The stack we choose: Erlang, SmartOS, Clojure

Hacker News

Often we hear that Project FiFo uses an unusual technology stack. Looking at the past few years of development experience, the stack has proven to be a positive one that continues to prove itself to be the right choice. The following should serve as a…

4 October 2015

Aetho's 'Aeon' GoPro stabilizer looks slick, and so will your video

Engadget

"Shoot video that's worth watching" reads one of the straplines for Aetho's "Aeon" handheld GoPro stabilizer. It sounds kinda obvious, right? But, if you've ever walked/ran/danced/dived/whatever with a GoPro in your hand/mouth/knees/whatever you'll...

3 October 2015

Joe – CLI Python tool for generating .gitignore files

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A .gitignore magician in your command line. Joe generates .gitignore files from the command line for you. * No installation necessary - just use the binary. * Works on Mac, Linux and (maybe) Windows After install, make sure to run joe u. This will…

2 October 2015

The best cheap vacuum

Engadget

This post was done in partnership with The Sweethome, a buyer's guide to the best things for your home. Read the full article here. After scoping out 160 models over 42 hours of research and testing, we found the $160 Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV3...

2 October 2015

Hadoop filesystem at Twitter

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Twitter runs multiple large Hadoop clusters that are among the biggest in the world. Hadoop is at the core of our data platform and provides vast storage for analytics of user actions on Twitter. In this post, we will highlight our contributions to ViewFs,…

1 October 2015