Node.js 0.12 has arrived with many long gestating changes now available. Io.js has a lot of these in already and a more up to date V8 engine for JavaScript, but if you’re sticking with Node.js releases, this is the biggy. Better more sensible streams, more HTTP sockets and keepalive, a new round robin clustering system and initial support for ECMAScript internationalisation. No, don’t go flipping your production system over to this right now, but do give it a go on your test/staging systems… it’s the future y’know.
Profanity is a console-based take on XMPP messaging, bridging the gap between IRC and desktop clients. Check it out if you live in terminal windows.
Oh-my-git implements one feature of Oh-my-zsh which people really like without needing to switch to Oh-my-zsh or even zsh. It’s a prompt engine which makes your zsh or bash prompt you with details of your current directory in terms of its git status. If it isn’t a git directory, it gives you a normal prompt. Nice work.
Want to hear a horror story? Read Knightmare: A DevOps Cautionary Tale and wince at the pain that took a company down in 45 minutes. Yeah, dodgy dossier timing.
Embedded code run in documentation? Sounds like nothing could go wrong with that… much… well a lot. Well, this is awkward…
First time using Go? Fogleman knocks it out of the park with his pt project, a path tracer in Go which comes complete with examples. He’s got lots of plans for it too so if rendering 3D things is your thing, you may want to check it out.
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