Archive for 2010

  • <p>On December 10th 2010 we will be hosting Scale Camp 2010, a chance for people interested in scaling and performance to get together and chat.</p>

    Announcing Scale Camp 2010

    On December 10th 2010 we will be hosting Scale Camp 2010, a chance for people interested in scaling and performance to get together and chat.

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  • So I’m going to talk about the XOR trick, but first I’m going to say where I came across it. A fair few years ago I worked briefly in the...

    Interview Questions, The XOR trick, and why you should just say No

    So I’m going to talk about the XOR trick, but first I’m going to say where I came across it. A fair few years ago I worked briefly in the...

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  • There have been a number of incidents recently where a public website I've been using has gone wrong shown me a nice server provided stack trace on the screen.  The...

    Stack traces in production

    There have been a number of incidents recently where a public website I've been using has gone wrong shown me a nice server provided stack trace on the screen.  The...

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  • Note: This post was written when this blog was hosted on a custom written blog engine.  I’ve since moved back to wordpress so some details refering to this site may...

    Using Twitter @Anywhere – An introduction

    Note: This post was written when this blog was hosted on a custom written blog engine.  I’ve since moved back to wordpress so some details refering to this site may...

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  • Did you see my link a few days ago, about PyCharm being released by JetBrains?  I hope so because it is a very interesting IDE for python and django developers....

    PyCharm – First Impressions

    Did you see my link a few days ago, about PyCharm being released by JetBrains?  I hope so because it is a very interesting IDE for python and django developers....

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  • So as 2009 draws to a close, I look back over the year and consider what has happened.  With this being the end of the decade for everyone but pedants...

    The end of a year and a decade

    So as 2009 draws to a close, I look back over the year and consider what has happened.  With this being the end of the decade for everyone but pedants...

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