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Wow, haven't been on efnet in forever. Ever know a guy named chris at unix.org, was in #unix.

I would be interested in a low level comparison of both HipChat/Slack's architecture and technology stack.

retr0hon Show HN: GoboLinux 016 featuring Runner, a filesystem virtualization tool

It's still annoying :)

retr0hon Show HN: GoboLinux 016 featuring Runner, a filesystem virtualization tool

This looks pretty interesting. Bonus points for a tiling window manager. Am a bit disappointed in capitalization of directory names tho :(

retr0hon Ansistrano – Ansible role to deploy apps in a Capistrano style

I'm not much of a "crapistrano" fan. I do admit it filled a necessary void at the time... With that said, the role itself is well written Ansible.

Tests[1][2] could be improved by molecule[3].

[1] https://github.com/ansistrano/deploy/blob/master/.travis.yml [2] https://github.com/ansistrano/deploy/tree/master/test [3] https://molecule.readthedocs.io

retr0hon Why do we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack?

It was also written in tcl

retr0hon Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, now open-source

SUN must like the scat names :) I used to use scat tool for debugging core files.

retr0hon Winning Hyperloop design revealed by MIT engineers

Something like the Alameda Weehawken Burrito tunnel.

http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_t...

retr0hon Apache Traffic Server

Y!'s global CDN is based on this as well.

retr0hon HP Winds Down Cloud Computing Project

You do realize IBM has hired the top OpenStack talent that was previously at HP building this public cloud.

retr0hon Hitch – A Scalable TLS Proxy by Varnish

Wonder why LibreSSL wasn't used... :/

retr0hon Convert Servers to Docker Containers

The tool is quite old, and haven't seen updates in some time.

https://github.com/devstructure/blueprint

retr0hon Introducing FIDO: Automated Security Incident Response

This looks exciting.

https://github.com/Netflix/Fido/issues/2

retr0hon Your big data toolchain is a big security risk

I tend to agree. None of these criticisms are from real-world experience. I'm not convinced the author can grow a neck beard yet :P

retr0hon Mg: an Emacs-like editor in 160 kb

shouldn't your config management system be doing this ;P

retr0hon NSQ – A realtime distributed messaging platform

Also, Kafka guarantees message order, where NSQ does not. This can be dealt with in the client, but something to note.

retr0hon NSQ – A realtime distributed messaging platform

Yeah, I love it. There are some good modules out there for installing it too.

https://github.com/simplereach/chef-nsq https://galaxy.ansible.com/list#/roles/2265

retr0hon NixOS and Stateless Deployment

I like the architecture of Nix, and believe there are many benefits to it's packaging model. However, I am not a huge fan of the syntax[1], and rather use a template engine I am quite familiar with (like jinja).

I'll continue to follow and learn more about Nix, but anxiously awaiting my epiphany.

[1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1a504e3fb72fab10799cf0...

retr0hon Streem – a new programming language from Matz

Meaning I would rather not have opening or closing.

retr0hon Streem – a new programming language from Matz

Not a fan of the closing braces.

retr0hon Protect yourself from the hidden dangers of `curl – sh`

I don't see much reason for ever needing to do this. Should build packages to install software, and use config management for anything needed outside the package.

retr0hon Dockersh – a shell that puts users into individual docker containers

I don't get it :/

retr0hon Rails 4.2.0 beta1: Active Job, Deliver Later, Adequate Record, Web Console

Knowledge from having worked there.

retr0hon Rails 4.2.0 beta1: Active Job, Deliver Later, Adequate Record, Web Console

yellowpages.com now yp was a large rails shop, and subsiquently moved to node.

retr0hon Project VimR – Refined Vim experience for Mac

Still not convinced. I'll take tmux and a non-gui vim any day of the week.

retr0hon Why Don’t We Have a General-Purpose Tree Editor?

Yeah, +1 for Graphviz. Has worked well for me in the past.

retr0hon Sandstorm Personal Cloud Platform

From the readme:

At present, Sandstorm's sandboxing is incomplete. Malicious code probably can escape. Malicious code definitely can DoS your server by consuming all available resources.