ExMachinaTech

There’s a new novi release in the downloads area, v2.1.0.

This version uses the “primary” repo metadata file specified in repodata/repomd.xml. Previous versions assumed the primary data was in repodata/primary.xml.gz, which is not always the case. For example, some repos include the primary metadata file’s SHA1 hash in the filename.

(This update only impacts those who use the repo: designation for their repos.)

I have updated a page in the systems infrastructure area:

getting started: the what and the why

It explains the concept of a systems architecture and why you really want your shop to implement one. I have added a couple more examples and cleaned up some of the wording.

Enjoy.

“Defining an architecture” is the latest section in the systems infrastructure area.

This is a long section and it’s taking longer than I had anticipated to complete. I’ll post it in stages so you don’t have to wait as long between updates.

Well, only one surprise…
Don’t let the dormant website fool you. ExMachinaTech is not dead, nor is novi. I’ve been working on a related project and wanted to make sure it was a solid deal before revealing it here:

Together with the good folks at O’Reilly, I’m going to publish a title on Kickstart and yum. You may recall, I wrote a series of articles on this very topic some time ago.  I now get to expand on and update that material, all so you folks can get a handy guide to your favorite tools.

The work is now in progress, though the publication date is still a little hazy. More news as it’s available.

Get it while it’s hot! The crew at Dr Dobb’s Journal (DDJ) have published my latest article, “APR Networking and the Reactor Pattern” (November 2006 issue).

It’s a tour of networking code in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. I use the classic Reactor pattern as my example.

To celebrate, I have finally added the long-promised list of my published articles to the website. Enjoy.