I’m only taking one humanities course this semester, so I don’t have that many essays to write. But for the few assignments in that course, I’m planning to use VIM and Latex to write my essays. I have Pages.app installed on my laptop, and I already use Google Docs for stuff, but I’m still more […]
I’m setting up a Chef-based Ubuntu VM on my laptop, so I can get sandboxing and all the usual Ubuntu tools. Most things work on OS X too, but it’s a second-class citizen compared to poster child Ubuntu. I have Mongo and a few services set up there, for school stuff, and I noticed that […]
Most people write about cloud computing as it relates to their service infrastructure. It’s exciting to hear about how Netflix and Dropbox et al. use AWS to support their operations, but all of those large-scale ideas don’t really mean much for the average developer. Most people don’t have the budget or the need for enormous […]
When learning a new language, I find it really helpful if I can test out new syntax and language constructs without going through the trouble of creating a file and all the boilerplate along with it. Perl doesn’t have this capability built-in, as far as I know, but there’s this great CPAN module that claims […]
Vagrant is a nifty piece of Ruby software that lets you set up Virtual Machines with an unparalleled amount of automation. It interfaces with a VM provider like VirtualBox, and helps you set up and tear down VM’s as you need them. I like it better than Juju because there isn’t as much hand-holding involved, […]