jnoller

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   by jnoller 13y ago

   The interactive repo will be enabled shortly when traffic dies down a bit. We're using try python and it's pretty awesomesauce
2. 62.▲
   by jnoller 13y ago

   Bug me please! I linked to the repo everywhere else :)
3. 63.▲
   by jnoller 13y ago

   Please track issues with the samples / etc here: https://github.com/proevo/pythondotorg it's all open source and I will be moving it to the official python org tonight
4. 64.▲
   by jnoller 13y ago

   Great feedback: can you help us track it? https://github.com/proevo/pythondotorg
5. 65.▲
   by jnoller 13y ago

   Could you help us out by filing tickets/Etc? https://github.com/proevo/pythondotorg
6. 66.▲
   by jnoller 13y ago

   The catch here is you read the fine print. Many employees don't, and even if they do they miss assignment of invention clauses, non competes, etc. I too have asked to strike our the invention clauses - in one case they said ok, then ba
7. 67.▲
   by jnoller 13y ago

   You mean using OSS at work? Or something else? I can confirm we use a LOT of OSS. Like OpenStack. :)
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   by jnoller 13y ago

   This type of policy is very frequently known as the Assignment Of Inventions or Invention Assignments. Sadly - they are very enforceable depending on the state you're in. For example, non-competes are still in force across the US, bu
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   by jnoller 13y ago

   This has been the default policy (inventions / work on your free time == the companies) at just about every job I've ever had in my career. They slip it into employment agreements as a method to ensure they can claim ownership ove
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    About Python 3(alexgaynor.net)

    564 points by jnoller 13y ago|345 comments
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Yup. Still employed happily at rackspace. Just been on vacation at home the last few weeks. Also, busy busy busy - I come back to work then off to codemash! I don't spend all of my time here :)
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    As it says in the post - the prices of the performance instances is lower than the standard flavors, and we will be phasing out the standard (Non Performance) flavors as we complete the rollout to all data centers.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    We have Cloud Queues, DNS/cloud load balancers, and Akamai CDN built into our Cloud Files system. We don't have have an elasticache equivalent at the moment
14. 74.▲
    by jnoller 13y ago

    Well, I moved to Texas in June and haven't really gone native yet, so I needed something to help me fit in.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    The tone and images were all me - and I definitely pushed the edges here (I was aiming for fun) - my previous post while having a little bit of fun, stayed on topic: http://developer.rackspace.com/blog/welcome-to-perfor
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    You should take a look at this: http://developer.rackspace.com/blog/welcome-to-performance-c...
17. 77.▲
    by jnoller 13y ago

    Yeah - I agree, I pushed some edges in the post - I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Hello, I'm the author of the OP, And as always, I'm around to answer any questions.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Also, see more details: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/11/05/racks...
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Migration is documented; I'd love to make this process easier, but the disk sizing is problematic http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/migrating-...
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Existing and new customers will continue to have access to the Standard flavor class Cloud Servers - the price will continue at the current prices you pay today for the Standard class. At a point in the future we will stop offering the Stan
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Swap to the IAD region - I just pushed notes on rollout and availability to the post.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    We still have the 1&2 GB flavor types - (1,2,4,8GB), quoting my post: "We eliminated the lowest end flavor (512) and will start with the competitively priced the 1GB flavor, while drastically increasing its performance from the pre
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Change your region to IAD - I'm amending the post now.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    You should (using the methodology and scripts/notes) be able to run the same comparisons yourself: let me know if I omitted anything that would prevent you from running the same tests.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Let me look into what can be done - I had been looking at your github repo, which Performance Cloud instance would be equivalent to your i7 results?
27. 87.▲
    by jnoller 13y ago

    Select Region, OS, Flavor and then it pops up!
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    This deserves a post of its own - but what you're saying has been a major focus for our product teams. I can say that reliability, performance, build times, etc have been greatly improved. Let me check with the team to see what I can d
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    Alright, correction - you can see the pricing if you go into the control panel -> select region -> select OS (pricing changes based on linux vs. Windows) -> select flavor.
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    by jnoller 13y ago

    I just let them know, FYI The pricing information for those servers is still available with in the control panel