Sneak Attack: The Smell of Hell

Excellent article on code smells.

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Sneak Attack: Oops, I forgot to sudo in Vim

Ever forget to sudo before you started editing that file in vim? Here's a nifty, tee-based trick to save you some hassle.

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Sneak Attack: Will it Optimize?

Fun with optimizing compilers.

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Sneak Attack: TEMPORARY (Tablespace) Insanity

If you ever find yourself cursing about an ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP at 11 PM on your birthday, this article might be just the thing for you.

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Sneak Attack: GNU Screen and the Scrollback

Handy article on scrolling with screen, which I use rarely enough that I always need to look this up.

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Sneak Attack: Fixing Django Management Commands

Nifty post on reducing boilerplate and improving argument parsing in Django management commands.

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Sneak Attack: Debugging in Python

Nice intro to debugging in Python using pdb.

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Sneak Attack: Functional Java

How is this the first time I've heard of Functional Java?

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Sneak Attack: Python is not Java

One of the (in Internet time, at least) golden oldies. Re-reading this makes me cringe when I think back.

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Sneak Attack: Why I Like pip

The most concise description I've found of really using pip.

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Sneak Attack: Sacrificing Quality—Part II—Kaizen

Interesting post about negative hiring impacts caused by sacrificing quality. I also recommend the first post in the series, which focuses on the psychological impacts of sacrificing quality.

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Sneak Attack: Co-routines as an alternative to state machines

Co-routines as an alternative to state machines. And the money quote: Co-routines are to state machines what recursion is to stacks.

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Sneak Attack: Cloud Computing Hierarchy of Needs

A new-and-improved hierarchy of needs for a our new-and-improved era.

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Sneak Attack: Quick Retorts to Unreasonable Requests

A handy-dandy list of retorts for when the PM in your life is being unreasonable.

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Sneak Attack: Maven Archetypes for Apache Tuscany

The Tuscany community has put together a wiki that, among other things, describes some Maven archetypes for getting started with Tuscany. Trust me, this is a real win.

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Sneak Attack: Django Circular Model References

Django Circular Model References highlights a neat trick to make Django models play nice with circular references.

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Sneak Attack: Rosetta Code

Rosetta Code is a nifty site that has a set of common tasks implemented in many different languages.

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Sneak Attack: Building Simple Jersey Web App With Maven

Short, easy-to-follow tutorial for Jersey, the Java RI for RESTful web services.

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Sneak Attack: Introduction to Python Profiling (PyCon talk)

This PyCon talk on profiling is really good stuff. Also, it's nice that he points to KCachegrind and RunSnakeRun for better visualizations than the default from cProfile.

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Sneak Attack: Installing cx_Oracle on an Intel Mac

Install instructions that actually work for cx_Oracle on an Intel Mac. It requires MacPorts and doesn't work with the latest version (5.0.2) of cx_Oracle, so make sure you actually use 4.4.1.

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