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Archive for November, 2008

23 Nov, 2008

apache domain to subdomain redirection

Posted by: j pimmel In: linux| technical

In setting up this site, I was recently struggling with the issue of how to redirect say
http://domain.com
to
http://sub.domain.com
without it causing an infinite recursion loop when visiting
http://sub.domain.com/foo
In the end my VirtualHosts config looked like this

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
[...]

18 Nov, 2008

laws and rules of thumb

Posted by: j pimmel In: uncategorized

Nat Pryce posted a fun to read summary of software development laws including:
Bram’s Law
The easier a piece of software is to write, the worse it’s implemented in practice. (Bram Cohen)
Gall’s Law
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: [...]

15 Nov, 2008

characterising software development chaos

Posted by: j pimmel In: uncategorized

Several years ago I had the pleasure of watching Fuertzabruta at the Roundhouse in London, although it was only when i was recently undertaking my ScrumMaster training course that I had pause to reflect on their performance.
Other attendees recounted stories from their ongoing development, stark reminders of the reality that exists for far too [...]


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