"GenieKnows.com Launches Updated Local Search Platform..." Article: http://bit.ly/cATfzI

@maxgrinev on scaling DBs, our new genieknows.com site serves 18M listings, editable/indexed in real time. MySQL's MyISAM for FT indexing

What about scaling MyISAM? RT @maxgrinev @newsycombinator Scaling MySQL to 700 million inserts per day http://bit.ly/9ibt5N

dry sockets suck. anyone tried tylanol 3?

@TheSandyWalsh agreed, especially when it's more like 1/4 programmer and 1/4 business. But there those who start as analyst and evolve

@TheSandyWalsh there is another category, sometimes called "programmer analyst", it's almost like developers who can't do much

RT @dcurtis: Picture perfect http://post.ly/TSQp

@TheSandyWalsh great post btw, i like the list of 14, and I agree with your views on intermediate programmers

@TheSandyWalsh The discussion in the comments about Soft. Eng. in Canada was a good addition. I regard SE as a separate category

Just add Soft Eng to the mix RT @zelandiya @nshgraph Computer Scientist vs. Programmer vs. Developer http://bit.ly/bxnIsK Explains a lot

McDonalds free coffee is digusting. I couldn't drink a single sip. Yuk! #fb

Python has become my favorite general programming language, but I still favor Perl for text-processing scripts

My sister is trying to decide on a name for my soon-to-be-born nephew. What's your vote? 1- Alexander 2- Marques 3- Damian

@TheSandyWalsh it's reassuring when what people ask for matches what we had planned to do next : O) Next coffee is on me!

Advil for breakfast - 3 of them.