Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split Rob Landley rob at landley.net Thu Dec 9 15:45:39 UTC 2010 On Tuesday 30 November 2010 15:58:00 David Collier wrote: > I see that busybox spreads it’s links over these 4 directories. … Read more
In this blog post, we are reporting on results from May 2020, that were used in the original development of the first Filibuster prototype. Before my automated resilience testing tool, Filibuster, was targeted at the resilience testing of microservice applications, … Read more
This week, I want to break from our usual format and respond to the fairly unusual global events. I expect a lot of my readers are trying to get a grasp on what is happening right now in Ukraine and … Read more
Executive Summary The global chip shortages and the resulting severe spillover damages in many sectors put the spotlight on questions of the health of the semiconductor supply chain. The struggle to cope with skyrocketing demand, natural disasters and lock-downs – … Read more
What UUIDs and ULIDs are under the hood, and how to encode and use them. Database and data storage systems need identifiers for each piece of information they store. Using numbers as identifiers is a one way to do it, … Read more
The following is an example of a non-interactive zero-knowledge proof, which doesn’t require the former challenge-response dynamic between Alice and Bob. In this case, Alice can generate all the challenges at once, and then Bob can respond at a later … Read more
Thanks to Tom de Ruijter, Steven Reitsma and Laurens Koppenol for proof reading this post. While playing Factorio the other day, I was struck by the many similarities with Apache Kafka. If you aren’t familiar with them: Factorio is an … Read more
OKRs vs KPIs – the most recent darlings of the SaaS world. Everyone wants to use them, but a lot of people tend to confuse what they are for and how to actually implement them properly. How do they compare … Read more
26 minute read Updated: September 30, 2021 Adam Gordon Bell Background I have a confession to make: I don’t know how to use Awk. Or at least I didn’t know how to use it before I … Read more
One of the new OpenZFS features that became available with FreeBSD 12.0 is ZFS Channel Programs. Today’s article answers some common questions regarding ZFS Channel Programs and provides some resources for learning how to create your own Channel Programs. What … Read more