Monthly Archives: April 2015

100s of Python “Boltons”: over 100 BSD-licensed, p…

Posted on April 9, 2015 by richard

100s of Python “Boltons”: over 100 BSD-licensed, pure-Python utilities in the same spirit as the standard library. github.com/mahmoud/boltons

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Cheeky but effective way to close a file descripto…

Posted on April 9, 2015 by richard

Cheeky but effective way to close a file descriptor of a running process in Linux with gdb. incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/c…

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In-depth discussion of how CloudFlare scaled out t…

Posted on April 9, 2015 by richard

In-depth discussion of how CloudFlare scaled out their Postgres DB with CitusDB, incl logging etc. blog.cloudflare.com/scaling-out-po…

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RT @garethr: @patrickdebois @ddccffvv @iteration1…

Posted on April 8, 2015 by richard

RT @garethr: @patrickdebois @ddccffvv @iteration1 @jezhumble a full example github.com/secure-pipelin…

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The well used Mailman Mailing List s/ware is relea…

Posted on April 7, 2015 by richard

The well used Mailman Mailing List s/ware is releasing 3.0 soon. lwn.net/SubscriberLink…

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Scaling is hard, great info here incl “Sometimes y…

Posted on April 7, 2015 by richard

Scaling is hard, great info here incl “Sometimes you have to sacrifice scalability (& product) to get an edge” medium.com/@charlierguo/s…

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Good start at a list of open-source tools for your…

Posted on April 7, 2015 by richard

Good start at a list of open-source tools for your Operating System & Platform diagnosis. jvns.ca/blog/2015/04/0…

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The IoT gets really tiny! http://t.co/HD9W2BWyz4

Posted on April 6, 2015 by richard

The IoT gets really tiny! cnet.com/news/this-work…

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CoreOS releases a commercial Kubernetes after gett…

Posted on April 6, 2015 by richard

CoreOS releases a commercial Kubernetes after getting funding from Google Ventures. coreos.com/blog/announcin…

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Etsy discusses using HHVM for just-in-time compila…

Posted on April 6, 2015 by richard

Etsy discusses using HHVM for just-in-time compilation of PHP. codeascraft.com/2015/04/06/exp…

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