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Most-linked posts?

1. Using Computer Vision to Automate Virtual Tour Creation
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-08-18
2. Saving 9 GB of RAM with Python's __slots__
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-17
3. Oyster Tech: Delivering a great internationalization experience on a budget
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-11-14
4. Generating HDR Panoramas at scale
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-08

What Hacker News says?

1. benhoyt · 2013-05-26

   Yes, regularly. I'm a backend web developer who works on a fairly large-scale website, and program mostly in Python. It's pretty important to know that code like this (which we have in our photo search code): for image in images: if image.hotel_id in hotel_ids: ... will be O(N) if hotel_ids is a set or dict (with O(1) lookup), but O(N²) if hotel_ids is a list (with O(N) lookup). We're not talking about micro-optimiz…

   Comment linking /how-our-photo-search-engine-really-works/

   on “What does O(log n) mean, exactly?”
2. benhoyt · 2013-11-17

   Submitted Saving 9 GB of RAM with Python's __slots__ as a story · 135 points

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3. bretr · 2011-12-23

   the author updated with this comment: http://tech.oyster.com/how-to-build-a-40tb-file-server/?#com... "Didn’t mean to give the impression that this is the only backup, it is not. It is the “warmest” one — first line. It does not share the same physical location with the primary storage box either, but is less than 2 miles away. So we can easily have a 2 hour recovery time without throwing away those astronomical mon…

   Comment linking /how-to-build-a-40tb-file-server/

   on “Why we built a 40TB photo server in-house instead of using S3”
4. benhoyt · 2011-12-23

   Submitted Why we built a 40TB photo server in-house instead of using S3 as a story · 94 points

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5. benhoyt · 2011-11-24

   Submitted Cohabitation with Python and C++ as a story · 10 points

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6. benhoyt · 2011-12-21

   Submitted How to build a 40TB file server as a story · 8 points

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7. neurodrone · 2011-09-15

   Submitted Who can I trust to send my email? as a story · 8 points

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8. alexplz · 2016-03-22

   Submitted Using React and JQuery Together as a story · 4 points

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9. mikejet · 2016-08-18

   Submitted Using Computer Vision to Automate Virtual Tour Creation as a story · 3 points

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10. mikejet · 2016-07-08

    Submitted Generating HDR Panoramas at scale as a story · 3 points

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11. ferrari8608 · 2015-01-08

    Submitted Saving 9 GB of RAM with Python’s __slots__ (2013) as a story · 3 points

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12. benhoyt · 2013-01-17

    Submitted An arm wrestle with Python's garbage collector as a story · 3 points

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13. benhoyt · 2011-11-26

    Submitted Building a photo search engine in Python as a story · 3 points

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14. benhoyt · 2011-10-31

    Submitted CherryPy, ctypes, and being explicit as a story · 3 points

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15. benhoyt · 2011-07-15

    Submitted How Oyster.com's photo search engine works as a story · 3 points

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16. devurandom_ · 2017-03-07

    Submitted Oyster Tech: Delivering a great internationalization experience on a budget as a story · 2 points

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17. devy · 2016-08-26

    Submitted Generating HDR panoramas at scale as a story · 2 points

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18. benhoyt · 2016-03-07

    Submitted Rundeck vs. Crontab: Why Rundeck Won as a story · 2 points

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19. benhoyt · 2015-07-08

    Submitted Using Ansible to restore developer sanity as a story · 2 points

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20. benhoyt · 2012-05-10

    Submitted A few little libraries we're making open source as a story · 2 points

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21. benhoyt · 2012-04-09

    Submitted Porting our iPad app to 3,145,728 pixels in 5 days as a story · 2 points

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22. benhoyt · 2011-07-19

    Submitted Hotel startup Oyster.com launches tech blog: how their photo search engine works as a story · 2 points

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23. mikejet · 2016-11-14

    Submitted Delivering a great internationalization experience on a budget as a story · 1 points

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24. devy · 2016-08-26

    Submitted Automated virtual tour as a story · 1 points

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25. benhoyt · 2015-02-17

    Submitted When Building Your Own CMS Is the Right Choice as a story · 1 points

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26. benhoyt · 2013-04-25

    Submitted OpenSSL hangs CPU with Python v2.7.3 on Windows as a story · 1 points

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