Tag Archives: python

Nov
24
2011

Why do people dislike Perl?

I happen to enjoy using it much more than shell scripts for anything that needs a more complex logic or real data structures. It gives me better portability, a ridiculously large selection of easily installable modules, and the freedom to scale should I need it. I could say this for Python or Ruby as well [...]

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Feb
16
2009

Ode to simplicity

I recently found out about an application that beautifully abides to the KISS principle: todo.sh (yes, it took me a few years). It’s a small script written in Bash (a Python version is available as well) by the wonderful Gina Trapani (of Lifehacker fame) that helps you manage a very simple TODO list stored in [...]

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Nov
21
2008

Hello from WebFaction!

This is my first post after switching hosts, from A Small Orange to WebFaction.

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