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Chris and I are working on our second technical book; rather than the second edition of "The Book of Xen," we are attempting to write something shorter about Ansible. Thoughts on how I can sit in on a few interviews…

As a writer or an actor, my understanding is that you usually hire an agent who negotiates on your behalf, and you give them some percentage of what you make. All of the job placement middlemen I've seen on the IT side…

or did you use off the shelf software, and why? Every billing system requires some integration into your product. Do you think there are significant savings to be had by using off the shelf billing software and…

I think the way it works in most startups is that you agree to an equity split, and if one founder leaves, the company dies or you buy him out and that's that. The thing is, I run a lifestyle business. I've pretty much…

hey, so I'm thinking about going retail and selling high-ram servers. this means I've gotta screw with sales tax, a irritating job because sales tax often varies by county. amazon claims they will do it for 2.2% for my…

Yeah, so there's a lot of talk about how MySQL is 'not enough' both from the Oracle RAC people and the couchdb and other non-relational data stores. Many of these people advocate going to things like SSD, which costs…

As some of you noticed a while back[1] I provide virtual private servers using Xen[2]. Right now, the largest problem I see is the interface. Now, I'm running pvgrub, which lets you boot into a read-only image that can…

So, for a person with a strong C++ background, what webapp development framework/language is likely to be the easiest to learn and use? And then, what are the 3 best books to introduce that framework to someone who…

I'm looking for a chair for someone who is around five feet tall, and weighs maybe one hundred pounds. This person also has a fused upper spine. Budget tops out at $1000. Of course, cheaper is better. Being both much…