S.Lott-Software Architect

Some folks love the twin ideas that (1) "someone" might break the API rules and (2) they must write lots of bonus code to "pr...

I got a bug report (back in April) about an exercise in Building Skills in Python .  It was a change from 2.2 that I never validated in 2.5....

Here's an amazing Stack Overflow question .  The follow-up conversation is great stuff. The question shows two versions of approximately...

A resume is a slippery thing -- a package of semi-structured data. It has a kind of database-like feel to it, but there are so many exceptio...

I can't say enough good things about ReStructuredText (RST).  I've used all of the available markup languages (SGML, HTML and XML). ...

Or so claims SD Times... http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33430 The decision process includes: "find a low-cost solution".  More import...

The users want to locate people by last name.  They want flexible matching.  That's not very hard. The DBA wants to do some wild-card se...