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Data Science Toolkit. The Bamboo DHT -- Introduction. I2P Anonymous Network. Syndie. The 5 types of programmers « Steven Benner's Blog. In my code journeys and programming adventures I’ve encountered many strange foes, and even stranger allies. I’ve identified at least five different kinds of code warriors, some make for wonderful comrades in arms, while others seem to foil my every plan.

However they all have their place in the pantheon of software development. Without a healthy mix of these different programming styles you’ll probably find your projects either take too long to complete, are not stable enough or are too perfect for humans to look upon. The duct tape programmer The code may not be pretty, but damnit, it works! This guy is the foundation of your company. The OCD perfectionist programmer You want to do what to my code? This guy doesn’t care about your deadlines or budgets, those are insignificant when compared to the art form that is programming. The anti-programming programmer I’m a programmer, damnit. His world has one simple truth; writing code is bad. The half-assed programmer What do you want?

Autoinst: Wiki: UserGuide. Welcome to the Autoinst User Guide. Autoinst is a tool for version controlled, templated, host configuration. This guide describes how to use Autoinst to manage configurations and templates, explains Autoinst concepts, how to use the command line interfaces and the API methods. Autoinst is designed to help its users manage host configurations, with the following features: Version controlled repository of configuration information Ability to reconstruct host configurations at any point in time Ability to write a single template to manage multiple similar configuration files Why another configuration system?

Autoinst is limited in scope by design. It is there to solve the following problems: Host configurations might be centrally managed, but do not have a revision system. Autoinst does not attempt to solve the following problems: Binary packaging. Instead, Autoinst is meant to complement these existing solutions, by providing a version-controlled configuration framework. Autoinst Resources <? ACE - Ajax.org Code Editor. Black Duck Software Names Open Source Rookies of 2010 -- WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 7. Black Duck Software. (PRNewsFoto/Black Duck Software) WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From a personally-controlled social network to a mobile application that lets aid workers collect, sort and share information about children in emergency situations, open source software is meeting the needs of today's application developers, according to Black Duck Software, which today announced its 2010 open source 'Rookies of the Year' list.

(Logo: ) Working from a list of thousands of new projects launched in 2010, Black Duck evaluated a project's popularity using a weighted scoring system that awards points for commit activity within a project, the number of developers involved, and the number of web sites linked to the project. After auditing its findings and normalizing scores, Black Duck determined the top 10 Rookie projects. Some key observations from this year's report include: About Black Duck Software SOURCE Black Duck Software. Participatory Politics Foundation. OpenPlans | Helping cities work better.