Everyone is so Helpful Around Here!
Here at SoftLayer, all the developers stay on Jabber all day so we’re all accessible. As you know, we’ve recently been doing a major piece of software development: the new API. During development, we...
View ArticleFrom the Outside Looking In
Recently, as you know, SoftLayer released the new API version 3. We have all been working very hard on it, and we’ve been completely immersed in it for weeks (months, for some of us). This means that,...
View ArticlePlot Course to Vulcan, Warp Factor 8. Engage!
Resolutely pointing off into the starry void of space on the bridge of the Enterprise, klieg lights gleaming off his majestic dome, Captain Picard causes the Starship Enterprise to leap off on another...
View ArticleResponse to On Site Development
On May 14th my buddy Shawn wrote On Site Development. Aside from the ambiguous title (I originally thought it was an article on web site development, rather than the more appropriate on-site...
View ArticleWait … Back up. I Missed Something!
I’ve been around computers all my life (OK, since 1977 but that’s almost all my life) and was lucky to get my first computer in 1983. Over the summer of 1984, I was deeply embroiled in (up to that...
View ArticleThe Girls’ Engineering Club
I remember when I got started in computing. For the morbidly curious it was officially “a long time ago” and I’m afraid that’s all I’m going to say other than to note that a major source of inspiration...
View ArticleThe Black Cat
“Dogma.” “Religion.” What comes to mind when you hear these words? In the real world, you might think of Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. In the political world, you might think of Communism vs....
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UNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: bash – Keyboard Shortcuts
On the support team, we’re jumping in and out of shells constantly. At any time during my work day, I’ll see at least four instances of PuTTY in my task bar, so one thing I learned quickly was that...
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