I’ve been using Python for a while and really like it. I’d heard a lot of good stuff about Ruby so decided to have a go to see what all the fuss was about. The list of differences between Python and Ruby on ruby-lang.org was useful in writing this post. Here are my first impressions: One of the things that always bugged me about Python is its lack of proper lambdas.

I recently suggested to a client that a good way to increase their sales on Amazon would be to show the Amazon price next to the “Buy from Amazon” link. I figured that there would be a simple, straightforward solution to this. I thought to myself “Amazon will have an API for that; they’ll have useful, up-to-date documentation …” Nothing in life is as easy as it should be Well, I’m sure all of their documentation was useful, once, but not much was up-to-date.