A personal recap of the author's experiences and key technical talks from days 2-4 of the PyCon 2010 conference.
Exploring GCC-CLI, an experimental GCC branch with a .NET CIL backend and frontend for compiling between native and managed code.
Using Modipyd's pyautotest with Growl notifications for automated, feedback-driven Python testing during development.
An explanation of UTF-8 encoding, detailing its design, convenient properties, and why it's simpler than often perceived.
Troubleshooting an OBIEE authentication failure caused by an expired cookie from a misconfigured F5 load balancer in an EBS integration.
Discusses a security vulnerability in OBIEE's JMX remote access and provides steps to secure it with password authentication.
Explores the evolving role of the 'DevBA'—a database developer who incorporates DBA skills like performance tuning and using DMVs to build better systems.
Explains the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) using a shed-building analogy, focusing on its core concepts: export, import, and compose.
A technical note on how Django's self-referencing ForeignKey fields can cause unnecessary SQL JOINs and a workaround using the extra() method.
A free driver for Windows 7 Location API that provides geolocation to apps using Google's services via WiFi or IP.
Oracle's performance recommendations for OBIA 7.9.6, focusing on ETL improvements and hardware sizing.
Explains how to implement a queue processing system in SQL Server using table hints like UPDLOCK and READPAST to ensure reliable, concurrent processing.
A guide to using Django's template2pdf app to render RML templates directly into PDF files within web applications.
A technical guide on safely converting a SQL Server primary key index from nonclustered to clustered (or vice versa) using a temporary unique constraint.
A guide to the simplest Mercurial workflow, 'Branch as Needed,' for small projects, contrasting with structured Git models.
A developer creates a Valentine's Day-themed game about a geek avoiding girls using traps and a time machine.
Explores the minimum delay for JavaScript timers like setTimeout, revealing browser-specific limits and implications for accurate timing.
A personal recap of the first two days at PyCon 2010, covering the Language Summit and key Python community discussions.
Announcement and preview of SQLBits VI, a free SQL Server conference in London focused on performance and scalability.
Compares the committer models and development processes of three Python projects: Unladen Swallow, PyPy, and Django.
