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November 2007



Memory profiling of python apps

2007.11.29 Thu 10:27 A GMT-07
A much as some gnomers don't like python ;), there's some good stuff coming from those that do. Andy Wingo writes of his work to reduce the memory footprint of the Flumotion Media Server. It is linux specific (and somewhat gnome/gtk specific), but
Category: python linux open source

MonetDB and SQLAlchemy

2007.11.19 Mon 5:33 P GMT-07
I've spent the past days starting a MonetDB backend for SQLAlchemy. My code is currently attached to ticket 874. We're already using SA to pull data from a proprietary db and are hoping that we can streamline some queries using MonetDB. MonetDB is
Category: python linux open source
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Reinteract - nifty (editable) python shell

2007.11.12 Mon 10:55 A GMT-07
Just watched the screencast here about Owen Taylors improved shell. Nothing revolutionary per se, but it just looks more beginner friendly (ie you can go and edit existing expressions, rather than using shell history). Kinda reminds me of the only
Category: python open source
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Intro to python testing talk (unittest, doctest, coverage)

2007.11.07 Wed 12:06 P GMT-07
I'm giving an introductory talk on testing tomorrow for Utah Python. I'm planning to cover unittest, doctest, coverage and interpreting coverage results. At the end will be a hands on session for applying what we've learned. We'll write a simple p
Category: python open source
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Mono, Miguel and Matt Asay

2007.11.02 Fri 2:43 P GMT-07
As long as biased people are commenting on Matt's pining for a more innovative Miguel, I thought I'd throw in my two cents. I'm certainly biased* and have my opinions as well. So yes, Matt made a technical faux paus in pleading with Miguel to devel
Category: linux open source
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Laser guns, webcams, marshmellows, python and Halloween!

2007.11.01 Thu 9:28 P GMT-07
My brother is the archetype of a hacker. We wasted many hours learning basic on the c64 back in the day. He used to hook up old monochrome apple monitors to stereo output and achieve some really cool visualizations. (Ben Harper's Opression is pro
Category: python open source
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