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You must use Internet Explorer at work (visual proof from Google Analytics).
Looking at some details of my Google Analytics report for my web app The Wiki Game, I noticed a very striking visual proof that employees are still required to use Internet Explorer at work. Notice the large peaks and troughs of the IE traffic, where the troughs are all Saturday and Sun... Read more
Seven Random Realities of Programming
1) You will always be irrationally amazed that people use technology Y, when clearly technology X is better.
2) You will always be subjected to date and time juggling. No exceptions.
3) The time it takes you to become an expert at hot technology X will invariability be equal to the time it takes technol... Read more
My Experience at YCombinator's Work at a Startup
I just returned from an awesome weekend in the Bay Area, where I had the opportunity to attend YCombinator’s first (annual?) Work at a Startup. It was an intense experience (in a good way) getting to talk with some many Startups who are all do... Read more
Real-world real-time web apps with Python equals Django + Orbited + Twisted
Some things are better in real-time. Day-to-day activities such as conversations, multi-user games, and collaborative projects are far more exciting and productive when immediate feedback from others is available. Many web applications could gain significant new value by adding real-time features.
Currently thoug... Read more
Django on Twisted Web - Using the latest twisted.web.wsgi functionality
There are many reasons why you might want Django and Twisted to work together when building an application. The first and most obvious thing that comes to mind is that you want to combine the best of what Django does (it’s clean MVC functionality - in addition to amazing bits like the admin interface) with the best that T... Read more
Topics of Interest
I should blog more. That is, I should actually start doing it. I’m not sure if it counts, but I’ve been using Twitter for about 9 months now, and it feels healthy to put to words what is on my mind (the non-trivial tweets, not the “I’m eating a ba... Read more