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19 links, first saved May 18, 2009, latest October 24, 2015.
- Swarm v. Fleet v. Kubernetes v. Mesos
Buy Using Docker Early Release. Most software systems evolve over time. New features are added and old ones pruned. Fluctuating user demand means an efficient system must be able…
- The rise of networked platforms for physical world services - O'Reilly Radar
Request an invitation to Next:Economy, our event aiming to shed light on the transformation in the nature of work now being driven by algorithms, big data, robotics, and the…
- The 11 deadly sins of product development - O'Reilly Radar
- Ghosts in the machines - O'Reilly Radar
- The new PHP - Programming - O'Reilly Media
The "People's Language" is improving! The programming language many love to hate is experiencing a renaissance. This is not your parents PHP. The new PHP is a more mature language…
- Python data tools just keep getting better
Here are a few observations inspired by conversations I had during the just concluded PyData conference.
- Five tough lessons I had to learn about health care
Working in the health care space has forced me to give up many hopes and expectations that I had a few years ago. Forgive me for being cynical (it's an easy feeling to have…
- The secrets of Node's success
What is it about this technology that makes it interesting to developers? And why has it succeeded while other server-side JavaScript implementations linger in obscurity or fail…
- Why a JavaScript hater thinks everyone needs to learn JavaScript in the next year
JavaScript has "grown up." I'm sure there are many JavaScript developers who would take issue with that judgement, and argue that JavaScript has been a capable, mature, and…
- The purpose of gamification - O'Reilly Radar
- Amygdala FarmVille
- Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles
I spent a lot of last year urging people to work on stuff that matters. This led to many questions about what that “stuff” might be. I’ve been a bit reluctant to answer those…
- The four pillars of O'Reilly's IT strategy
- A Darwinian theory of beauty
I love this TED talk by Denis Dutton of Arts & Letters Daily fame. He uses evolution to explain beauty, and it's illustrated in the same style (by the same person) as the RSA…
- New directions in web architecture. Again.
In 2005, Jesse James Garrett at Adaptive Path published the seminal blog "Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications" and ushered in new age of web architecture. Ajax meant using…
- 5 cloud computing conundrums
With all the attention being paid to both public and private cloud computing these days, it would be easy to believe that it offers a panacea for the woes of every CIO. If only!…
- Life With TED - Micromanaging Your Carbon Footprint
I've been interested in having a better handle on my electrical consumption for a long time. Our family regularly goes through 1100-1200 kWh a month, and it's been frustrating…
- The Fun Theory
In one of my favorite reads this last year, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, author Stuart Brown talks about play as “an un-realized…
- Space Shuttle Atlantis during Solar Transit