Archive of category 'Open source'

• Jan 2, 2018 • Open source • ack, ag, git-grep, grep, ripgrep

  The best open source project for someone might not be yours, and that's OK

• Apr 19, 2013 • Open source, Programming, Unix, Perl • ack, tools

  ack 2.0 has been released

• Sep 13, 2012 • Open source, Programming, Solr, SQL • DataImportHandler, gotchas

  Solr's DataImportHandler can't handle line-based SQL comments

• Jul 11, 2012 • Open source, Programming, Solr, Ruby • Nokogiri, XPath

  A little Ruby program to monitor Solr DIH imports

• May 29, 2012 • Open source • communities, Gina Trapani, sexism, thin-skinned

  Self-selecting for the thick-skinned means turning away contributors.

• May 22, 2012 • Open source, Programming, Solr • Java, Tomcat

  My Solr+Tomcat troubles, and how I fixed them

• Apr 27, 2012 • Open source • collaboration, patches, WISCY

  Before you write a patch, write an email

• Jan 23, 2012 • Communication, Open source • Bossypants, collaboration, improv, Tina Fey, yes

  Open source is improv, so say "Yes and"

• Nov 2, 2011 • Communication, Open source, Perl • fish, help, IRC, Mark Jason Dominus, MJD

  Mark Jason Dominus on the importance of giving fish

• Oct 10, 2011 • Open source, Programming • indexes, PostgreSQL, SSD, tablespaces, tuning

  Which of my PostgreSQL indexes are getting used most heavily?

• Oct 10, 2011 • Open source • awesomeness, criticism, failure, genius, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Steve Jobs

  You're not a genius? Says who?

• Oct 6, 2011 • Open source • detractors, Reddit, Slashdot, Steve Jobs

  There's only one useful way to handle your detractors

• Sep 19, 2011 • Open source, Programming, Conferences, PostgreSQL, Perl • Acme::Crap, Alex Martelli, Andrew Bayer, API, Bruce Momjian, Cornac, Damian Conway, Damien Seguy, Data::Show, IO::InSitu, IO::Prompter, Jenkins, jQuery, OSCON, PGXN, Robert Treat, Selena Deckelmann, Smart::Comments, Tom Christiansen, Unicode

  Notes and comments from OSCON 2011

• Aug 24, 2011 • Resumes, Open source • Gina Trapani, GitHub, portfolios, RTFM

  Your github account is not your portfolio, but it's a start

• Jul 21, 2011 • Conferences, Open source • airports, business cards, laptops

  Six tips for preparing to attend a technical conference

• Jul 20, 2011 • Open source, Conferences • JT Smith, RTFM, YAPC

  Toward ending RTFM marketing in open source

• Nov 1, 2009 • Job hunting, Open source

  How to show open source experience in your job hunt

• Aug 12, 2009 • Career, Open source

  How to boost your career by contributing to open source projects