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Articles: December 2005

What can Django learn from Rails?

Monday, December 5th at 3:11 p.m..

One of the questions asked at Snakes & Rubies was about what Django could learn from Rails (and vice versa). Once I finish wrestling Final Cut Pro to the ground you'll be able to see how Adrian and David answered the question, but in the meantime it got me thinking about some cool features of Rails that are worth ripping off... er... being inspired by.

Lightpd on Ubuntu

Tuesday, December 6th at 12:19 a.m..

Here's how to install lighttpd from source on Ubuntu in a pleasent, Ubuntu-ish way.

Django performance tips

Monday, December 12th at 6:19 p.m..

Django handles lots of traffic with ease; Django sites have survived slashdottings, farkings, and more. Here are some notes on how we tweak our servers to get that type of high performance.

Django, meet Dojo

Monday, December 19th at 5:09 p.m..

After hearing some rave reviews of Dojo on django-dev, I finally got around to checking it out today. Here are my thoughts (with an obvious focus towards) using Dojo with Django).

Dojo gets a manual

Friday, December 23rd at 10:51 a.m..

Since my last post hit the Dojo folks pretty hard for the lack of documenation, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that they now have a manual online.

Hiring, part II

Thursday, December 8th at 11:27 a.m..

Besides the Django developer position I posted about yesterday, we're also hiring a front-end web developer.

We're hiring!

Wednesday, December 7th at 11:27 a.m..

Want to work for the most innovative news organization in the country, if not the world? Want to join a team of the best and brightest online media developers? Want to get paid to create award-winning web sites?

Well, have I got the job for you: World Online is looking for a kick-ass web developer to join our team.

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Wednesday, December 14th at 3:47 p.m..

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