SteamShovel, a Node.js code coverage tool (Ghostalk Podcast)

Hacker News

We talked with Christopher Giffard, who is the author of the SteamShovel code coverage and profiling library, and is one of the olden developers of Ghost. We touch on working with node, staying motivated, his project: Behaviour Assertion Sheets and a few…

26 May 2014

WWDC 2014 Attendee Map

inessential.com

Adam Swinden created an attendee list for WWDC. And a Glassboard board that anyone can join. And a map showing where people are coming from.

25 May 2014

Wouter Verhelst: kFreeBSD and ZFS

Planet Debian

At one particular customer, increasing storage needs require that we add a large file server which should be as fast as possible. In that context, I'm currently evaluating using Debian GNU/kFreeBSD ("Debian," from now on) on ZFS. Not being hampered by a…

24 May 2014

Is LG's New Ultra Widescreen Display Better Than "Normal" 4K?

Slashdot

Iddo Genuth (903542) writes "Forget about 4K displays, are Ultra Widescreen 'cinematic' displays the real deal? Earlier this year LG announced its new 34UM95 – a 34-inch Ultra Widescreen monitor with a cinematic 21:9 aspect ratio and a generous 3440 x1440…

24 May 2014

"Host your own GitHub" using Gitlab and Dokku

Hacker News

Last week, I wrote a tutorial on using “git push” to deploy Ruby applications to your own server using Dokku, a tool that lets you create an environment similar to Heroku on your own server. I demonstrated an example using a simple Ruby app to test the…

23 May 2014

Introducing the 3-Minute MySQL Monitor

MySQL Performance Blog

There are many cool, new things happening with Percona Cloud Tools. To avoid “tl;dr” I will highlight only one new feature after a brief, general announcement. The new feature is a 3-minute MySQL monitor. I’ll blog later about other features. The general…

23 May 2014

Manifesto for Async Software Development

Hacker News

That is, while there is value in the latter items, there is more value in the former items. Modern tools and flexible work environments over meetings and office hours After many years of developing software using Agile methodologies like Scrum, the time…

22 May 2014