i’m not at all a ruby user so this is being stored away for future reference. of particular note, pay attention to the “checking your code into version control” section … specifically regarding the gemfile.lock and what to do … This is important: the Gemfile.lock makes your application a single package of both your own code and the third-party code it ran the last time you know for sure that everything worked....
this article landed in my reading queue a few days ago. in summary - if you want action on something, it better impact some segment of wealthy folks impacted as well. otherwise, the world at large seems to care a lot less and/or the marketing will be a lot less effective. on some issues, moral appeals don’t seem to work - a sobering reminder. however, if you prefer, the more on-point summary....
items dislodged from my reading queue of particular interest. first off - if you don’t have the morning paper in your RSS reader, you should. nerd bits slacker: fast distribution with lazy docker containers what happens behind the scenes when you type docker run. i’ve scratched my head aplenty over the operation of AUFS and the complementary machinery around docker volumes. lots of dots get connected here. borg, omega, and kubernetes the most recent ACM queue article from the borg crew re: container scheduling at the GOOG....
there’s a pernicious bug inside of instapaper that drives me absolutely bonkers. it is as follows. ...
in short, if you’re using a url shortener, don’t use it for important, private stuff. ...