All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I always enjoy looking for solutions to difficult challenges in non-obvious places. That is probably why I like using probabilistic techniques for problems that appear to be hard, or impossible to solve deterministically. The probabilistic approach may not result in the perfect result, but it may get you very close, and much faster than deterministic techniques (which may even be computationally impossible).

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The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

So I was researching object storage and I came across the open source distributed object storage software, Minio. This lightweight software was written with Golang and accomplishes similar things to that of Amazon S3. After all they are both object storage solutions. The difference here is that Minio can be deployed on your own hardware. Being that Minio was written with Golang, it is cross platform for different computing architectures, ARM included.

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Professor Beekums

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

I’ve been a developer for over a decade now. Those years were filled with valuable experiences that were essential in making me a better developer today than I was. There was one experience in particular that was key in improving my thinking about software development. I once took a job a small company as the only back end developer other than the CTO.

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The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When it comes to configuring a Raspberry Pi for the first time, there are a few options, many of which can be a pain. This includes configuration of a Raspberry Pi and the smaller Pi Zero. Previously I had written about using a Raspberry Pi as a headless unit , but in that tutorial there was an ethernet requirement. Recently I had written about connecting to a Pi Zero through a standard micro USB cable and SSH , which wasn’t difficult, but it required a few potentially time consuming steps.

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The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

I am pleased to announce that the latest episode of The Polyglot Developer Podcast has been released to popular podcasting networks such as, but not limited to, iTunes and Pocket Casts. In this episode titled, Getting the Help You Need on Stack Overflow, Blogs, and Forum Boards , I revisit something I had discussed on this blog a few years back. The subject is on getting developer help, online.

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