Links 2008-02-28: Stickk, DNS services, python libraries, response time monitoring

• stickk Goal setting and tracking
• EveryDNS
• DNS Made Easy
• pygame - python game development
• Python Imaging Library (PIL)
• httplib2
• Campfire
• How Should I Compensate an Advisory Board?
• PasTmon - The Passive Application Response Time Monitor
• CSS Sprite Generator

Technorati Tags: dns, python

Links 2008-02-19: CDNs, Python, AWS, iCal + Google Calendar

• CDNs A look at Content Delivery Networks, or “how to serve lots of content really fast” ( IndyNET, EdgeCast, Panther Express, Voxel dot Net)
• CDNs (Wikipedia)
• The scaling problem and open source
• BoardReader (Forum Search)
• The most important thing to understand about new products and startups Find the gradient, then follow it.
• boto - AWS for Python
• Net::Amazon::S3 - AWS for Perl (lots of dependencies)
• Amazon::S3 - AWS for Perl (more portable, less performant)
• amplee is a Python implementation of the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub), as specified in RFC 5023
• TrainCheck
• BrowserShot's Shotfactory source
• First Steps with the MyBlogLog API see http://developer.yahoo.com/mybloglog
• gcaldaemon: Two-Way Synchronization of Google Calendar with iCal on Mac OS X

Technorati Tags: amazon, macosx, python

Links 2008-02-18: nginx, httplib2, Open Social

• When data center cabling becomes art
• Starling is a light-weight persistent queue server that speaks the MemCache protocol. It was built to drive Twitter's backend, and is in production across Twitter's cluster.
• nginx [engine x] is a HTTP server and mail proxy server
• Authoratory is a unique database of contact information, professional interests, social connections and funding of 630,570 leading scientists!
• httplib2 is a comprehensive HTTP client library that supports many features left out of other HTTP libraries. (python)
• OpenSocial Persistence Data API Developer's Guide: Protocol

Technorati Tags: open social, python, ruby

Links 2008-02-17: AWS/SimpleDB, Social Graph, VR, number crunching

• Query 101: Building Amazon SimpleDB Queries
• Memoryshare - BBC
• Social Graph API - Google Code
• Velocity 2008 - Web Performance and Operations Conference (O'Reilly/June 23,24 - Burlingame)
• Virtual Reality Fireside chat at the 2007 AlwaysON Stanford Summit (YouTube Video)
• clustrmaps - widget that geo-locates web visitors
• Algorithm Education in Python
• The Tritium Group - online media recruiters
• Metrics-driven real estate marketing ("The Science of Real Estate" on the Today show, Redfin CEO interview video)
• Mule - Enterprise Service Bus

Technorati Tags: amazon, python

Links 2008-02-16: Hosted subversion

• Assembla
• CVSDude
• wush.net
• hosted-projects.com
• Collab.Net
• DevjaVu
• Versionshelf
• ProjectLocker
• Springloops

Technorati Tags: svn

Links 2008-02-07: Python best practices, AWS + Facebook, Lua, Plotr, SVN, hypertable, serf

• The Style Guide: PEP 8
• Python Idioms and Efficiency
• EasyInstall
• PySpec
• Building Facebook Applications on AWS
• Lua 5.1 Reference Manual
• Plotr (javascript chart painter)
• Subversion Reference Complete Reference
• hypertable (open source BigTable implementation)
• serf (High-performance asynchronous HTTP client library)

Technorati Tags: amazon, aws, facebook, hypertable, lua, plotr, python, serf, subversion, svn