Basic metrics for systemd jobs with Google Cloud Logging

I have a bunch of batch jobs that are executed by systemd periodically, and I was interested in ways I could have visibility into success rate as well as be notified of any failures. Since I already use Google Cloud on the same project, I decided to give the logging …

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Deliberate practice in software engineering

Recently I read a book called Peak, from Anders Ericsson, in which author describes how people become good (world class good) at what they do. I don't want to spoil it for you, but I'll say that author believes that talent has nothing (or very little) to do with it …

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EuroPython 2012

I was at EuroPython2012 conference this week so here are my impressions.

First of all, I would like to thank organizers, everything was organized at the highest level. Conference was held in Florence for second year in a row, and I must say it gets better every year. :) This year …

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Client side templating with Jade and Node.js

At my current job, we heavily use client side templating, specifically Jade template engine. We've been using Jade for couple of months now and are very happy with it. In this post, I will describe how client side templating works and how to set up development environment that allows you …

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