Erlang User Conference 2015 - Scalable Is Awesome, Literally
Proposal to replace the word "scalable" with "awesome" - it has the same meaning but is more fun to say!
Proposal to replace the word "scalable" with "awesome" - it has the same meaning but is more fun to say!
Presentation at Erlang Factory in San Francisco on applying Christopher Alexander's pattern methodology to Erlang.
My thoughts on the Code of Conduct for Chicago Erlang and some people's reaction.
Presentation at Codemotion in Rome on Software As Biology - using phenomena in biology to inform and inspire thinking about software construction.
Presentation at Erlang Factory in San Francisco on using the CZMQ bindings for Erlang to build heterogenous, evolvable, secure systems.
Presentation at Lambda Days in Krakow on how the promise of software can poison the problem solving process.
Presentation at Code Mesh in London on using biology as a mental model for software development.
Presentation at Chicago's first Erlang conference in the fantastic Gene Siskel Film Center.
Presentation to a full house at Erlang Solutions' office in the amazing city of Krakow.
Attempts to wrangle beauty out of the notoriously unbeautiful Erlang programming language.
Credits and liner notes for Erlang The Movie II: The Sequel.
Erlang's creators discuss the aging language and meet a surprise helper.
Surprising complexity emerges from a series of common sense, incremental improvements. To the Cloud!
Application of "Solving Embarrassingly Obvious Problems" to some horrible Python code I wrote.
Applying lessons from Erlang to building reliable systems.
Microsoft's true nature is discussed. Important decisions are made.
Marathon three hour Erlang tutorial at OSCON 2012 - Epic!
Religious treatise on working to simplify a problem until it's embarrassingly obvious. Reintroduces a Brave Old World of problem solving.
A quick run-down on a super light weight web framework that takes advantage of Erlangs built in HTTP server.
The first full blown e2 presentation - at Erlang Factory in San Fran, 2012.
Our hero goes on an epic adventure to find a great technoloy. Faces many obstacles.
Thoughts on static site generation using blogofile.
Perhaps the most technically detailed ellaboration of the differences between event-driven and threaded programming you'll find on the Web... that's performed by cartoon talking bears.
I was raised in the mean streets of the suburbs of Chicago. I didn't have a laptop to my name. This is my story.
Microsoft continues to impress with world class browser technology. Keepin' it native.
If you ever wonder why your call drops when you have 5 bars, this video tells all.
Seriously - compare search results for "Bing Sucks Balls" - after you watch this video.
Your boss might have this. You should watch this. It could help you.
If as a programmer you don't have groupies, this video will make you very mad or very sad.
The video that started the world wide craze known as "Sharding /dev/null".