Fighting the automation paradox || Deployment θα κάνουμε φωνάζοντας "αέρα"
Database Debunkings, the site run by Fabian Pascal, thanks to which people among other things can understand what the First Normal Form is really about (and not) is being resurrected as a blog.
Good to have you back FP, both you and your sharp debunkings.
Yes! It is this time of the year again. Sysadmin Day is today. So off your desk and walk towards that guy who is taking care of your network and machines and is required to perform magic when your PC is damaged, the network is not responding and your work is lost. Give him a hug, say “Thank you“, buy him coffee, a book, do a small gesture of appreciation, for if you reflect back in the past 364 days, you surely had a chance to thank them and you did not.
When treated properly at least once a year, sysadmins do not bite!
Έχω σταματήσει να κάνω την ερώτηση. Πιστεύω πια πως αναγκάζω τον άλλο να μου πει ψέμματα.
– Καλά είμαι.
“A system is a construct or collection of different elements that together produce results not obtainable by the elements alone. The elements, or parts, can include people, hardware, software, facilities, policies, and documents; that is, all things required to produce systems-level results. The results include system level qualities, properties, characteristics, functions, behavior and performance. The value added by the system as a whole, beyond that contributed independently by the parts, is primarily created by the relationship among the parts; that is, how they are interconnected.”
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Entrepreneurs and (most importantly) people working for them need to read this.
What use are of traffic lights after all? Why not raise a traffic control camera in front of it instead?
Recently I recommended to a friend to listen to Grady Booch‘s “Morality and the Software Architect” [mp3]. But to be honest the whole podcast series is interesting. Grady Booch has recorded all of his On Architecture columns from IEEE Software magazine and made them available as a podcast.
Whether you are a Software Architect, a Systems Administrator, or a DevOp, this is a podcast for you.
The process of finding explanations for observed facts. The generation of explanations.
Managing organized complexity 