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How multi-disk failures happen
Having seen this failure mode happen a couple times now, it's time to share. Yes, Virgil, multi-disk failures DO happen during RAID rebuilds. I have pictures, so it MUST be true!First,
SQL is Agile
Thoughts about why relational databases are not a bad choice when starting a new project.
Free Data Science Books
I've been impressed in recent months by the number and quality of free datascience/machine learning books available online. I don't mean fre...
Why MongoDB Never Worked Out at Etsy
In 2010ish, we tried to roll out a feature ( Treasury ) using MongoDB. It was an interesting experience. I learned quite a bit in the process. I wrote about what I was thinking at the time here . But for the most part it was an abject failure and Ryan Young wound up porting the entire thing to the MySQL shards which…
RethinkDB 1.3 is out, now available on OS X
We’ve released RethinkDB 1.3 ( Metropolis ) which has a large number of enhancements, and adds support for OS X and several other platforms. As of the 1.3 release, the server can now be installed on the following platforms:
Oracle Surprised by the Present
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532x Performance Increase for MongoDB with fractal tree indexes
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Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama's Re-election
Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012...
How I made $500k with machine learning and high frequency trading
How I made $500k from high frequency trading using machine learning to optimize a trading algorithm for Russell 2000 and DAX futures, trading independently without working for a quant firm.
Time Spent Waiting for an Answer in StackOverflow (by language)
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Python for Data Analysis
I recommend using Python for data analysis, and I recommend Wes McKinney's book Python for Data Analysis. I prefer Python to R for mathematical computing because mathematical computing doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's always other stuff to do. I find doing mathematical programming in a general-purpose language is…
Using python and k-means to find dominant colors in images
I'm working on a little photography website for my Dad and thought it would be neat to extract color information from photographs. I tried a couple of different approaches before finding one that works pretty well. This approach uses k-means clustering to cluster the pixels in groups based on their color. The center…
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Things I wish I knew about MongoDB a year ago
I’ve used MongoDB for over a year at scale at both Heyzap and Bugsnag and I’ve found it to be a very capable database. As with all databases, there are some gotchas, and here is a summary of the things I wish someone had told me earlier.