books

gnu make

Whenever I can I try to read Chromium‘s source code. Even if all I have are 40 minutes between Sunnyvale and Millbrae. Poking Chromium’s source code is an educational hobby of mine so I am in no rush and I take a lot of detours diving into subjects related to the project. The most recent [...]

Restful web services

This one has been laying on my desk for quite too long. Time to make a post about it and get it back to the shelf. I first started reading Restful Web Services by Leonard Richardson & Sam Ruby one year ago. April 2009. I know that because of the Amazon receipt. I read the [...]

Mailserver and Postfix

In order to keep this diary blog updated I should add a small note about mail servers. I’m still doing some sys admin work for about 2 hours a day. After a lot of experimentation I finally have one mail server up and running with Postfix and Dovecot. Besides the official documentation I usually try to [...]

Masters of Doom

I have just a few posts per month but also have a lot of drafts waiting to be completed. A few of these drafts are almost complete and most are just short notes about subjects I want to write about in the future. I wish I could post more often, but not only is my [...]

A matter of guidance

A matter of guidance

Cloudy days are perfect for productive leisure, so in March before moving to the US I spent a lazy-cloudy-Sunday afternoon packing. Moving is always exciting and a good chance to get rid of everything that is not necessary in your life anymore. You can even leave bad vibes behind if you are spiritual. We tend [...]

Apprenticeship Patterns

I was randomly checking the titles available from Safari’s web site when I found Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye. The book presents several patterns to improve your learning experience as a software developer apprentice. Evaluating how you you learn is key to excel and achieve mastery in any form of art. Yes, I’m [...]

Learning MySQL

I’m trying to keep track of the books I read on this blog. It will be fun to check the posts a few years from now. I just finished reading one more book from the O’Reilly learning series. Learning MySQL by Seyed M.M. (Saied) Tahaghoghi and Hugh Williams. I picked this book up for two [...]

Learning Python

Write, run and throw away scripts are the excuse I need at my job to try different languages. One of the first languages I tried some years ago was Python. I really like the language but never had a proper introduction to it until now. I just finished reading Learning Python by Mark Lutz. It’s [...]

Producing Open Source Software

Producing Open Source Software

I have just finished reading a really good book: Producing Open Source Software by Karl Fogel. The text is enriched by examples taken from the Subversion project where the author used to be involved. The book covers a wide range of topics found in Open Source Projects including Technical, Social and Political Infrastructures, Money, Packaging [...]