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Should I provide a declarative API? (You propably should) | meshcloud
Declarative APIs are becoming more and more popular, especially in the context of Infrastructure as Code. At meshcloud we've implemented a declarative API. In this post I want to provide insights into the process and answer these questions: Does it make sense to provide declarative APIs for all systems? Which use-cases benefit from it and […]
Eric Lippert notes the perils of programming in C++: I often think of C++ as my own personal Pit of Despair Programming Language. Unmanaged C++ makes it so easy to fall into traps. Think buffer overruns, memory leaks, double frees, mismatch between allocator and deallocator, using freed memory, umpteen dozen
Creating windows base images using Packer and Boxstarter — Hurry Up and Wait!
I've written a couple posts on how to create vagrant boxes for windows and how to try and get the base image as small as possible. These posts explain the multiple steps of preparing the base box and then the process of converting that box to the appropriate format of your preferred hypervisor
One-Touch to Inbox Zero: How I Spend 17 Minutes Per Day on Email - Forte Labs
By Tiago Forte of Forte Labs I spend 17 minutes per day on email, or 7.43% of my total work time over the past 12 months. The average information worker, in contrast, spends 28% of their time reading, writing, and responding to email — nearly 4 times as much. The key to Inbox Zero, everyone knows, is ... Read more