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Time and complexity; or, Why are some things hard to do?
Why are some things hard to do? If we want to make complicated tasks easier, which is one of the goals of DevOps, we need to have some theory of why they are difficult in the first place. Richard Garfield, a mathematician and game designer, presents two factors that make tasks more difficult: time constraints […]
Sep 22, 2014 · 3 minAll articles by Greg Pollock
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3 minConfig Management & F***ing Shell Scripts
Joke tech projects pop up all the time. Some, like the lamentable titstare, should never have seen the light of day. Others, like Mark Zuckerberg’s Facemash start out as a joke and grow into something that is anything but. Most come and go without anyone really noticing. Whilst their lives are typically short we often […]