Cloud architecture tips you will not regret later
When working on a distributed system of any size, sooner or later you will hit a problem and proclaim 'well, this is a first'. My second proclamation in such situations is 'this is a nice topic for the blog'. Truth to form, I do it again, this time with the issue of running periodic tasks,... Continue Reading →
Welcome to our regular edition of 'Socket.io version 1.0 watch' or 'Making sure Guillermo Rauch is busy working on Socket.io 1.0 instead of whatever he does to pay the rent that does nothing for me'. I am happy to inform you that Socket.io 1.0 is now available, with the new logo and everything. Nice job!... Continue Reading →
What is going to happen now? Nothing. We will be sad for a while, then we will move on. Mad Men, Don Drapper discusses Kennedy assassination with kids Every once in a while a event occurs that pushes regular programming aside. If you are CNN, it happens with such annoying regularity that completely obviates... Continue Reading →
Read part 1 of the article. Last week I delved into the problem of presenting a unified API doc from a distributed system composed of micro-services. In the second installment, we will get our hands dirty with help of Swagger by Wordnik. A quick recap: the problem we are trying to solve is how to... Continue Reading →
Every aspect of the API matters to some Client. Jim des Rivieres, Evolving Eclipse APIs It is fascinating that the quote above is 14 years old now. It was coined by the Benevolent Dictator of Eclipse APIs Jim des Rivieres in the days when we defined how Eclipse Platform APIs were to be designed and... Continue Reading →
“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.” - Pablo Picasso It was bound to happen. In the ultra-connected world, things are bound to feed off of each other, eventually erasing differences, equalizing any differential in electric potentials between any two points. No wonder the weirdest animals can be found on islands (I am looking at you, Australia).... Continue Reading →
Apple said Monday that it sold more than 300,000 iPads on the first day of its launch, ushering a new era of people buying things in order to find out what they are. SNL Weekend Update, season 35, episode 18 All my life, I thought 'reaction' was a bad word. Ever since the French... Continue Reading →
Now, my story is not as interesting as it is long. Abe Simpson One of the privileges (or curses) of experience is that you amass a growing number of cautionary tales with which you can bore your younger audience to death. On the other hand, knowing the history of slavery came in handy for Captain... Continue Reading →
Full-Stack Web Architect needed with the experience with web services, back end Web platforms, databases, cloud based hosting such as Heroku and AWS, visual design, UX/UI, experience of mobile web development, all in agile environment. An actual 2014 posting for a job based in London, UK Ta-da - the moment has come. In post... Continue Reading →
It seemed that the worst was over - I haven't heard a single new portmanteau of celebrity names in a while (if you exclude 'Shamy' which is a super-couple name of Sheldon and Amy from The Big Bang Theory but being a plot device, I don't think it counts). Then when I researched for this... Continue Reading →
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