substances and the tools in the same shed.
With 2 decades of relational databases, they are pretty robust by now …
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I couldn't find the slides online but please do link me if you find them, they were a treasure trove of awesome tips and very well laid out!
The talk touched on many things, the following tips are unrelated to each other and in no …
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A lot of user questions for the Google Code project are along the lines of "how do I hide code until it's ready", "how can I wipe the history and start from scratch" and so on: they are about people's insecurities.
When you have elitism …
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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 …