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Re:Python on Wheels on Monday August 13, 2012 @07:51PM (#4378736)
Why is this better than Django or Flask, web2Py or CherryPy ect.
Re:How the Curiosity Rover's Nuclear Battery Works on Monday August 06, 2012 @06:22PM (#4347625)
How much better really, if the current one wasn't working well you would find out real quick.
Re:How the Curiosity Rover's Nuclear Battery Works on Monday August 06, 2012 @06:15PM (#4347592)
Yes, you would be burning with such a power source in a consumer electronic device.
Re:Is Nginx obsolete now that we have Amazon CloudFront? on Monday July 30, 2012 @05:57PM (#4314898)
CloudFront is pretty good, just make sure you are able to config your asset source in one line. Otherwise you have to use a tool to invalidate the cloudfront cache frequently during dev and it's not instant.
Re:Show HN: multi-perspective StarCraft 2 web replays on Friday July 27, 2012 @06:56PM (#4303962)
Doesn't seem very scalable. Unless you have a way to run and record multiple games on one machine.
Re:Common problems with large file uploads on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @05:34PM (#4263119)
I've used the dropbox API before to automatically upload photos in a dropbox folder to Flickr. It occurs on an interval (cron job every 2 mins). I'm sure you could do the same thing using FTP or a custom API that exists on your destination server.
The fact that people have to constantly defend PHP says something in itself.
Re:PHP Addiction on Friday June 29, 2012 @02:11PM (#4178109)
You have just mixed HTML and server code. You fail.
Re:PHP Addiction on Friday June 29, 2012 @01:53PM (#4177988)
In a few years most NEW projects will probably not be made in PHP. You are suffering from Cognitive Dissonance, PHP is not good.