Category Archives: Conversation

Coding craftsman seeks new job

By skiold | 08:30 PM

A pythonista seeks new job and I think of gift economies on 12seconds.tv
Via planet python I read of a pythonista and craftsman feed-up with software establishment, and turning away from professional software development; he wants Art and energy back in his code. A brave guy, not afraid of the GIL-Dragons.
I know many people are slowing [...]

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Filesystem separation

By skiold | 07:10 AM

There’s an ongoing conversation about filesystem layouts  on planet debian.
As Wouter, I find the biggest drawback to multi-filesystem layouts is lack of flexibility when resources are scarce; scarcity means laptops in the Wouter’s post. I’m thinking of long-lived servers in need of upgrades, in particular those with a life of unplanned and ad-hoc growth.
When scarcity [...]

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