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RSA finally comes clean: SecurID is compromised
To me, this is probably the biggest news is IT and banking so far this year. I sure hope that most banks can start using the new keyfobs before the attackers multiply and become more advanced.
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Logging, Log File Rotation, and Syslog Tutorial
Great, in-depth tutorial on using syslog with your applications. If you are running software on a Unix or Linux-based system, then you definitely need to check this out.
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Dirty data, stored dirt cheap | DBMSÂ 2 : DataBase Management System Services
This was a very good article on why you would want to use NoSQL databases like Hadoop to manage verbose, “cheap” information. I would be interested in seeing what it would take to use it to aggregate logs.
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I’m Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass
Great article on the basics of performance and scalability, told in a crude in hilarious way.
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10 CoffeeScript One Liners to Impress Your Friends
I know it’s lame to already like CoffeeScript, but it really is pretty cool, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes significantly more popular very soon.
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Strategy Letter VI – Joel on Software
Great article that predicts that most apps in the future will be giant and written in javascript.
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My First BillG Review – Joel on Software
I stumbled across this article when I was looking for something else on Joel’s site. I read this years ago, and it’s definitely one of my favorite business stories ever. And if you still believe that non-technical people can run technical organizations, then this is required reading.
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C Extension Alternatives – GitHub
This is just a great resource for anyone writing an app with Jruby.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Posted on June 10, 2011
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