Rob Janssen

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Why threads can't fork

There is an interesting thread on the Go issue tracker about daemonizing processes. Most of the thread is not about daemonizing processes though, but more about why Go has no Fork() function which you can call directly in your code.

Drew DeVault

I am a software developer. Occasionally, I will compose a post for this blog. I work on a lot of open source software. Here are some interesting projects of mine that could use your help.

Resume Driven Development

We talked about a disturbing trend in software development: Resume Driven Development, or RDD. Resume Driven Development happens when your group needs to hire a developer.

Programming is terrible; so learn to enjoy it

I ran across an anonymous opinion piece on how programming is terrible. It was posted a while ago, but it resonated with my own journey through programming.

Simple Async Await Example for Asynchronous Programming

In this article I want to give a simple example for how to use the async await keywords in C# to create asynchronous background tasks.

Git Summit 2014 video roundup

Atlassian Summit 2014 is done and dusted! 2,300 hangovers have cleared up and the Atlassian crew have finally caught up on some sleep – everyone except our video crew, who have spent the last couple of weeks post-producing more than 100 track sessions and pumping them up to YouTube and Slideshare.

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Building for Failure | LinkedIn

Hangfire

Incredibly easy way to perform fire-and-forget, delayed and recurring tasks inside ASP.NET applications. No Windows Service required. Backed by Redis, SQL Server, SQL Azure, MSMQ, RabbitMQ.

rumpkernel.org/misc/usenix-login-2014/login_1410_03_kantee.pdf

This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.

This list is compiled from my Pocket list.