Configuration Management Software Sucks
Yes. Configuration Management Software Sucks. Horribly.
The main problem is that n-th order tweakability is preferred over convention It's just stupid. There are a core set of things that just about everybody needs to do. Those should be dead simple. Ready to uncomment and run. The set operating systems used …
more ...GUNNAR Optiks Computer Glasses Review
Intro
As one might expect from a computing professional, I spend a lot of time in front of LCD screens. This is coupled to the modern assault of Compact Florescent Lights (CFL). These are both heavy on the blue spectrum. Depending on what you read and believe [1], this can …
more ...Something good about every language I used in 2010
Inspired by Samuel Tardieu's post, I want to do a year in review of all the languages I have used this year. A lot of times we prima donna programmers complain about anything and everything. I really enjoyed the positive outlook of Samuel's post and want to take note of …
more ...No Nonsense Logging in C (and C++)
A lot of times people do zany things and try and reinvent wheels when it comes to programming. Sometimes this is good: when learning, when trying to improve state of the art, or when trying to simplify when only Two-Ton solutions are available.
For a current daemon project I need …
more ...Why VIM is not my favorite editor
UPDATE:
clang_complete is what the people want and what the doctor ordered:
https://github.com/Rip-Rip/clang_complete
let g:clang_snippets=1
let g:clang_conceal_snippets=1
C^X, C^U, profit. Another awesome development for LLVM!
It sucks for C and C++ development.
Popup code completion ("IntelliSense") is a godsend. Instead …
more ...Stop Social Distributed Version Control Diaspora!
A ton of people use github, gitorious, and bitbucket these days. Aside from the obvious benefits of dVCS, these sites have excellent features such as:
- Code review
- Merge requests
- Repository "forking" (in a good way)/cloning and easy methods to let upstream know about your branch
- Project following/notification
Basically …
more ...Software Freedom Day 2010 - Gentoo Linux
I'm doing a presentation/Q&A for Software Freedom Day 2010 in Charleston, SC. CSCLUG is putting on the event.
- Software Freedom Day 2010 - Gentoo Linux Presentation - .odp / Open Office Impress
- Software Freedom Day 2010 - Gentoo Linux PDF - .pdf / Portable Document Format
Here is the presentation. Feel free to use …
more ...Sun/Oracle Ultra 27 Workstation Discontinued?
I just noticed that the Sun/Oracle Ultra 27 is no longer listed on the Desktops section of Oracles products page. This is a shame because I'm quite pleased with mine.
This sends a couple of messages:
- Oracle doesn't think Solaris/OpenSolaris is viable on the workstation
- Oracle can't deliver …
But First, Write No Code
Something I see often in person and online are programmers constantly implementing common solutions, reinventing wheels, or embracing NIH.
Before you do this, please consider the Kev009's Oath - "But First, Write No Code". This is a solution to a variety of problems in software development, but today's article is specifically …
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