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Here is a non-comprehensive list of some of my favorite technologies, in no particular order. I'll add more as they pop into my mind.
1Apache
I don't really need to comment too much on this. Apache is fantastic technology, and Apache 2 really pushed it over the top. 1.3.x is good, 2.x is great.
mod_rewrite alone is worth the price of admission.
mod_rewrite alone is worth the price of admission.
2Spread Toolkit
This is just plain cool stuff. At my old job we rolled up an incredibly effective anti-spam appliance with spam-assassin, wackamole, and two dell 1650s running FreeBSD. Uptime under HEAVY load: over two years.
The spread toolkit helped keep the systems available all the time (wackamole relies on spread). Check out Slony and Splash, which also use spread.
Mod_log_spread is probably the best known project, and for good reason: it makes dealing with web server logging across a farm easy.
Just setting up a spread ring and playing around with the api is a great way to get your geek on. Brilliant stuff.
The spread toolkit helped keep the systems available all the time (wackamole relies on spread). Check out Slony and Splash, which also use spread.
Mod_log_spread is probably the best known project, and for good reason: it makes dealing with web server logging across a farm easy.
Just setting up a spread ring and playing around with the api is a great way to get your geek on. Brilliant stuff.
3Perl
Perl rocks, plain and simple. Who can argue with HTML::Mason, Template Tookit, Catalyst, or Class::DBI? It's a no-brainer in my opinion.
4TCL
Yes, TCL. I've had to learn some for my new job, and I'm quite enjoying it. There is something so clean about it, and it's just plain handy to know.
5JMS
JMS - with all of the worthless hype over Java, which I'm convinced has cost companies Billions of dollars over the last several years, it's nice to see something as powerful as JMS really take root.
6MySQL
MySQL is great because:
-- It Just Works.
-- It clusters well, and easily.
-- It's easy.
-- It's all you need most of the time.
-- It Just Works.
-- It clusters well, and easily.
-- It's easy.
-- It's all you need most of the time.
7NetApp
NetApp storage is expensive, but if an enterprise can afford it I think it's worth the investment. I've only had one problem with NetApp, ever - on an old, end of life head that had been running under heavy load for 950 days. I don't blame it for needing a reboot.
By the way, it came right back after the boot and has been humming along for 150 days now.
By the way, it came right back after the boot and has been humming along for 150 days now.
8BigIP
Version 3.x was cool, version 4.x was powerful, and version 9.x is brilliant.
Nobody comes close, and BigIP is truly a swiss-army knife appliance. Bulk crypto? No problem. Sophisticated Layer 7 switching? Yawn. 3Gps of traffic? Easy.
Lord knows it saved my bacon more than once.
Nobody comes close, and BigIP is truly a swiss-army knife appliance. Bulk crypto? No problem. Sophisticated Layer 7 switching? Yawn. 3Gps of traffic? Easy.
Lord knows it saved my bacon more than once.
9Linux
Linux is my favorite *Nix, although I'll take FreeBSD or Solaris too - I'm not that picky.
Linux is the fastest-moving, and all of the projects surrounding it keeps me fascinated all the time. That's why I like it so much. Plus, everything builds so easily on it...
Linux is the fastest-moving, and all of the projects surrounding it keeps me fascinated all the time. That's why I like it so much. Plus, everything builds so easily on it...
10Mod_perl
Mod_perl doesn't need much comment. Anyone who is familiar with it knows that it's fantastic stuff.
11DJB tools
DJB's software is great. It'll definitely stay on my radar and in my toolkit. Check it out if you haven't already.
