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Why Scala is Not For You (nor Me)
Recently I got the chance to evaluate possible approaches for greenfield development of some cloud services that eventually have to scale to Twitter’s scale. “Greenfield” meaning that no code has been written yet, there was little existing infrastructure, and most hires were not done either. So an ideal situation for doing an evaluation of technologies…
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My EspressoBIN board is up
Marvell and Globalscale Technologies developed a new single-board computer called the EspressoBIN (website). Unlike any other cheap SBC I am aware of, it has: 3 ethernet ports a SATA port In other words, it’s perfect to act as a home router with an attached hard drive that runs apps. Now, where have we heard that…
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It’s not about science …
Lots of people are marching for science today, all over the world. A good cause! But it’s worth mentioning that the core issue is not about science at all. It is about whether we can observe the world around us, form accurate models of understanding based on those obersations, use those models to make accurate…
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The pool timer now runs on a RPi 3
My backyard pool timer has now been running continuously for over four years. Based an original Raspberry Pi 1 model B, which — truth be told — always was a horrible piece of hardware engineering. (SD Card sticking out? Not enough power to drive WiFi over USB? Really?) So as of today, it has been…
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Reactions to Trump: which movie are we in?
If alarmed reactions to Trump were movies, here are the plots: “Let’s focus, focus, focus, on the 2018 elections and wrestle power back from this pack of thieves at the next opportunity”. Starring: a posse of Young Democrats. “This is the fight of our lives to protect the republic. The shining city on a hill…