One of the well-touted advantages of living in Silicon Valley is that it is a crucible of talent. Along with colleagues, conferences and unconferences, there are many regular user groups in the valley, of which I’ve attended several. This past week, I decided to check out the local SF Perl Mongers and BayPIGgies (Python) which
Why We Say “Performance Is A Feature”
Singing the Praises of the Unsung Hero The phrase “Performance is a Feature” has been growing in popularity. Lately, it’s importance for me is underlined by the fact the most common response I get from showing off my early-stage mailing list archive, Grokbase, is that “it’s fast.” I first heard this idea similarly phrased in
