DEdetaro·Aug 24, 2015
clickable link: https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade
In Ask HN: What are your favorite tools for getting work done?cjbarber
ToolsOfTheTrade
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
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5 sourcesAsk HN: What are your favorite tools for getting work done?
I have this repo on Github, though it's more of an all inclusive list.
https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade
What I'm really curious about is -- what tools do you love so much that you recommend them to others any chance you get?
For me:
- Quip. Start using it. It will eliminate any use for Google Docs and Evernote. It's a much faster version of Google Docs. Make sure you download the desktop and mobile apps though, otherwise it's not as good.
What tool is so good that you know others will love it once they start using it?
8 points · Open discussion"Large scale services" is a subjective number. If every request is 'heavy' at the backend the N of N req/s is lower. Lighter static content serving backends have a much higher N. Therefore, the engineering that goes behind optimizing these is different. IMHO, the N is not everything there is to a devOps engineer. In practical experience- a backend service i worked with had just 30 req/s at the front layer servers but generated 60M logs per day. As the logging guy i got to brag about larger Ns, while the front-layer work was more challenging.
1. Your 100 users/min may also be put across as 300 req/min.
2. Try startups that are going from 10 req/s to 100 req/s rather than directly approaching large, massively distributed backends.
3. To seriously qualify for these you also need the skill sets. Experience with centralized logging, multi area
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-zone data-centers, deploying at scale, configuration management, advanced version control workflows, deeper understanding of protocols, caching, awareness of security pitfalls, knowledge of GNU/Linux internals etc will certainly help.
4. Even in the absence of much production experience, you can significantly lower their concerns by demonstrating working knowlege in multiple of these above mentioned skill sets.
Also, take a look at https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade.
https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade
Last merge was 2 months ago but it has 32 outstanding PRs so maybe he abandoned it.
In Ask HN: Tools of the tradeI have the feeling eventually everything on the "tools of the trade" list will be mentioned
https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade
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