Awesome git addons is yet another one of those curated awesome lists. This time it’s for git version control tool. And once again, it’s mind blowing. Git itself is a very flexible and powerful tool. But it truly amazing how far some people take it. In the list you can find anything from aliases for … Continue reading Awesome git addons
Shlomi Noach, GitHub’s Senior Infrastructure Engineer, shares some details on both the current and future high availability setup of MySQL databases at GitHub. This is probably way too far out for most people using MySQL for their web applications. But it does highlight the technical complexity of running high load web applications, and how some … Continue reading MySQL High Availability at GitHub
WordPress 5.0 has been released today. It is by far the largest update to the system since … since I can remember. In fact, to some, it might look like a completely different system, thanks to a totally new editing experience – Gutenberg. I have already upgraded this blog to the new version, and I’m … Continue reading WordPress 5.0
Over the years, I’ve seen quite a few of similar videos, but I think this is the funniest of them all! Given how seriously airlines take safety, I hope this flight attendant is not fired or punished any other way. Because, unlike all those regular instructions, people will actually listen to these, and, on top … Continue reading Greatest safety instructions ever
Hacker News points to this Linux kernel patch, done by a 4-year old. With some assistance, of course, but still impressive. And while the story is cute, the comments are even better. In particular, a link to this email from Linus Torvalds, talking about the importance of the small and trivial contributions. To me, the … Continue reading On submitting trivial patches