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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   I came here to recommend QuinnyPig's services as well. He's a pro at reducing AWS costs.
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   That's right. If anyone wants to check their bindings, use: bind -p or bind -P For example: $ bind -P |grep execute edit-and-execute-command can be found on "\C-x\C-e". $ The "bind&quo
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   Here is the link to the InfoQ interview: https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/01/q-a-max-kanat-alexander/
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   Max's answer to the interview question "What is the most terrible code that you ever encountered, and what was your approach to refactoring it?" is relevant here. In his book "Code Simplicity", Max has a checklist (
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   CFEngine is the most lightweight solution I have seen (in terms of resource utilization). The agent is a small C binary. It’s fast! You can set it up to pull its configuration from git.
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   See https://www.codesimplicity.com/post/the-accuracy-of-future-p... for some thoughts on the accuracy of future predictions. I've found Max Kanat-Alexander's writings on software to be very workable; I'
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer See also blog post on this (talent vs genius) at https://www.
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   The Definition of Simplicity(codesimplicity.com)

   3 points by atsaloli 6y ago|1 comments
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   by atsaloli 6y ago

   Have you seen https://www.irccloud.com/ ? "IRCCloud is an IRC client with a future. Stay connected, chat from anywhere, and never miss a message."
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    by atsaloli 6y ago

    I dealt with a similar issue in 2001. About 6 mid-range Sun servers (like small refrigerators in size), running Netscape Application Server, with the load distributed using round-robin DNS (A record round-robin). Due to some DNS servers ca
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Glad to hear it's still a going concern! :)
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Luke, you've been an inspiration for years. It's a lot easier to hold a regular job than it is to take a business from idea to execution... as you well know!
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    He WAS the hosting solution. - https://prgmr.com/about.html - https://prgmr.com/~lsc/
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_manageme...
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    This is called master-master replication or multi-master replication. Postgres has been working toward it for years, and making progress. Not an easy problem to solve and get right. Postgres is not there yet but closer than before.
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    I get it. Why not set up another GitLab project just for that? Call it "scrapbook" or whatever, and pop the ideas into its Issues? Free of the serious process? Maybe your own project?
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    What about GitLab Issue Boards? You can self host and the UI is elegant. I wouldn't call it lightweight though, you get all of GitLab.
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Postgres has excellent documentation. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Some companies are still using CFEngine as well -- especially at large scale.
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    This reminds me of a time in the nineties I was at USENIX LISA conference and got into an elevator with a gentleman with a badge that read "Eric Allman". I (barely) restrained myself from exclaiming "You are Eric Allman!&quot
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/justice-pearl-harbor-...
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Yes, that's it. Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    > Lovable: Provides an elevated user experience that customers love as measured by NPS. NPS = Net Promoter Score https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Promoter
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    It's defined on the front page, < https://google.github.io/eng-practices/> , under Terminology: CL: Stands for “changelist,” which means one self-contained change that has been submitted to version control or
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Great! Enjoy! :) I'd love to hear your feedback or any suggestions for improving the roadmap.
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Yay, you are welcome!
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    [reformatted] What works for us: * specs (rudimentary ok) * design review (saves rework) * including test methodology and results in the merge request (saves rework) * code review before accepting merge request
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    For learning infrastructure, specifically Linux system administration, my recommendations: http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/training-program-to-make-a-...
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    Sysadminy stuff such as my "the network ate my font!" story, http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-war-story-the-netw...
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    by atsaloli 7y ago

    What works for us: -specs (rudimentary ok) - design review (saves rework) - including test methodology and results in the merge request (saves rework) - code review before accepting merge request