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User Registration Apps for Django

10/25/2008 django(73)

This entry performs a quick overview of the different existing user registration for the Django web framework. It should help someone who is attempting to decide between the pluggable user registration/authentication applications.

Notes on Cocos2d iPhone Development

10/03/2008 cocoa(13)iphone(5)cocos2d(4)

An overview, some notes and a few snippets on Cocos2d development for the iPhone. Hopefully enough to help someone get started with development, but a few steps short of comprehensive.

Overview of Single vs. Multi Server Architecture

02/16/2009 nginx(6)architecture(6)apache(5)

I've been thinking a bit more about all the various deployment options for Django, and more specifically how the variety of options can be a bit bewildering for those who haven't setup a server before. Here is a picture-assisted guide to the distinctions between single and multi server architectures.

Feedback Loops in Software Development

06/01/2009 software-engineering(11)

As become further and further embroiled in my current project cycle, I am starting to view everything in terms of feedback loops. Is the project working well? Feedback loops. The guy who is having trouble with implementing part of the system? Feedback loops. Effective communication between product manager and engineers? Feedback loops. Beyond merely being possible to view the world in terms of feedback loops, I've found it rather useful as well.

Genetic Algorithms: Cool Name & Damn Simple

01/02/2009 computer-science(5)genetic-algorithms(2)

Genetic Algorithms are one of the most natural approaches to optimization. Did you learn about evolution in grade school? Then you already "get" GA.

Using Threadpools in Python

02/10/2009 python(48)

This article takes a look at creating a threadpool in Python. Specifically it takes a stab at iteratively processing CSV and XML files and farming out the parsed data for processing by a threadpool. The Python logging, csv and ElementTree modules make cameo appearances.

Processing.jsの使い方

05/26/2008 javascript(18)processing-js(9)

Processing.jsの目的と使い方について。最初、ちょっとだけ「なぜ面白い」という質問に答えて、後で簡単な例の作り方を説明する。

IE's New Infrastructure and Writing Workflow

03/29/2011 django(73)nginx(6)redis(5)sisyphus(3)git(1)

In this post I briefly discuss the (questionably) novel aspects of the new Sisyphus blog engine which hosts this blog.

Articles and Series

03/27/2011

Collection of the most popular and interesting articles and series on Irrational Exuberance.

Two-Faced Django Part 1: Building a project that exists simultaniously on Facebook and the web

12/04/2007 django(73)pyfacebook(5)

The first article of an eight article series on using Django to create apps that exist simultaneously as independent web applications and as Facebook applications. This segment covers putting together our development setup.


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