{"id":27268,"date":"2017-01-26T21:13:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27268"},"modified":"2017-01-26T21:13:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:13:03","slug":"choosing-the-best-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/26\/choosing-the-best-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the “best software”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Julia Evans<\/a> has a nice blog post about choosing the “best software”<\/a>. \u00a0Here is my favorite part:<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s talk about another way to think about making decisions than \u201cwhat is the Best Thing in this situation\u201d.<\/p>\n

I run an event series called \u201clightning talks and pie\u201d. At the most recent one, Ines Sombra gave a talk about capacity planning. In it, she said that there are 3 reasons you might want to change something about your system:<\/p>\n

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  1. It\u2019s too expensive<\/li>\n
  2. It\u2019s too difficult to operate (humans spend a ton of time worrying about it)<\/li>\n
  3. It\u2019s not doing the job it\u2019s supposed to<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I find these 3 criteria a lot easier to reason about than the \u201cChoose The Best Thing\u201d framework.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    She provides some examples on how to apply this thinking, as well as how to deal with tradeoffs and limitations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    Julia Evans has a nice blog post about choosing the “best software”. \u00a0Here is my favorite part: So, let\u2019s talk about another way to think about making decisions than \u201cwhat is the Best Thing in this situation\u201d. I run an event series called \u201clightning talks and pie\u201d. At the most recent one, Ines Sombra gave … Continue reading Choosing the “best software”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Choosing the \"best software\" #tech","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,133,62,1334],"tags":[3487],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-sysadmin","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-julia-evans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27002,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/29\/julias-drawings-on-programming\/","url_meta":{"origin":27268,"position":0},"title":"Julia’s Drawings on Programming","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Julia Evans, who blogs about her programming endeavors, now also draws simple, note-like sketches on a variety of the computer and programming related subjects. \u00a0Those are great as kick memory refreshers or reminders for \"I wanted to learn more about that\" kind of things. \u00a0Here's her take on pipes, for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"pipes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pipes-500x393.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27287,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/01\/dissecting-an-ssl-certificate\/","url_meta":{"origin":27268,"position":1},"title":"Dissecting an SSL certificate","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Julia Evans does it again. \u00a0If you ever wanted to understand SSL certificates, her post \"Dissecting an SSL certificate\" is for you. \u00a0 This part made me smile: Picking the right settings for your SSL certificates and SSL configuration on your webserver is confusing. 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