Monday, January 2. 2012
Perils of not switching to Git Posted by Thomas Koch
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06:24
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Somebody probably already recommended you to switch to Git, because it's the best VCS. I'd like to go a step further now and talk about the risk you're taking if you won't switch soon.
By still using SVN (if you're using CVS you're doomed anyway), you communicate the following: Continue reading "Perils of not switching to Git" Monday, December 26. 2011
Stop coding for money Posted by Thomas Koch
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14:58
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Do you believe that there will come a major inflation in the next months or years? If not, you can stop reading this article. Otherwise lets think what would be the right thing to do now.
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Thursday, December 8. 2011On distributing binaries
Many software developers don't care about security. A typical
Java developer downloads the Eclipse binary from eclipse.org, a
website that doesn't even support https. He then continues to
install binary eclipse plugins from several different web
sites. Once development starts, maven continues to pull in
hundreds of plugins and dependencies without checking their
origin.
Continue reading "On distributing binaries"How do you still want to trust this machine with your private passwords or gpg key? I don't. Therefor I do java development at least in a chroot'ed environment. To make this point a bit less theoretic I've collected examples of compromised downloads or servers in recent months. Tuesday, October 11. 2011
Gemeinsam für globalen Wandel Posted by Thomas Koch
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09:13
Comments (2) Trackbacks (0) Gemeinsam für globalen Wandelenglish abstract: call to assembly on October 15th in Constance (Germany). ATTAC Konstanz und www.echte-demokratie-jetzt.de laden ein zur Versammlung "Gemeinsam für globalen Wandel" am 15. Oktober 2011 um 15:10 Uhr auf die Marktstätte (in Bankennähe)
Weltweit gehen an diesem Tag Menschen auf die Straße, um darüber ins Gespräch zu kommen, in welcher Gesellschaft sie leben wollen. Mit ihnen gemeinsam empören wir uns darüber, dass heute die Interessen von Banken und Konzernen vielfach über die Interessen der Menschen gestellt werden, und die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich immer größer wird. Wir sehen uns durch Politik und Wirtschaft nicht mehr repräsentiert und wollen selbst für grundlegende Veränderungen eintreten. Wir engagieren uns für neue Wege aus der Krise, jenseits von Parteien, Gewerkschaften und anderen Gruppeninteressen. Darüber wollen wir auch in Konstanz auf der Marktstätte miteinander reden. Zur Information, wie sich Menschen in anderen Ländern für ihre Anliegen einsetzen, wird es einen Informationsstand über die Protestbewegungen in Spanien, Griechenland, Israel, Chile und den USA geben. Weitere Informationen:
Sunday, May 29. 2011
Is it really that hard? Posted by Thomas Koch
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18:10
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It's 2011. Computers are here for a couple of decades now, but they still don't help me with the most simple problems. I've been asked once again about a recommendation for a GroupWare and still don't know what to say. This are the simple requirements:
Manage my Mails, Calendar, Contacts, Files, Knowledge (Wiki) and ToDos (including IssueTracker). Let me synchronize these informations with mobile devices and for offline work. Allow collaboration and sharing. I started professional programming in 2006 with the eGroupWare project, which provides the above functionality more or less, but I still can't recommend it. Neither could I recommend any other system I know of (Tine 2.0, OpenGroupWare, OpenExchange, Horde, Kolab, ...?) since they violate one or more of my secondary requirements:
This kind of software is on the top position on my Things-To-Do-When-I-Have-Time. But on the other hand I know that many have already started such projects and either they did not deliver sufficient functionality or there code base is a PITA. Yes, I'm ranting once again. But please show me a decent GroupWare and I'll praise you on any occassion! Or should I make this my project for my bachelor thesis: A Contacts+Mail server/web frontend in Scala using CouchDB, Dovecot? What do you think? |
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