Programming

PGQ Tutorial - PostgreSQL Wiki

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGQ_Tutorial http://sql.ru/forum/actualthread.aspx?tid=665075 Examples how to use PgQ queue in postgres

Anti-RDBMS: A list of distributed key-value stores | Richard Jones, Esq.

http://www.metabrew.com/article/anti-rdbms-a-list-of-distributed-key-value-stores/ comparative review of different DHT scalable systems

PyODConverter | Art of Solving [MS Office -> PDF using openoffice.org package in server mode]

http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/pyodconverter PyODConverter

Common Optimization Mistakes / presentation from phpCon Quebec 2009 /

http://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official about optimization, speed, scaling web apps. Useful not only to php programmers, but to web app developers in general

Open Source - The Washington Times - Home

http://opensource.washingtontimes.com/ some python modules from Washington Times ( ! Washington post )

Michael Tsai - Blog - Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby

http://mjtsai.com/blog/2002/11/25/perl_vs_python_vs_ruby/ interesting post that provides syntax difference the languages and some discussion about their importance. Good code examples.

Cache Performance Comparison | MySQL Performance Blog

http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2006/08/09/cache-performance-comparison/ gives you an idea how different caching methods perform. Read it before implementing something

Prevent users from seeing SQL inside SP Postgersql ( from flames on sql.ru about MySQL vs PostgreSQL [russian] Выбор СУБД: MySQL или PostgreSQL / Сравнение СУБД : Форум на SQL.RU )

http://sql.ru/forum/actualthread.aspx?tid=606215&pg=3 example: REVOKE SELECT ON pg_catalog.pg_proc, information_schema.routines FROM public

[russian] vadiml: HOWTO по работе с С++ классми из Perl'a || C++ classes in Perl howto

http://vadiml.livejournal.com/1582.html Article in russian part of LiveJournal deals with writing perl XS wrappers around C++ classes

highlight.js -- highlight your code on the web / blog, etc

http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/ very good code javascript code highlighting library, easy to implement, comes with wordpress plugin as well.