Firefox’s progress has been quite steady since its’ first releases. I remember downloading one of the first alpha version to try it out. It was rough but it was on a good track.
Today, Firefox has a lot of competition for the top spot. Opera, Google Chrome, Safari and even the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 are [...]
In a programmer’s mind
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H.264: A in dent Firefox’s progress
Stop caring too much about how your site looks
I know many people who want their website to looks exactly the same across all browsers. They want absolute consistency like mad people think they can walk on water. These people should stop caring too much about it because, mainly, it is impossible.
Since I started this blog, I have been looking how it looks like [...]
Automating my PC maintenance tasks
Recently, I automated a few of my deployment processes. They were taking too much time to do and they were frankly boring. I managed automate everything including the database backup, putting the site in maintenance mode, creating the file package, sending the file package, extracting the file package on the server, preparing the database package [...]
The joy of Python
I have been in Chicago for PyCon 2009 this weekend and I must say that it was a tremendous conference. These guys know what they are doing and they are doing it well.
First, the hotel was alright. There is not much to say about it except for the fact that I had to walk 10 [...]
Getting ready for PyCon 2009
I have bought my flight ticket, my hotel room is booked and my conference fees are paid. I am ready for PyCon 2009.
I am really excited about it. It will be my first real development conference and an international one.
I will have the chance to meet or at least see Guido van Rossum, leaders and [...]
Totally distributed
Some new software development models have appear recently. One of them is the distributed model. It can be used to structure a project in various ways, but the founding concept is that everyone owns a full working copy of the project and is not directly tied to a central authority.
In one of my previous post, [...]