• Twisted code review…

    calendar Nov 12, 2009 · 4 min read · python thrift twisted  ·
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    If you have a few minutes and speak python & twisted, it would be useful to have an extra set of eyes on this section of code. The basic idea of this is to be a reconnecting thrift client, such that I can just write simple client.function(a,b,c) calls without having to worry about if there is or isn’t a client and …


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  • Array Intersection Bake-off

    calendar May 15, 2009 · 5 min read · performance java python php ruby  ·
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    One of those moments where an interview question turns into a research project, or is it really a bake off? The simple problem is demonstrate an algorithm to intersect two lists of numbers, fundamentally it’s a question about using modern interpreted languages and their associative array bits to make a simple …


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  • Zend Framework vs. Django Performance

    calendar Apr 24, 2009 · 1 min read · django php zend  ·
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    This is not a scientific nor rigorious test… But, here’s some interesting data for people to chew on. I’ve got a production site built using the Zend Framework and a beta site built using django. What’s interesting is the “Time spent downloading a page” graphs from Google Webmaster Tools. The Zend Framwork Graph — …


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  • Django performance

    calendar Apr 23, 2009 · 4 min read · django  ·
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    I’ve been working on I’ve been working on and still having the love hate with python and django. Areas that I would like see improved: Template Variables : I’m currently doing strange things like: 1<body id="{% block tmpl_id %}{% endblock %}" class="{% block tmpl_class %}{% endblock %}"> and then …


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  • Frameworks and sessions

    calendar Feb 24, 2009 · 1 min read · django frameworks zend  ·
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    I hate sessions, they’re evil. PHP is the worst offender since it’s built into the language and you end up with effective scalability limitations and turds in your temp file system. django isn’t much better since all of the cool admin functionality is built using the contrib.auth module which depends on sessions as …


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  • Gentoo love / hate

    calendar Nov 25, 2008 · 1 min read · gentoo  ·
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    I got a new laptop.. Yeah! Part of the idea of this new laptop is to run a bunch of vmware sessions to do some multi-server development. Lots of ram, fast CPU… now the challenge is getting the unix enviornment working. I’ve been using gentoo at work for a while — also on my own personall server — it’s nice, but it’s a …


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  • Signal vs. Noise — How to make decissions

    calendar Nov 18, 2008 · 3 min read · ideas startups travel  ·
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    Once again I'm faced with the challenge of how to make good decissions. It's not Life vs. Death, not anything meaningful in the scope of the world, but something amazingly simple — where to eat! Two easy examples where this has been a problem: Last Night — I'm "stuck" in a hotel in Washington DC with my …


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  • Silos make for disfunction

    calendar Nov 5, 2008 · 3 min read · agile project management scrum  ·
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    I hate silos… A long time ago a very smart engineer who worked for me pointed out that you can never under communicate. I’ve worked in many organizations where under communications was the norm, the classic example is somewhere between micro managment and lack of awareness. Example #1: You’re working on a project, …


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  • Fighting spam – greylisting take 2

    calendar Oct 27, 2008 · 2 min read · spam sqlgrey  ·
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    You don’t really want to know, but I’ve spent my morning fighting spam. It’s a periodic activity, makes me almost want to go back to the MailFrontier days when I could focus on these topics as a full time thing. Though on the advantage side I can use a lot more off the shelf components in my battles. If you recall I’ve …


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  • Performance Reviews … WSJ and Me

    calendar Oct 21, 2008 · 1 min read · performance reviews  ·
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    RThe WSJ just did an article about the pointlessness of performance reviews it’s interesting to see that the posting I wronge a long time ago about Performance Reviews. Shared many of the same points: Performance doesn’t determine pay Objectivity is subjective It disrupts team work Managers should go coach some kids …


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