A year and a half ago I was working on a python realtime push server I'd serendipitously code named Cyclone. It was an alternative to having to use twisted or

A year and a half ago I was working on a python realtime push server I'd serendipitously code named Cyclone. It was an alternative to having to use twisted or Orbited and I was super excited about it. Then one morning I woke up to this http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/10/facebook-open-sources-friendfeeds-real-time-tech/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/10/facebook-open-sources-frien... I got drunk that night and whined a whole bunch feeling that my work was wasted, but the next day I dug into their code and was really excited. It was a much better implementation saving me a ton of time and I've been happy using it ever since.