I'm having a long-running discussion with some people about threading and why using threads with simple subprocess calls is almost certainly an overcomplicated (== BAD) use of threads. Everyone seems to think I'm wrong (at least, there's either deafening silence or straight out argument ;) and I think I finally figured out …
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In some discussions with a moderately new Python programmer who seems to value complexity over simplicity, I may have coined a new term:
"Penis size" style of programming -- the (mistaken) belief that the more advanced programming language features you use, the more impressive your code will look.
I think it's …
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Pavel Vinogradov <fastnix> has been keeping me updated on an issue he discovered while testing TCMalloc with Python as a Google Highly Open Participation (GHOP) task, task 105.
Briefly, Pavel discovered a situation in which replacing the Python memory allocator with TCMalloc resulted in really bad performance. The latest is …
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At Google Campfire One, v 2.0 -- introducing AppEngine.
IT'S FREEZING. The cider ran out. Brr.
Deploying Web apps is annoyingly difficult. Technical hurdles, etc. Need machines. Blech. Costly.
AppEngine solves all these problems. Runs web apps, handles app lifecycles, apps are run on Google infrastructure can make use of …
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Please send this on to anyone who might be interested...
Disney Animation has an opening for a summer intern to work on a testing project under the supervision of Paul Hildebrandt and Dr. C. Titus Brown. The ideal candidate will have experience with a dynamic language supporting introspection (Python preferred …
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From Wages or Shortage, this comment
""" A-grade engineers are unfortunately similar to Welsh longbowmen: devastatingly potent compared to their peers, but you have to start their training at age 10 or so. Simply upping the salaries of A-grade engineers won't magically create more of them. We know this, as we …read more
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On top of dreamhost dropping off the 'net just when I posted a bunch of screencasts... our socal-piggies meeting nearly got whacked because this month's organizer uses Yahoo, and most of the messages going through my mail server (which hosts the mailing list) were filed as "spam".
Now Yahoo is …
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