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Nick Johnson

Sydney, Australia

blog.notdot.net

Age: 29

Developer Programs Engineer for App Engine at Google. Enthusiastic about software engineering and computer science, especially when it comes to interesting algorithms and approaches to solving difficult problems.

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What algorithms compute directions from point A to point B on a map?
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Windows Azure vs Amazon EC2 vs Google App Engine
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Hidden features of Python
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How to think in data stores instead of databases?
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Why is '397' used for ReSharper GetHashCode override?
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Can I restore my source code that has been uploaded into Google AppEngine?
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Breaking out of the Google App Engine Python lock-in?
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How do you access an authenticated Google App Engine service from a (non-web) python client?
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Copy an entity in Google App Engine datastore in Python without knowing property names at 'compile' time
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When should one use the following: Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure and Salesforce.com?
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Working with subdomain in google app engine
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What is the simplest URL shortener application one could write in python for the Google App Engine?
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How do I disable referential integrity in Postgres 8.2?
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What is TombstonedTaskError from App Engine's Task Queue?
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C++ strings: UTF-8 or 16-bit encoding?
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Why do my keystrokes turn into crazy characters after I dump a bunch of binary data into my terminal?
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What is the best nuclear missile crypto system?
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What is a performant string hashing function that results in a 32 bit integer with low collision rates?
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Accessing object memory address
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What Algorithm for a Tic-Tac-Toe Game Can I Use To Determine the “Best Move” for the AI?
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How much memory of Memcache is available to a Google App Engine account?
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Symmetric Bijective Algorithm for Integers
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How to implement “autoincrement” on Google AppEngine
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How can I programmatically determine how to fit smaller boxes into a larger package?
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Is BigTable slow or am I dumb?
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Calculating which tiles are lit in a tile-based game (“raytracing”)
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is this xor based encryption function safe?
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Best way to prevent duplicate use of credit cards
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Can I protect against SQL Injection by escaping single-quote and surrounding user input with single-quotes?
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GAE - How to live with no joins?
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