links for 2009-11-14

• Large Problems in Django, Mostly Solved: Search | Surfing in Kansas
  Two solutions for builtin full-text search in Django applications.
  (tags: django Search python programming)
• A history of Python packaging
  Python packaging evolution.
  (tags: python packaging history setuptools programming distutils pypi virtualenv)
• The "Iterate Fast and Release Often" Philosophy of Entrepreneurship : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum
  "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late." Score!
  (tags: entrepreneurship startup strategy innovation)
• MySQL :: MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual :: 9.1.7.7 Examples of the Effect of Collation
  collate utf8_bin saved the day.
  (tags: mysql collate encoding)
• MySQL :: MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual :: 9.1.2 Character Sets and Collations in MySQL
  (tags: mysql collate encoding)