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by bensummers 11y ago
My company has built a nice business around solving this precise problem, although as a web app for internal use in an organisation rather than for organising a filesystem. The key principle is to organise things by their description, not t
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by bensummers 11y ago
London, UK - Full time - Haplo We're looking for developers to join our team, especially those who are early on in their career and would like to work in an environment which will support their learning. Our core platform is open sourc
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by bensummers 11y ago
Here's an entertaining talk by someone who created a similar site, although not out of a love of knives. http://www.primeconf.com/talks/pete-duncanson
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by bensummers 11y ago
If you want something open source and a bit more powerful, covering everything you've asked for and more, check out my product: http://haplo.org It's more designed for use within an organisation rather than individuals
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by bensummers 11y ago
London, UK - Full time - Haplo We're looking for developers to join our team, especially those who are early on in their career and would like to work in an environment which will support their learning. Our core platform is open sourc
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by bensummers 11y ago
It reads better than the alternative, which would be to bury the input filename in the middle of that second line.
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What is Career Hacking?(blog.recworks.co.uk)
1 points by bensummers 11y ago|0 comments
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The Purpose of Hypothesis (Quickcheck-Like Python Testing System)(hypothesis.readthedocs.org)
5 points by bensummers 12y ago|0 comments
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by bensummers 12y ago
You might also want to have a look at hypothesis: https://github.com/DRMacIver/hypothesis http://hypothesis.readthedocs.org/en/master/ It's a QuickCheck inspired python testing library w
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Software security: Liability changes everything (2003)(schneier.com)
3 points by bensummers 12y ago|0 comments
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by bensummers 12y ago
Use one VM per project, not Mac OS X. Unless of course you're deploying on Mac OS X. Use snapshots and switch between them when disk space becomes an issue. The big advantage is that, either through careful notes or configuration manag
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by bensummers 12y ago
I use multicast DNS so that my server in a development VM can automatically publish a hostname to the host for testing. http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-development-virtual... This is especially useful as my ap
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by bensummers 12y ago
Didn't CoreOS just remove btrfs because it tended to break? Also: https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/ways-in-which-zfs...
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by bensummers 12y ago
I find mDNS very useful for our development VMs: http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-development-virtual... Instead of hacking your /etc/hosts file, just let the VM publish relevant DNS entries using mDN
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PADDs, not the iPad – when tablets are cheap enough to give away(sicpers.info)
3 points by bensummers 12y ago|1 comments
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Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World (2013)(gizmodo.com)
1 points by bensummers 12y ago|0 comments
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by bensummers 12y ago
London, UK - Full time - ONEIS We're looking for a developer to join our team. Like a startup: Small dedicated team. No barriers to doing your best work. Opportunity to get involved with everything, should you want to. Lovely office, g
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Reading code by asking questions(drmaciver.com)
3 points by bensummers 13y ago|0 comments
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by bensummers 13y ago
ZFS is also wonderfully usable. It's a delight to admin. See http://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/ways-in-which-zfs-...
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by bensummers 13y ago
Flipped bits will be detected and corrected if you're running at least a mirror, which you should be. This is one of the main reasons you should use ZFS for data you want to keep, and one of the reasons why it's so much better t
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by bensummers 13y ago
Also, Docker vs Zones. Linux still has a way to go. :-)
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by bensummers 13y ago
Use ZFS. Create a filesystem in your pool with copies=n to get n copies on the same disc. But still use mirrors or raidz to protect against failure of a drive.
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by bensummers 13y ago
London, UK - ONEIS http://www.oneis.co.uk We're looking for a developer to build elegant applications on top of our Platform. You'll be working closely with clients to deliver customised information systems, and buildi
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by bensummers 13y ago
IPS and Boot Environments using ZFS is an OpenSolaris thing, available in Solaris 11 and some Illumos distributions like OmniOS. And someone has ported BEs to FreeBSD. But of course, all the cool new features in Linux have been in use in pr
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Evaluating the Security of Hosted Build Servers(neglectedpotential.com)
1 points by bensummers 13y ago|0 comments
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by bensummers 13y ago
It's not that hard to get Ruby running on Solaris. Email me if you need help.
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by bensummers 13y ago
Solaris' SMF and fault management framework is a very good step towards what you're after, plus it's mature and suitable for use in production. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-a... Don't let the XML configuratio
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Multicast DNS, development VMs, and multi-tenant applications(bens.me.uk)
2 points by bensummers 13y ago|0 comments
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Future of voice calls?(revk.www.me.uk)
1 points by bensummers 13y ago|0 comments
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by bensummers 14y ago
ONEIS | London, UK | Full-time, work from home welcomed We're a small and ambitious team, seeking a generalist developer with expertise in building web applications. Our company is funded solely from income from our clients. So perhaps this

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