Technical Insights

Weird Disutils Error When Running Python Scripts within MacVim

I saw this today when trying to run a nosetest in MacVim:

DistutilsPlatformError: $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET mismatch: now "10.4" but "10.7" during configure

Add this to your .vimrc to …

Installing vim-ipython with MacVim

I got really excited at the notion of having IPython built into MacVim (vim-ipython), so over the last few days I’ve spent some time mucking around trying to get this whole thing to work. …

Applescripting A Remote X-Windows Session for Virt-Manager

This isn’t just for virt-manager, but any X-Windows app you’d want to tightly integrate into your daily routine. Instead of firing up X11, then SSH’ing to your VM box and typing out …

Drizzle Differences from MySQL

I decided to take a look at Drizzle today and was encouraged by what I saw. Here’s my favorite part:

There is no UNSIGNED (as per the standard). * There are no spatial data types GEOMETRY, …

Great Article by the Varnish Architect

It’s been a while since I wrote any C, but I still appreciate reading posts about it. 6 years ago the architect of Varnish wrote an excellent post on how people are still managing their memory …

Making Better Use of your .ackrc file

Many command line utils have a . file that people rarely use. Ack is one of them.

For a project I’m working on, there’s a var folder (ignored in git) where all the logs go. When I …

Nginx pub/sub module

A coworker pointed me to this Nginx module today. You can write a chat server without actually writing a server. The message thread below indicates incredible performance. If you’ve got more …

Coffeescript, Bootstrap, and Less are amazing

I’ve been doing backend development exclusively for a long time now. When I decided to build splitmytab.net, I had sourced the front end development to HTML burger. I got the design through …

Splitmytab ready for the public!

Splitmytab.net is finally for the public to check out. Splitmytab is a bill splitting and IOU system for friends. It uses facebook’s login, so you won’t need to put in anyone’s …