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I had "vaccumed" all indices referencing those entities before issuing a delete. Albeit, there was only once index per purged entity type. So this would not explain the 20x write operations.

Also, note that the deletions were through the "Datasore Admin" app, which was recently added. It is different from the classic Datastore Viewer.

I deleted all indices referencing those entities before starting the entity deletions.

I meant that I needed 3k requests to finish the job, deleting 1k entities in each request :).

I have been using GAE Python since it came out. Used it to build www.thesponty.com and www.gamedaytycoon.com (social game on FB). The latter has thousands of users and GAE scales super well. We deploy > 10 times a day. GAE is really awesome.

Yes

Yes. Happens when you enqueue a task with the same name as a previously enqueued task.

This is awesome! I shared it on Facebook, but your mugshot showed up in the preview rather than say a ShelfLuv logo. The latter would probably be more enticing for my friends to check out!

I've been using Remember The Milk as a GTD tool and I highly recommend it! Rather than moving your your tasks between notebooks, you move them between lists. The Gears/Chrome client is much faster than the Evernote desktop client, and there is even a Launchy plugin that allows you to insert tasks into RTM quickly straight from Launchy. There are also keyboard shortcuts, which make it even easier. Totally worth the $25 a year to get the iPhone app.

I always thought GTD was neat, but never had the gumption to create a physical filing system. RTM changes that by making GTD much more convenient.

I would suggest Python. It is easy to learn and can be used in many different projects including web apps.

You can then use your new skill and build web apps on Google App Engine. It's great because you won't have to worry about the non-so-fun bits, like configuring servers.