If you have nothing better to do, read man 7 locale.
Category: Programming
A big part of my work has to do with code. I’ve worked as system administrator – installing, patching, and configuring someone else’s code. I’ve worked as independent programmer, writing code on my own. I also programmed as part of the team. And on top of that, I worked as Team Leader and Project Manager, where I had to interact a lot with programmers. Programming world on its own is as huge as the universe. There is always something to learn. When I find something worthy or something that I understand enough to write about, I share it in this category.
#!/usr/bin/mysql
doesn’t work. It’s a pity though. It could have been a nice way of automating many installs, upgrades, and restores. Does anyone know if there is an appropriate RFE anywhere?
find2perl
I think I’ve heard about find2perl before, but I never used it. Today I was trying to invent a wheel once again and somehow remembered about this useful tool. Here is a quote from the man 1 find2perl:
NAME
find2perl – translate find command lines to Perl codeSYNOPSIS
find2perl [paths] [predicates] │ perlDESCRIPTION
find2perl is a little translator to convert find command lines to equivalent Perl code. The resulting code is typically faster
than running find itself.
This utlity usually comes together with perl.
On hiring programmers
Ovid, who is a rather famous Perl programmer himself, has a few tips about hiring programmers for companies who want to do so. Before reading the article, try writing your own ad for Perl programmer position available. Than see if you’ve got it right.
The main thing you want out of an ad is for people to read it. If you have nothing compelling in the ad, the people who will read and respond are the unemployed or the unsatisfied. Why overlook the competent, happy programmers? You want everyone reading your ad.
The Trac Project
Here is a quote from The Trac Project website:
Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission; to help developers write great software while staying out of the way. Trac should impose as little as possible on a team’s established development process and policies.
I haven’t tried it myself yet, but the functionality sounds interesting. Did anyone try it?