Paul Baran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Baran [en.wikipedia.org]
2022-09-13 04:04
tags:
history
network
Paul Baran (born Pesach Baran /ˈbærən/; April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching.
source: book; where wizards stay up late
Rob Pike on the Origin of Unix Dot File Names
http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/writ/unix_origin_of_dot_filename.html [xahlee.info]
2023-05-10 15:44
tags:
history
Long ago, as the design of the Unix file system was being worked out, the entries . and .. appeared, to make navigation easier....
Fed up with Windows? Linux too easy? Get weird, go ALTERNATIVE
https://www.theregister.com/Print/2013/11/01/25_alternative_pc_operating_systems/ [www.theregister.com]
2024-03-02 05:17
tags:
non-sheep
os
It’s hard to believe, looking at the modern computing world, but there is still more to life than Windows or Unix… and today, most of the alternatives run on vanilla x86 hardware and are free.
La poudre verte - La solution à tous vos problèmes informatiques
https://www.poudreverte.org/ [www.poudreverte.org]
2023-03-31 07:49
tags:
funny
* Décongestion de réseaux
* Débuggage de logiciels
* Protection contre les virus
* Protection contre les tentatives d’intrusions
* Restructuration de services
* Partage de connexion Internet sans connexion
* Suppression aléatoire de compte utilisateur
* Protection anti-spoofing basée sur les adresses MAC
* Définition de politique de gestion et de sécurité aléatoire
* Elimination systématique des fichiers de log (journaux)
* Protection contre les DoS et DDoS grâce au système exclusif InUranus®
* Support de IPoT
* Rend vos données importantes accessibles à tout moment et à tout endroit
* Débloque les claviers qui se bl
source: CaptainPatate
The curing value of creation
https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-curing-value-of-creation-98736f9f [world.hey.com]
2023-08-08 19:06
tags:
creation
Make something. Participate in something. Engage with someone. All of it might feel as unnatural as strapping on those running shoes after too long of a break, but once you’re back to creating, the energy comes by itself.
Web Development Manifesto
https://webdevelopmentmanifesto.com/ [webdevelopmentmanifesto.com]
2022-09-04 11:13
tags:
bloated
javascript
manifesto
web
Simplicity is the heart of the Unix philosophy. The more code lines you have removed, the more progress you have made. As the number of lines of code in your software shrinks, the more skilled you have become and the less your software sucks.
With the “Web Development Manifesto” we strive to maintain minimalism and clarity to drive web development to a completion that result in a much more sane World Wide Web.
source: https://unixsheikh.com
Huge Pages are a good idea
https://www.evanjones.ca/hugepages-are-a-good-idea.html [www.evanjones.ca]
2023-01-22 07:57
tags:
linux
memory
Where does my computer get the time from?
https://dotat.at/@/2023-05-26-whence-time.html [dotat.at]
2023-06-05 12:21
tags:
ntp
time
The Bikeshed email
http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/bikeshed/ [phk.freebsd.dk]
2022-09-03 16:50
tags:
history
kamp
The really, really short answer is that you should not. The somewhat longer answer is that just because you are capable of building a bikeshed does not mean you should stop others from building one just because you do not like the color they plan to paint it. This is a metaphor indicating that you need not argue about every little feature just because you know enough to do so. Some people have commented that the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.
Just for Fun. No, Really.
https://justforfunnoreally.dev/ [justforfunnoreally.dev]
2023-02-09 21:37
tags:
coding
fun
There are hackers—believe it or not—who just love the art of building software. They do it for the challenge, for the fun of it. They aren’t trying to make a million dollars.
J. C. R. Licklider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider [en.wikipedia.org]
2022-09-13 04:09
tags:
computing
history
network
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (/ˈlɪklaɪdər/; March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as J. C. R. or “Lick”, was an American psychologist[2] and computer scientist .... He is particularly remembered for being one of the first to foresee modern-style interactive computing and its application to all manner of activities; and also as an Internet pioneer with an early vision of a worldwide computer network long before it was built
source: book; where wizards stay up late
Freebsd is an amazing OS
https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/freebsd-is-an-amazing-operating-system.html [www.unixsheikh.com]
2022-09-01 18:58
tags:
freebsd
os
People who know what they are doing run FreeBSD! Everyone in the communication industry run FreeBSD!
source: unixsheikh
You Want Modules, Not Microservices
http://blogs.newardassociates.com/blog/2023/you-want-modules-not-microservices.html [blogs.newardassociates.com]
2023-01-07 06:46
tags:
microservice
Architecture is hard sometimes--people keep offering up some new idea that quickly becomes the mainstream “way to do it” without any context or nuance, and the industry, desperate to find ways to improve their architecture, snaps it up without hesitation. Microservices was the latest in the trend, and it’s time we dissected the idea and got to the real root of what’s going on.
Fascinating little programs
http://antirez.com/news/74 [antirez.com]
2023-05-11 20:02
tags:
c
simplicity
There is something special in simple code. Here I’m not referring to simplicity to fight complexity or over engineering, but to simplicity per se, auto referential, without goals if not beauty, understandability and elegance.
The Grug Brained Developer
https://grugbrain.dev/ [grugbrain.dev]
2023-06-07 20:01
tags:
kiss
this collection of thoughts on software development gathered by grug brain developer
grug brain developer not so smart, but grug brain developer program many long year and learn some things although mostly still confused
One big server
https://specbranch.com/posts/one-big-server/ [specbranch.com]
2022-09-02 13:11
tags:
architecture
perf
Monolith vs microservices ... small server vs big server...
We have all gotten so familiar with virtualization and abstractions between our software and the servers that run it. These days, “serverless” computing is all the rage, and even “bare metal” is a class of virtual machine. However, every piece of software runs on a server. Since we now live in a world of virtualization, most of these servers are a lot bigger and a lot cheaper than we actually think.
io_uring vs others
https://hackmd.io/@YLowy/rJljf_4F9#io_uring [hackmd.io]
2023-08-07 06:05
tags:
kernel
Enough problems to go around
https://world.hey.com/dhh/enough-problems-to-go-around-c10b887d [world.hey.com]
2024-05-02 21:01
tags:
Meaningful problems are the most valuable human motivators. Made-up problems are a blight. Ensure you have not quite enough time and people available to tackle the former lest you start inventing the latter.
source: dhh
Lawrence Roberts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Roberts_(scientist) [en.wikipedia.org]
2022-09-13 04:13
tags:
computing
history
network
Lawrence Gilman Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) was an American engineer...
As a program manager and later office director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Roberts and his team created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies and American Paul Baran.
source: book; where wizards stay up late
The Most Expensive One-byte Mistake
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2010365 [queue.acm.org]
2023-03-02 07:53
tags:
c
history
phk