1. In reality, all Linux distributions suck, some just suck in ways you might not have discovered yet. While I am not the holy master of all that is Linux, I like to think that, having deployed, administered, maintained, and supported a good number of distros (not to mention UNIX variants), in varying environments and…
Category: Python
Loghetti 0.9 Released: Now worthy of use!
The first released tarball of Loghetti was called the “IPO” release. This version actually warranted having an actual version number. I chose 0.9, and we’ll be moving toward 0.91, in .01 increments to a 1.0 release. Later on I’ll try to detail a roadmap, but I haven’t had enough feedback for that yet (though I’ve…
A simple nanny script in Python
I have a support issue with a provider of mine, but was able to reverse engineer the problem and put in a stop-gap measure to keep it from ruining my weekend. The issue is a misconfigured daemon supplied by the provider, and occasionally, this daemon just goes away. I don’t know much about the daemon,…
A non-degree-holder’s view of hiring decisions
I get a good number of job offers without sending resumes around. I guess my name shows up in enough places, associated with enough buzzwords, that recruiters fire off emails first and read the fine print later. The “fine print” in my case, says that I do not have a college degree. 99.999% of the…
Hadoop, EC2, S3, and me
I’m playing with a lot of rather large data sets. I’ve just been informed recently that these data sets are child’s play, because I’ve only been exposed to the outermost layer of the onion. The amount of data I *will* have access to (a nice way of saying “I’ll be required to wrangle and munge”)…
The Power of Open Source
I think my very favorite aspect of the open source development model is that it allows me to practice the philosophies I use in my every day personal life, and apply them to software development as well. In my teens and early 20’s I read quite a lot of Aristotle and Plato, and a very…
Loghetti is now an open source project
I was getting feedback about loghetti, and it was all very useful, and it’s still coming in, and I can’t work full-time on it. At the same time, I’d love for some of the stuff I’ve read about to be implemented, because I certainly could make use of it myself. So if anyone is interested,…
A GMail option I’d like to see: “Delayed Skip Inbox”
I use GMail extensively. In my main gmail account, I can send mail using a variety of accounts that I’ve authenticated to allow sending from. So, for example, mail from jonesy at pythonmagazine dot com is actually sent from a gmail interface, even though PyMag doesn’t officially use Google Mail for their domain (not that…
Feedback and Boredom Result in 35% Performance Boost for Loghetti
Well, I got some feedback on my last post, and I had some time on my hands tonight, and Python is pretty darn easy to use. As a result, loghetti is making great strides in becoming a faster log filter. To test the performance in light of the actual changes I’ve made, I’m asking loghetti…
Loghetti Beta – An Apache Log Filter
I’m thinking about just making this an open source project hosted someplace like Google Code or something, because there are folks much smarter than myself who can probably do wonders with the code I’ve put together here. Loghetti takes an Apache combined format access log and a few options as arguments, throws your log lines…