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by samratjp 16y ago
You're right about that. I meant to say that even at larger organizations with big projects, python can succeed.
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In the past, I would've said read The Little Schemer book for better understanding recursion and lambda (basically, a lambda function is an anonymous function - meaning you don't have to name it). JavaScript is actually a great language to
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Even at that scale, python code readability trumps over almost every other language out there. Compulsory indentation and there's only one way to do this mentality keeps everyone on the same page. So, yeah, that's probably why Google uses p
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And that feature alone makes for readability in large projects :-)
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That and most new-python converts initially don't think in a very functional way. After the "aha" moment of lambda love, the Java ways can be unlearned.
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+1. If anyone is interested in map-reduce solutions in python, be sure to check out Yelp's Mr. Job ( http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2010/10/yelps-mrjob-poweri... )
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by samratjp 16y ago
Though I don't have direct experience with this particular one, I can tell you it's similarly implemented to Resque (the ruby async library). In my experience, Resque has been wicked fast thanks to Redis' excellent in-memory database. From
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by samratjp 16y ago
Looks a lot like GitHub's Resque(Ruby) https://github.com/defunkt/resque hopefully, this python variant will get all the good stuff that comes with Resque (like a Sinatra app to see your queues - very handy).
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by samratjp 16y ago
Congrats Zecter team - I do hope you will convince Motorola to keep ZumoCast alive and awesome.
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If they ported this to iPad, I'd pay big bucks for it.
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It's built using Node.js fyi.
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The best analogy I've used in explaining Git to my non-tech friends is that "it's like kind of like photoshop layers" It's definitely not complete but gets them to appreciate it.
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Discovering map while writing in scheme was enlightening! It opened my eyes to functional programming and more than made the all nighter worth it.
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"It seems extraordinarily stupid to entrust such an obvious potential competitor with the keys to your infrastructure, particularly in a single-vendor solution." If this ( http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:NFLX ) is any i
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That's cool! I've only used it with jQuery so far, I might try this for my next project involving mootools.
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If you haven't used Embed.ly js library, umm, you better try it today. It's pretty awesome. I wish twitter had Embed.ly out of the box. Oh well.
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Somewhat unrelated, but, while reading through this, I couldn't help but think "where else is facebook going to find engineers who have dealt with scale at a petabyte level?" Hmmm, the Google diaspora inside facebook looks more clearer now,
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Ask HN: How would you deal with DDoS?
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They are obviously swinging for the fences, especially with Sequoia involved. It's fair to expect that they would aim for a 9 figure exit. IPO or not. Interesting case about Cisco. I would've also thrown in Apple because of their huge war c
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by samratjp 16y ago
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Dropbox became the first YC company to hit IPO.
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Is it me or can't Diaspora just make it easier to run your own Seed server, even for playing around. Come on guys, stick in on a EC2 AMI and make it easier for us to play. (Before you retort, yes, I am capable of spending the hour or so bui
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by samratjp 16y ago
For an article that bitches about Scala too much, the recruiter clearly overlooked another poster child of Scala - Twitter! While the general premise is well intentional, but really, what you need the tool for makes more sense. Sure, FourSq
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Expedia had a similar problem ( http://www.silicon.com/management/sales-and-marketing/2010/1... ) with a different datafield, but the message is clear - use thy analytics well :-)
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Don't be, their engineers have better things to patch up at the moment than write a detailed post. They will, hopefully, though like foursquare did with their mongodb outage - http://nosql.mypopescu.com/post/1265191137/foursquare-mongod...
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by samratjp 16y ago
Aw man, I highly anticipated upon clicking to see the Tesla Model S Sedan's glorious 17" touchscreen display. Ironically enough, this is actually an useful thing for the Model S, for the darn thing aims to replace all knobs and whistles wit
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I remember seeing Heroku mentioning it - http://jobs.heroku.com/ruby_web_developer
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Of course the NYTimes asks - they just were in the vicinity of one quite recently.
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Quite simply, would you fund a novelist without seeing some writing samples? Sure, if a Vonnegut or King walks in, you're familiar with the brand name, otherwise you want to see some street cred. Github is the street cred for hackers these
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Whoa, that is neat! Thanks for sharing this with me.
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For the server git configuration part, if you're wondering how, Gitosis might be helpful: http://www.hackido.com/2010/01/installing-git-on-server-ubun...

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