Wandering Thoughts archives

2012-11-30:	All kernel messages should be usefully ratelimited. No exceptions. My new view on why you need to profile code
2012-11-29:	One reason why having metrics is important
2012-11-28:	When you make a harmless change, check to make sure that it is
2012-11-27:	You don't necessarily know what matters for performance
2012-11-25:	More thoughts on why Python doesn't see much monkey-patching The limits of monkey patching in Python
2012-11-24:	Simple markup as a style guide and limiter
2012-11-22:	A little Unix difference that irritates: what word erase erases Optional features are in practice not optional to understand
2012-11-21:	The varying appeal of wikitext and other simple markup
2012-11-20:	Where my Firefox performance problem seems to be
2012-11-19:	Python 3's `print()` annoys me (although maybe it shouldn't)
2012-11-18:	Linux is less divergent than commercial Unixes used to be
2012-11-17:	Why Google's handling of multiple domains on inbound messages is okay
2012-11-16:	Why DTrace does not attract people to Solaris very often
2012-11-15:	A learning experience: internal mail flow should never be allowed to bounce
2012-11-13:	The problem with SELinux (still) A potential path to IPv6
2012-11-11:	Explaining an RPM oddity A reminder: string concatenation really is string concatenation
2012-11-10:	Why Unix doesn't have user-changeable namespaces
2012-11-09:	Some amusing cut and paste work from spammers
2012-11-08:	Devops, the return of system programmers?
2012-11-07:	DTrace: figuring out what you have access to at tracepoints
2012-11-06:	Why I want to do full end-to-end performance tests
2012-11-04:	Your logs should always include IP addresses (in addition to hostnames) Good and bad formats for your log messages
2012-11-03:	Another go-around on the drawbacks and balances of automation
2012-11-02:	Why our ZFS fileservers sometimes boot slowly

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