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Category: Software development

Posted in: Python, Software development, Django  —  April 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM
Some answers and questions on the subject of bundling copies of dependencies in a project
Posted in: Python, Software development, Django  —  June 19, 2012 at 01:42 PM
A response to "Things you should test" by Noah Sussman.
Posted in: Python, Software development, Web development, Django  —  September 19, 2011 at 12:52 PM
O gods of software development and operations, I have sinned. Your anger falls on me, and I feel your wrath...
Posted in: Software development, Linux  —  February 28, 2011 at 11:32 PM
My bash prompt, including git/hg branch name.
Posted in: Python, Software development, Django  —  January 10, 2011 at 04:43 PM
Writing good quality documentation for the software libraries you publish always matters. Otherwise, you are doing the world a disservice by publishing.
Posted in: Python, Software development, Django  —  November 20, 2010 at 04:29 AM
Class based views are very cool. I am starting to clean up an existing project using them, and lots of existing views are turning into declarative code. But it makes me worried about the ravioli effect.
Posted in: Python, Software development  —  February 12, 2010 at 03:51 PM
I discovered hgview, a really great replacement for hgk.
Posted in: Python, Software development  —  February 12, 2010 at 02:53 PM
How can I get the Mercurial Eclipse plugin to just recognise an existing folder as a Mercurial repository?
Posted in: Software development, Python, Linux  —  July 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM
A lot of discussion recently has missed the point: the big question is whether the terms of any software licence are really relevant to dynamic languages...
Posted in: Python, Software development, Django  —  July 31, 2008 at 09:51 PM
A simple way to use Mercurial Queues in a Subversion working directory to manage patches before committing to Subversion.
Posted in: Software development, Python, Haskell  —  May 07, 2007 at 02:52 PM
Why Haskell's 'Maybe' totally pwns Python's 'None' and null pointers.
Posted in: Software development, Haskell, Microsoft  —  September 01, 2006 at 06:12 PM
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Posted in: Python, Rants, Haskell, Software development  —  August 30, 2006 at 08:51 PM
A rant about how annoying programming in C# is, really.
Posted in: Software development, Python  —  June 20, 2006 at 09:24 PM
Paul Graham was right again...
Posted in: Python, Software development, Web development, CCIW, Django  —  June 19, 2006 at 08:32 PM
An attempt to debunk some of the '20 minute web app' hype that is so prevalent at the moment, and present a more realistic and balanced account of the Django site I have just finished.
Posted in: Software development, Python, Django  —  May 02, 2006 at 09:14 PM
I've noticed in Python and in Django I almost always create a module or a template by starting with a completely empty file, and typing...
Posted in: Software development, KDE, Django  —  March 11, 2006 at 01:43 AM
Ever been refactoring code or HTML templates and wanted to compare two chunks of text? This is what you need if you use KDE...
Posted in: Software development, Django  —  November 19, 2005 at 07:34 PM
I wrote a quick Django application to help me develop compliant web sites, and put it together so it's easy to distribute...
Posted in: Software development, Linux  —  July 09, 2005 at 11:29 PM
How to create a chroot and run X applications from it, side by side with windows from your normal system.
Posted in: Software development  —  May 23, 2005 at 10:11 PM
It's very satisfying when a feature you programmed is finally tested...