If I had a dollar for every time somebody mentioned the phrase 'social' to me in the last couple of years, my pants would suffer since I tend to carry all my coins in my right pocket. With my soft credit card wallet. I carry my iPhone in my left pocket, where I carry cash... Continue Reading →
Micro-Service Fun – Node.js + Messaging + Clustering Combo
A: I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid. M: I just paid! A: No you didn't. M: I DID! A: No you didn't. M: Look, I don't want to argue about that. A: Well, you didn't pay. M: Aha. If I didn't pay, why are you arguing? I Got you! A:... Continue Reading →
We Don’t Have MongoDB – is CouchDB OK?
'It can't be helped,' the saddlebum said. 'What's happened is, you've overloaded your analogizing faculty, thereby blowing a fuse. Accordingly, your perceptions have taken up the task of experimental normalization. This state is known as "metaphoric deformation"'. Robert Sheckley, "Mind Swap", 1966. One of the Sci-Fi books that left a deep impression on my young mind was... Continue Reading →
Micro-Services – Fad, FUD, Fo, Fum
But band leader Johnny Rotten didn't sell out in the way that you're thinking. He didn't start as a rebellious kid and tone it down so he could cash in. No, Rotten did the exact opposite -- his punk rebelliousness was selling out. [...] And he definitely wasn't interested in defining an entire movement. From... Continue Reading →