Recently a friend of mine and fellow coder, harkening back to my Russell Investments Enterprise Developer days posed the discussion of Redis versus Riak. Well, first off, I thought I myself needed to write down a line by line comparison. I’ve worked with both in various ways but I’d never really thought about them lined... Continue reading →

This last week has been a bit more exciting for a number of reasons than I expected and dragged out for a few other reasons. (shakes fist in air with frustration!) RICON|East lands in New York City! Last year, well before I was working for Basho, I signed up for RICON in San Francisco. RICON... Continue reading →

After installing Erlang on OS-X and then getting QuickCheck installing via Erlang, I wanted to expand the OS options I’m using to Ubuntu (i.e. Linux). So in this entry I’m going to cover the Erlang install, a quick eunit bit, and then a QuickCheck install and sample. The first step in geting Erlang installed is... Continue reading →

Wow, so this week has been an intense return to Portland for me. I got back earlier in the week and hit the ground doing a bit of catch up after being on the rails for two weeks to Denver, over to San Francisco and then back up here to Portland. The whole time cramming... Continue reading →

The ongoing and growing list of people I think you should be following. @codereflection @jvoorhis @maslett @derekcollison @angelinamagnum @fotoverite Here’s the existing list… @tsantero @pharkmillups @macintux @ang3lfir3 @robertream @bradwilson @georgevhulme @MikeTalonNYC @daliful @bm2yogi @NotMyself @garybernhardt @tpdorsey @dlsspy @peschkaj @justinsheehy @juliaferraioli @jambay @neverbendeasy @monkchips @rajaraodv @starbuxman @ciberch @chanezon @pythondj @andypiper @xinmyname @jerrysievert @drnic @mojinations @MotoWilliams @thoward37... Continue reading →