Audit your sharding database algorithm
Audit your sharding database algorithm Yacine Si Tayeb, PhD Thu, 11/10/2022 – 03:00 Thanks to the ShardingSphere community’s continuous review and feedback to develop features such as data sharding and read/write splitting, our team found that some users create many shards when using the data sharding feature. In such cases, there can be 1,000 physical tables corresponding to a sharding logical table, which disturbs users....
Why sysadmins should choose Awesome window manager on Linux
Why sysadmins should choose Awesome window manager on Linux Seth Kenlon Wed, 11/09/2022 – 03:00 Awesome is a window manager for the Linux desktop. A “window manager” is a graphical interface that primarily (if not literally) just manages the drawing and arrangement of windows. In practice, even the most rudimentary of window managers actually provides a little more than just the ability to draw a window. Most also...
Using Python in VS Code and Codium
Using Python in VS Code and Codium Don Watkins Wed, 11/09/2022 – 03:00 Over the past couple of years, I have had the privilege of working with middle school children to introduce them to Python coding and the Raspberry Pi 400. It’s been a lot of fun, and the Pi has been a great platform for the students and me. We’ve used Code with Mu and it’s been quite successful. Our aptitude with Python has grown with...
What stickers are on your laptop?
What stickers are on your laptop? AmyJune Hineline Tue, 11/08/2022 – 03:00 Having just switched work laptops last December, I realized how much I love applying stickers to my work machines. Sometimes the stickers are souvenirs from past events, others are from projects that I am passionate about, and some are just for fun! Curious to know what others had on their laptops, I asked! Accessibility advocate Image by: (AmyJune...
What you actually need to know about open source to get started
What you actually need to know about open source to get started Katie Edwards Mon, 11/07/2022 – 03:00 So you want (or need) to figure out what “open source” really means. I’ll cover the basics of open source, whether you’re interested in contributing to a project or want to be in the loop at a new job where the term keeps getting thrown around. Full disclosure: I am a person with little technical...
Build your own SaaS on Linux with Vely
Build your own SaaS on Linux with Vely Sergio Mijatovic Mon, 11/07/2022 – 03:00 Vely combines high performance and the low footprint of C with the ease of use and improved safety of languages like PHP. It’s free and open source software, licensed under GPLv3 and LGPL 3 for libraries, so you can even build commercial software with it. Using Vely for SaaS You can use Vely to create a multitenant web application that you can...
