A 2010 debate on whether a single closed platform like Facebook would inevitably dominate social networks, or if a distributed model was possible.
Analyzes the startup culture gap between Boston and Silicon Valley, focusing on entrepreneurial density and university influence.
A critique of automatic website localization that ignores user language preferences, using examples from Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Mobile Marketplace.
A guide to writing schema migrations for Google App Engine using the Mapper class and the deferred library, including a bug-fixed code example.
Developer integrates Python's pycairo with XCB bindings to create XCB surfaces directly, bypassing Xlib dependency.
Announcement of the SciPy 2009 proceedings with improved peer-reviewed papers on scientific computing tools and applications.
A developer shares the challenges of starting a new project with Cython and Python 3, detailing a frustrating bug hunt and attempt to get it fixed.
Fixing a specific Oracle OBIEE SELinux error: 'libnnz10.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied'.
Explores integrating semantic web standards like RDFa into content management systems to make web content machine-readable.
Announcement of EuroScipy 2010, the 3rd European Python in Science conference in Paris, with tutorials and talks on scientific computing.
Guide to enabling network boot (PXE) on an Acer Veriton N260G by changing a BIOS setting for OS deployment.
A technical guide on configuring Django's FastCGI server to run in the foreground as a specific user using daemontools.
A critical analysis of the CAF migration tool for Oracle BI, discussing its risks and unsupported status in production environments.
Explains a Rhino Mocks unit testing exception and solution for methods requiring a return value.
A guide to diagnosing and fixing connectivity errors between OBIEE Presentation Services (sawserver) and the analytics plugin.
A session recap on cloud computing basics and the Windows Azure Services Platform, covering components and architectural challenges.
A developer recounts attending Microsoft's invite-only Web Development Summit 2009, focusing on dialogue between Microsoft and the PHP community.
A JavaScript developer proposes a shorter, regex-based function for reading browser cookies, criticizing verbose mainstream solutions.
Introducing PHPMEF, a Managed Extensibility Framework for PHP inspired by .NET's MEF, enabling declarative application extensibility.
A developer's critique of Outlook 2007/2010's poor HTML email rendering due to its use of the Word engine, causing major cross-client compatibility issues.
