I will begin this post by informing you not everything works yet. I’m including this post in the series because learning how to un-screw stuff is almost as important as learning how to do it right. In fact, it is probably more important. Configuring build environments has got to be my least favorite thing to do. As a consultant I typically don’t join a project until after someone else has already done that and created … How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 9Read more
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How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 8
This is where we begin to merge our discussion of distcc and the Raspberry Pi. The first thing I needed to do was actually get distcc installed on the Pi. Don’t forget the monitor so you can tell if things are working. I also created a ~/.distcc/hosts file. localhost roland-desktop roland-HP-Compaq-8100-Elite-SFF-PC After adding the previously mentioned make options to the project my out of the box attempt went like this: Notice the red bars? This … How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 8Read more
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Script Kiddies and the Catastrophes They Cause
This is yet another installment of “Move Quickly and Turn Worthless Shit Into Production.” When you come up through real software development, not this worthless script kiddie shit being touted as great, but real software development, you understand there is a method to the madness. You have to do all of that documentation up front so there are procedures and rules in place the QA team can use to verify everything using tests which do … Script Kiddies and the Catastrophes They CauseRead more
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The getkey Trap
This topic came up on my Jed mailing list the other day and, once again, I got in touch with my inner Bill. Your inner Bill? Yes, that cranky old man who isn’t putting up with the world around him and wants it to be his way. The older you get the easier it is to find your “inner Bill.” In this case it fits because I have lived this death at least a hundred … The getkey TrapRead more
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How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 7
Originally I did a stupid thing. It was so stupid I made it the featured image for this post. I used the install/remove applications menu option to install postgresql and postgresql-contrib. Finding postgresql was like finding a needle in a haystack after using the search. The software manager for the Raspberry Pi doesn’t order by package name nor does it display that first. It displays the one-line human friendly description first and has a sort … How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 7Read more