Explores resistance to disruptive tech like open source and cloud computing, analyzing why businesses often stick with legacy systems despite clear advantages.
A web developer reflects on the positive aspects of the programming community, highlighting collaboration, meritocracy, and passion.
An article about creating tiDE, an open-source IDE for Texas Instruments development, featuring syntax highlighting, emulation, and code tools.
Microsoft releases version 3.0 of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, featuring a management API, logging, and autoscaling capabilities.
Announcement for a 2-year junior engineer position to work on the scikit-learn machine learning library at INRIA near Paris.
The scikit-learn team announces a community sprint on April 1st for improving the Python machine learning library, with in-person and remote participation.
Org-contacts has been moved into the official Org-mode contrib directory, following the author's promotion to committer.
A developer proposes using Google Summer of Code to add Python 3 support to the Django web framework, sharing a personal roadmap and goals.
The article discusses the declining practice of reading open source code and proposes adding direct source links to Python documentation to encourage developers to engage with source.
Introducing VCS Translator, an open-source tool to convert commands between different version control systems like Git and Mercurial.
A preview of PyCon 2011 highlighting great talks, the hallway track, sprints, and urging early registration.
A WordPress plugin that adapts The New York Times' open-source text highlighting and deep linking feature for easy installation and use.
Explores how the nature of technology work at startups has evolved, contrasting traditional hardware-focused ventures with modern software startups leveraging open source.
A proposal for a distributed, community-powered continuous integration system for Python projects, inspired by Test Swarm, to handle complex multi-environment testing.
A Django core developer explains his personal system for prioritizing bug fixes, features, and contributions to the open-source framework.
Announcement for the upcoming scikit-learn coding sprint in Paris, including dates, location, remote participation details, and planned tasks.
Implementation of the Desktop Notification Specification for Emacs, allowing simple desktop notifications with full protocol support.
A developer creates a Valentine's Day-themed game about a geek avoiding girls using traps and a time machine.
Compares the committer models and development processes of three Python projects: Unladen Swallow, PyPy, and Django.
A satirical take on becoming a 'superstar' developer is contrasted with genuine advice for becoming a truly productive 10x programmer.
