Tom has a great summary on why. One challenge for the cowboy sys admin is on how to keep oneself engaged while making their job basically… a walk in the park. One thing I have found helpful in creating lists is to be dogmatic about writing docs as you are doing something somewhere, anywhere and […]
After reading Game Developers and Porn Stars I started recollecting an earlier time in my life. At that point in time I was considering a life as a game developer. I had heard the rumors that life as a game developer was a meat grinder and had really long hours. I spent time reflecting on […]
Seems someone else ran into issues while trying to deploy god. While, I don’t think god sucks I definitely don’t endorse it. At this point I would only use it under the following conditions: Need for a process monitor tool with more dynamic configuration setups. This is where god really shines against monit’s simpler understanding […]
I just read a blog post by Blaine Buxton describing the phenomenon of Forced Pairing. In a nutshell, pair programming has to take into consideration the human factor when programming. Some people need their own space to code well. On reflection, this makes sense. When I have pair programmed, I have usually been supportive of […]