Matt Goodall http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt Pyrex for Python modules http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt/90 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:39:44 GMT I came across Pyrex some time ago and finally had a quick play with it tonight. Pyrex is really designed to make writing extension modules easy but it seemed to have the potential to improve the speed of normal Python modules too. Super League - a Twisted Web + Nevow Site http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt/94 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:52:24 GMT Last week we launched the new `Super League`_ site. It's been receiving a significant number of requests/visitors since then and, apart from a couple of relatively minor problems, it's working really well. My, my, my ... another MySQL gotcha http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt/92 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:46:04 GMT I avoid MySQL wherever possible but some clients and ISPs use it so it makes an unwelcome appearance in my working life from time to time. I had to repeat a test yesterday to remind myself why I consider MySQL's GROUP BY implementation broken. Patching pysqlite http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt/97 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:56:53 GMT I wanted pysqlite to use the standard datetime types but I also don't want to replace the python-sqlite package my Linux distribution lovingly cares for, so I created this traversty of a module to patch sqlite. Simple example of Twisted's DeferredQueue http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt/101 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:05:09 GMT While looking for something to solve a partucular problem, I came across Twisted's DeferredQueue. Setting up a Twisted Deferred Chain http://www.pollenation.net/journal/matt/103 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:10:01 GMT We had some code that setup a deffered chain.