Archive for August, 2008

[russian] Как гарантировать наличие атрибута (циклическая зависимость) / Проектирование БД : Форум на SQL.RU | about cyclic references / database design

Monday, August 11th, 2008

good discussion about cyclic references. Basically the main point is that if you have a question “how do I implement cyclic fererence?” — then there is something wrong, 99% that it is so because ur understaning of problem domain is wrong.

Git Magic [well written "git for newbees" article]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Good article that explain basic version control tasks and how to do them with git. Other git how-to articles start with how git differs from other vcs’es and explain about git internals and by doing that they create a huge deal of confusion.

To BLOB or Not To BLOB: Large Object Storage in a Database or a Filesystem?

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

a paper from microsoft research comparing perfomance of 2 systems: metadata in db + files in fs vs. meatadata + files as blobs in db. Study uses MSSQL and NTFS. Datasets are in less than 1 GB size.

SQLite ODBC Driver

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

ODBC wrapper for sqlite libs, coss platform: binaries are available for win32, os x, linux

Random Journal 2008-08-04 23:28:55

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Эхх, привет журнал! не прошло и года :-) Ради развлечения гулял по русским форумам и наткнулся на забавную ветку про русский язык, грамотно…

Random Journal 2008-08-04 23:28:55

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Эхх, привет журнал! не прошло и года :-) Ради развлечения гулял по русским форумам и наткнулся на забавную ветку про русский язык, грамотно…

Daring Fireball: Ronco Spray-On Usability

Monday, August 4th, 2008

good essay about software usability in regards to open source software. Much of what he says is true.

Intel IXP425 | Timesys Embedded Linux [product page]

Friday, August 1st, 2008

page lists some details about intel ixp4xx combo-cpu’s and there are some useful notes as to what kernel config options should be enabled. Timesys uses 2.6.16.10