@andreisavu interesting .. though couldn't understand enough through that < 140 char summary in reply to andreisavu #

RT: @KentBeck it's a design challenge to break a big task into small tasks, each of which is progress and can also be independently verified #
Wow! @vdichev writes an impressive post http://is.gd/5Tfy8 "Is Scala more complicated than Java?" #
Am beginning to appreciate Functional Programming as a defect avoidance methodology (completely independent of concurrency benefits) [...]

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RT @jneira: What is (functional) reactive programming? – Stack Overflow http://bit.ly/8GwJDe #

Concise python code
(tags: python clojure example)

RT @mamund: A different approach to supporting transactions over HTTP http://ff.im/-dRh3t #
Great post from @timbray on enterprise IT "Doing it wrong" http://is.gd/5O0DK and @stilkov's comment on it http://is.gd/5O0FQ #
3 Nearly identical template engines. Jinja2 (Python) http://is.gd/5O5aC Liquid (Ruby) http://is.gd/5O5h3 & Twig (PHP) http://is.gd/5O4aQ #
RT @martinfowler OO thinking, and erlang-style [...]

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@codemonkeyism I just blogged on the topic http://is.gd/5N7By re: LOC FUD discussion in reply to codemonkeyism #
@codemonkeyism Just updated the post to insert a link at the end. in reply to codemonkeyism #

RT @debasishg: New blog post: Pragmatics of Impurity .. http://bit.ly/8C9Fbx #
Started a codeblog http://codeblog.dhananjaynene.com Rationale: http://bit.ly/7olzhR Since it is at early stages feedback welcome #
@abishek glad you enjoyed it. #projecteuler is a fun place to visit in reply to abishek #
RT @psnively: RT @codinghorror: Strangest Language Feature some of these are uber-WTFs. http://is.gd/5M9YX Love Javascript [...]

@codemonkeyism Yes he misses comments,timekeeping,System.out etc. and thats indeed not fairly done since there are at least 11 extra lines in reply to codemonkeyism #
@codemonkeyism Hmm.. people who don't authorize comments. Definitely in poor taste. in reply to codemonkeyism #
@codemonkeyism BTW this is the "first" time ever I've seen Python at the top of the [...]

Looking for a liteweight session management python library (wsgi support not reqd). Any choices apart from beaker ?/cc @benbangert #
After all the REST gyaan (knowledge) feeliing guilty to bring in session management. But digest auth just sucks (password storage issues)… #
…contd.., & basic auth just doesn't feel right from a usability perspective. #confused. #
@cpungaliya for [...]

@psnively Hmm I thought challenging assumptions was unidirectional, turns out its bidirectional. Have a great year. in reply to psnively #