Precompiled Javascript Templates in Rails 3.1+ Speed up your Javascript templates with the Rails asset pipeline.

Scala and Netty Part 1: Project Setup A quick tutorial for using JBoss netty with Scala. This post walks through setting up the SBT project.

Error installing the FFI gem Building ffi with GREP_OPTIONS set to -n causes errors.

Python Dict: Unscientific benchmarks of lookup methods Some mildly surprising speed differences for dict lookups.

Announcing Datatree Introduction to my new library for creating structured documents (XML, JSON, YAML etc) in python.

Adding SASS to your Django Projects A tutorial on using SASS within a django project.

Scala traits in Python Implementing scala traits in python (sorta).

Actor.exit(): The Missing Manual An explanation of how to safely shutdown scala actors.

django-south migrate order How the migration order in south is determined and how to make it sane.

Scenario testing with Python unittest My take on parameterized unit testing.

Adding the "ll" command to OSX bash How to add the "ll" command to your bash shell in OSX.

Python Import Collisions How I learned to stop worrying and love relative import paths.