I'm Paul Bissex. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. Started my career doing graphic design for newspapers and magazines in the '90s. Then wrote tech commentary and reviews for Wired, Salon, Chicago Tribune, and others you never heard of. Then I built operations software at a photography school. Then I helped big media serve 40 million pages a day. Then I worked on a translation services API doing millions of dollars of business. Now I'm building the core platform of a global startup accelerator. Feel free to email me.
I co-wrote "Python Web Development with Django". It was the first book to cover the long-awaited Django 1.0. Published by Addison-Wesley and still in print!
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Does Python scale?
Friday, July 31st, 2015
programming
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python
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web frameworks
Booktools
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
python
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tools
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writing
2 comments
Making your way from PHP to Python and Django
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
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programming
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python
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web development
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8 comments
Pocket Django
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
django
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fun
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mobile
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pwdd
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python
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Python one-liner of the day
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
fun
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python
9 comments
How not to advocate via Google Code
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
clojure
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google
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java
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web development
2 comments
99 problems
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
education
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programming
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python
3 comments
Django Mercurial mirror tweaks
Monday, March 17th, 2008
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open source
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python
2 comments
From PHP to Python
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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11 comments
Book news: Rough Cuts and Amazon
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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4 comments
The Language I Will Kind of Learn in 2008: Smalltalk
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
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history
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4 comments
A Mercurial mirror of Django's Subversion repository
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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programming
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vcs
10 comments
Understanding tuples vs. lists in Python
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
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haskell
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programming
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python
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tips
31 comments
World's ugliest Django app
Monday, January 21st, 2008
django
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fun
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python
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web development
14 comments
A little something I've been working on
Monday, January 14th, 2008
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podcasting
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writing
15 comments
Visualizing trends in the bug-tracker
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
python
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trac
Python was apparently 2007's Language of the Year
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
programming
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Python 3.0a1 on OS X
Friday, August 31st, 2007
programming
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OSCON 2007, Day 4
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
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2 comments
OSCON 2007, Day 2
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
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2 comments
Django Unicodification
Friday, July 13th, 2007
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2 comments
Belated comments on Dreaming in Code
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
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the well
Django.June wrapup
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
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fun
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6 comments
Array comprehensions in Javascript
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
haskell
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javascript
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programming
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python
Attachment-viewing script for mutt
Friday, May 11th, 2007
email
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python
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tips
6 comments
Django.June
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
django
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programming
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web development
2 comments
Bicycle Repair Man bundle for TextMate
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
programming
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python
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textmate
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tools
2 comments
Python 3 short course
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
programming
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python
2 comments
Two new Django-powered sites
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
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programming
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4 comments
Neat Python hack: infix operators
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
fun
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haskell
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python
7 comments
Dreaming In Code: The Interview
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
programming
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the well
The whitespace brigade
Monday, January 8th, 2007
haskell
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programming
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3 comments
Python 2.5 Library Reference for Plucker
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
palm
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python
4 comments
New Year's programming resolutions
Monday, January 1st, 2007
django
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programming
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python
7 comments
99-byte Python quicksort
Friday, December 15th, 2006
fun
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programming
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11 comments
One Laptop Per Child -- with Python
Friday, December 1st, 2006
open source
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dpaste.com
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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site
1 comment
TextMate command for paste.e-scribe.com
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
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site
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textmate
2 comments
Pastebin update: Pygments
Friday, October 20th, 2006
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site
1 comment
If all else fails, force it
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
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3 comments
Handling legacy URLs with Django
Friday, September 29th, 2006
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3 comments
The "path" module
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
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4 comments
Johnny can too code
Friday, September 15th, 2006
os x
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rants
6 comments
Django as superego
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
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2 comments
Enforcing Style
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
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2 comments
Random crufty open source release of the day
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
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Moving the blog to Django
Monday, April 10th, 2006
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12 comments
Neat new stuff in Python 2.5
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
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The twenty-minute trouble ticket system
Friday, March 31st, 2006
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11 comments
Why the python.org redesign is good
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
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Python.org redesign launches
Monday, March 6th, 2006
design
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5 comments
"Reverse" game update -- my language safari
Friday, February 24th, 2006
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site
Django development tips
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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11 comments
Django: less (magic) is more
Sunday, February 12th, 2006
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6 comments
More mobile Python options
Monday, February 6th, 2006
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5 comments
Soft launch
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
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2 comments
Let's play a game: BASIC vs. Ruby vs. Python vs. PHP
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
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150 comments
IronPython 1.0 beta
Thursday, January 5th, 2006
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YAPWF: Aaron Swartz's web.py released
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
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4 comments
Turbogears and Subway to merge?
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
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2 comments
Guido at Google
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
google
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Django Docs in Plucker format
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
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1 comment
Python Library Reference for Plucker
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
palm
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Ajaxy regex tester in Python: retest
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
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1 comment
Python question: a better urlparse?
Monday, December 12th, 2005
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2 comments
A minimal wiki in Django
Monday, December 12th, 2005
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15 comments
Figlet Captcha
Monday, December 5th, 2005
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Introduction to Trac
Friday, November 11th, 2005
python
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TurboGears progress, or, bring on the CRUD
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
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3 comments
WebKit screen-grabbers
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
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Controller freaks
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
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YAPWF: TurboGears
Sunday, September 18th, 2005
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Python and XUL
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
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PyObjC in, Cocoa-Java out
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
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python
2 comments
State of the Python Union
Friday, August 5th, 2005
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CodeZoo
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
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programming
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python
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ruby
2 comments
Mobile Python
Thursday, July 28th, 2005
palm
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1 comment
Python web framework mania
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
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How things get better after you screw up at work
How I became a software engineer, 8-bit version
My 100x ROI as accidental domain speculator
Neo4J and Graph Databases
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Neo4J and Graph Databases
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How to install the open source application Darktable on OS X
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How to install the open source application Darktable on OS X
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Switching from OS X to Ubuntu
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The story of dpaste.com 2.0
1735 days ago
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