OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Outage

Outage is over. Back on your heads.

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Categories: About OddThinking

Python Consumer Thread Shutdown Design Notes

In which Julian fails to persuade Python to perform a simple task: stopping.

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Categories: S/W Dev

Python Message-Buffering Logging Handler Design Notes

In which Julian rubber-ducks a design for a Python Logging Handler, to overcome earlier email jams.

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Categories: S/W Dev

How Python’s urllib2 Bit Me

In which Julian proposes a hypothetical – how could the default parameters on urllib2 bring down an application 29 minutes past midnight on a Saturday morning?

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