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Peter Rowell

Sebastopol, California United States

I am a retired software developer with 40+ years of experience. I rarely / sporadically stop by SO or SE, so if you need to contact me send email to [email protected].

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How important is it for a programmer to know how to implement a QuickSort/MergeSort algorithm from memory?
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Humor in Documentation
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PHP Warning Permission denied (13) on session_start()
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Shortcodes inside a shortcode - wordpress
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In Python, how do I iterate over a dictionary in sorted key order?
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How to explain why design choices are good?
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How do I set up a source code control system for myself?
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Issue with ManyToMany Relationships not updating immediately after save
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How do I use CSS in Django?
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If you have the full spec done, what is left for the developer to do?
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What are your favorite metaphors for technical concepts?
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Best practices for logging user actions in production
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Suspicious Operation Django
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Is there a reason for initial overconfidence of scientists and engineers working on artificial intelligence in the 1960s?
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What is the difference between a Cluster and MPP supercomputer architecture?
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Do some programmers know some secrets that we others don't?
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How to lookup django session for a particular user?
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What web-oriented language should I learn after PHP?
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What *are* the programming concepts I should master to have a deep understanding of my craft (programming)?
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Difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread"?
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are programmers more forgiving of buggy software?
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Why don't databases have good full text indexes
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What are some (concrete) use-cases for metaclasses?
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why is it bad to have 200 OK header status at 404 error page?
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Is it a good idea for me to learn Python before C or some other Compiler language?
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How to test django caching?
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Catching TimeoutExpired exception in Python 3.3
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How do I pad a string with zeroes?
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Flash Video Players: Do people really use the volume control?
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What is the state of the art in HTML content extraction?
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