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I met Brendan Becker working in a computer store in 1999. We both enjoyed building custom computers and installing Linux on them. Brendan was always involved in several technology projects at once, ranging from game coding to music composition. Fast-forwa... (more…)

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A guide for installing and using PostgreSQL with Python 3 and psycopg2 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus.