Wandering Thoughts archives

2014-01-31:	Why I now believe that duck typed metaclasses are impossible in CPython Linux has at least two ways that disks can die
2014-01-30:	OmniOS (and by extension Illumos) is pretty much Solaris
2014-01-29:	One cause of Linux's popularity among Unixes
2014-01-28:	Building software packages yourself is generally a waste (why package selection matters)
2014-01-27:	Things that affect how much support you get from a Linux distribution
2014-01-26:	Why writing sysadmin tools in Go is getting attractive
2014-01-25:	The origin of RCS (the version control system)
2014-01-24:	Things I want to remember during a security incident
2014-01-22:	Microsoft has become a spam emitter Security is everyone's job (why Ruby is wrong about OpenSSL)
2014-01-21:	Fake versus real metaclasses and what a fully functional metaclass is
2014-01-20:	A thought about the popularity of server-side JavaScript
2014-01-19:	Some thoughts on structured logging, especially in and for databases
2014-01-18:	Your web application should have an audit log
2014-01-16:	Link: Armin Ronacher's 'More About Unicode in Python 2 and 3' Debian does not have long term support
2014-01-15:	SELinux fails again (Fedora 20 edition) Real support periods versus nominal official ones
2014-01-14:	The problem with OmniOS's 'build your own' view for Perl and Python
2014-01-13:	Sadly, we're moving away from Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2014-01-12:	Why I don't want fully automated installs
2014-01-11:	Why I am not enthused about Red Hat Enterprise 6
2014-01-10:	An interesting recent spam run against one of my machines
2014-01-09:	Using different sshd options for different origin hosts
2014-01-08:	The good and bad of Linux's NetworkManager
2014-01-06:	The problem with compiling your own version of Python 3 Some thoughts on blog front pages in the modern era
2014-01-05:	Hard drives really do wear out, so you need a a hardware budget
2014-01-04:	One aspect of partial versus full entries on blog front pages
2014-01-03:	What determines Python 2's remaining lifetime?
2014-01-02:	Python 3's core compatibility problem and decision

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