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 ...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 ...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 …
more ...The Register has a good article on Sphinx search with some entertaining pop-shots at Java and "enterprise software" that got a rise out of me:
more ...Solr is popular with the enterprise crowd, who love its Java. Being a Java program, Solr includes no shortage of technology whose acronyms contain the …