Linux is my primary operating system. I used it on the servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, and even mobile phones since approximately 1997. I’ve tried a number of distributions over the years, and even created a couple myself. I still look around sometimes to see what others are up to. But most of my machines are running some sort of Red Hat – either a quick and easy Fedora Linux, or a stable and secure Red Hat Enterprise Server, or a cheaper CentOS alternative.
And while by now I am very comfortable in the Linux environment (both graphical and command line), I still discover a lot of new and interesting things about it. When I come across something worthy, I usually share it with the rest of the Open Software world, using this category.
“Vim after 15 years” is yet another one of those “my Vim configuration review” posts by someone who has been using Vim for 15 years or so.
As someone who is also a long time Vim user, I have to say it’s quite common to review your configuration once in a while and remove some outdated bits which made it into plugins and Vim core, update plugins to newer versions, and replace plugins with newer alternatives.
I found this visual primer to the Application Load Balancing on the Amazon AWS quite interesting. Application Load Balancing is not something I am using just yet, but it’s getting there. With more and more services and pricing schemas available from Amazon, explaining things simply is not as easy as it may seem.
Dropbox Tech Blog has this in-depth article on “Optimizing web servers for high throughput and low latency“. It goes over everything from hardware and low level operating system stuff all the way up to the application level.
Great job, guys!
spf13-vim is an amazing Vim distribution with cross-platform configuration and a large bundle of plugins, aimed at programmers in all sorts of languages. Those of you just starting with Vim, or using a very basic configuration, give this one a spin. And for the rest of us, ancient farts with 10+ year old configurations, this distribution provides plenty of inspiration for plugins and configuration options to try and play with.
I’ve seen a variety of Vim distributions and bundles over the years, but nothing came close to this amazing setup. Very well done!
