niels | 12 years ago | on: Django 1.6 alpha 1 released
There are external apps that provide this.
https://github.com/gmcguire/django-db-pool https://github.com/kennethreitz/django-postgrespool
https://github.com/niwibe/djorm-ext-pool
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niels | 12 years ago | on: Amazon's short URL: http://a.co
It's owned by the danish top level register. I guess they just added a dns entry for that.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Django REST framework 2.3 released: ViewSets and Routers
I'd be curious to know what magic is in tastypie? It's some of the most straightforward python code I've ever read.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Heroku Postgres - GIS Support Now Available
Wow, We were one day from migrating away from Heroku because of this exact issue. I even made a custom Postgis build for dotcloud that also has extensions such as HStore. https://github.com/resmio/postgresql-on-dotcloud. Guess we have time to reconsider now.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Web Scraping 101 with Python
I agree, and for a 101 web scraping tutorial keeping it simple is nice.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Web Scraping 101 with Python
There are other python libraries than urllib.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Web Scraping 101 with Python
This will only be a good approach if you are going to scrape a small amount of pages. The problem is using synchronous requests, as this blocks the crawler until a request has finished. Using asynchronous requests such as supported by twisted (and scrapy) will allow you to crawl a lot faster using the same resources.
niels | 13 years ago | on: YC-Backed Referly Acquires LaunchGram, Eyes Ramen Profitability
It's funny how some people can spin a story.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Lego Mindstorms EV3: The Better, Faster, Stronger Generation Of Robotics
My first ever programming job was a project for Lego and as a bonus they gave my friend and I a Lego Mindstorms set each. This was version 1.5 of the first edition. I remember we installed legOS (now brickOS) which allowed you to run code on the RCX. Definitively gonna buy EV3. Would be fun to try some of the algorithms Sebastian Thrun taught in his Udacity robotics course.
niels | 13 years ago | on: John Resig's ‘Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja’ has been released
I purchased this book as a MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) in august 2008. Never expected it to take this long.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any other readers Not working in a web-based start-up?
Sounds cool. Fellow FPV'er here. I think this hobby will explode in popularity really soon, if that isn't already happening.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Let's make GitHub better, together
So apparently this is the new standard in job applications.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Google acquires BufferBox (YC S12)
I don't know how I should have framed my reply. Just wanted to point out that in some places these boxes are already quite common.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Google acquires BufferBox (YC S12)
It's not a new idea. We've had them running in my country (Denmark) for the last five years at least. They are everywhere.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Robot Dragonfly
In the FPV community it's not uncommon to get +1 hour flying times. But the planes are of course bigger than the dragonfly. The battery types used is Lithium polymer battery. Some people add solar cells on their plane to extend their flying times. This guy uses a combination of a glider and solar cells to fly for +5 hours http://fpvlab.com/forums/showthread.php?8311-New-round-trip-...
niels | 13 years ago | on: Things I wish I knew about MongoDB a year ago
You can't query the json type as easily in postgres. I would guess that is an important use case.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket
Well, the fact that Bitbucket didn't support Git until half a year ago, probably explains it.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Do you really want to be making this much money when you're 50?
I'm a software developer (MS Comp. Sci.) in my late thirties. I've always had the impression that software development was really well paid. But lately many of my friends (doctors, lawyers, MBAs) has started to make way more than I can get as a regular employee. And for the doctors it's all part of their standard salaries. They don't need to demonstrate any particular high level of competence. And from here on their salary will increase until retirement, while I expect mine to flatten or decrease. I love programming and didn't choose it for the money, but my view on software as a high paying job has changed. Of course everything is relative.
niels | 13 years ago | on: Robotic Airplane Flies In Tight Spaces
On a sidenote I'd like to add that rc flying is a ton of fun. Especially if you couple it with FPV (first person view) cams, goggles etc...
niels | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Invalidate browser cache of Django static files automatically
The difference is this just appends the hash to the url, the builtin actually saves the static file with the hash in the file name.