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  1. Re:Don't listen to them. by bongey · · Score: 5, Informative · on Ask Slashdot: Which Web Platform Would You Use?

    "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth

    So please cut the oh write everything in C/C++ crap, I write in all the languages you mention but there is no reason to write something in language when it isn't needed. If you are writing a web site PHP is just fine(see the big website called www.facebook.com). If you are writing a realtime stock trading application , then use C/C++ would be warranted.

    Avoid motherfucking frameworks

    See http://badprogrammer.infogami.com/ "3. Deficient research skills / Chronically poor knowledge of the platform's features."
    Don't know if you meant "web frameworks" , but writing everything from scratch is just crazy.

  2. Re:want performance from php? by Nasarius · · Score: 1 · on Optimize PHP and Accelerate Apache

    the real reason I don't use python is I have never seen any real major advantage in using it over Perl/PHP/Java
    I assume you're only talking about web programming here, because Python occupies a vastly different niche than any of the above. As an object-oriented Swiss army knife that can gracefully handle anything from simple one-off scripts, to embedded scripting in a C++ app, to huge complex GUI applications all by itself, its only real competitor is Ruby. And for web stuff, Django is already better than Rails.
  3. Re:so... ruby? by XorNand · · Score: 5, Informative · on Ruby Implementation Shootout

    Yes, Ruby is the current web development flavor of the month, however, don't get caught up in the hype. There are good number of MVC web development frameworks in other languages, including even Lisp and Smalltalk, but most notably Python. In my opinion it makes more sense to learn a Python framework for a number of reasons. Mainly because Python is used in considerably more non-web applications than Ruby, which makes your skills more portable (and you more employable). Ruby on Rails is also very monolythic, while two of the the three most popular Python frameworks, TurboGears and Pylons are very modular (especially Pylons since it's built around the WSGI spec). Finally, Python compiles to bytecode whereas Ruby does not. Hence Python outperforms Ruby in almost every shootout.

    Further reading:
    Of snakes and rubies; Or why I chose Python over Ruby
    TurboGears and Pylons (a technical comparison)
    From PHP to Python (my blog)

  4. Comparision between Rails and Django by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on Ruby On Rails 1.2 Released

    http://jesusphreak.infogami.com/blog/why_django

  5. Re:That is not patent for RSS by reynaert · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Applies to Patent RSS in Vista
    It is more about a system that aggregates RSS content further to other applications.

    Wow, just like rss2email!

  6. Paul Graham's take on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Alexa, Amazon's Most Flawed Idea

    http://paulgraham.infogami.com/blog/alexadanger

  7. Likebetter? by Darkmeerkat · · Score: 1 · on Google Image Labeler

    Paul Graham at YCombinator said a month ago (when Google Calendar took over Kiko's market) that "[Google] would never even think of something like likebetter."
    Okay, so this is barely similar to likebetter, I just thought I'd mention it.

  8. don't! (also paul graham's advice) by same_old_story · · Score: 1 · on Prices, Gouging and Haggling for Internet Domains?
    not worth it.
    but if you will consider his opinion more throughly:

    paul graham's take on it.

  9. Kiko does that too by rmm4pi8 · · Score: 1 · on Google Calendar

    It's interesting to see how the arms race continues--just before Google calendar released, Kiko added iCal feed consumption as well. I wonder what other features will debut as Kiko, Google, and others all try to one-up each other in the calendar wars....

  10. Re:One of the attendees... by commanderfoxtrot · · Score: 2, Informative · on NYT on Paul Graham's YCombinator Bootcamp

    I wasn't able to be there in person (it's a bit far from England) but the MP3s of the talks were very informative.

    Here is the link to the recordings. (Coralised)

    I have some other associated bookmarks.