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Python site-packages

July 18th, 2010

To get the path of your Python site-packages, just type the following from the console: python -c “from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()

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Measurability and Metrics are King

June 1st, 2010

Lately I’ve been thinking about success and how it is achieved. I feel that a large part of success is simply being able to produce reasonably accurate statistics that prove your success. 1 million members, 10,000 clicks a day, $1 million in revenue, etc.

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Multiple Databases in Django 1.2

December 16th, 2009

Django 1.2 will contain support for multiple databases. Good news for people trying to scale their web application or building intranet services.

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Piracy, Early Adoption, and Eventual Sale

December 7th, 2009

I think about piracy – a lot. I feel most people are honest and are willing to pay for good products, but sometimes they turn to piracy. I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing for business.

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Interactively debug Django applications

November 21st, 2009

Quit banging your head and learn to debug your Python web application using an interactive stack trace (pdb).

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