The secrets of a system integrator. My Journey of Startup, Product + Project Development
After years of making do with absolutely any equipment and any furniture, and not noticing all that much, I started having a back pain. To the point that I’d have to lie on the carpet for 10 minutes, every hour.
Not good. What could it have been?
The more I looked to my surroundings, I realized what my Dad tried to drill into me once a year. I should respect my tools, take care of them, and get better ones when I am able. Granted, he’s a carpenter by trade and likely the inspiration for Mike Holmes, but his point seemed a little bit more truthful when I was lying on the ground taking a call from a client.
The first time entering the world of barcodes can be a bit of an aggravating experience. There are so many standards, technologies, equipment, formats, printers, readers that knowing where to start, or what to look for can be a little dis-orienting.
I have done a fair amount of barcode work in the past 10 years. Recently I was asked to give a quick background on it so..
The following is a post I had put on Stack Overflow.
Web Application Monitoring Best Practices
Nagios is good, it’s good to maybe have system testing (Selenium) running regularily.
Edit: Hyperic and Groundworks also look interesting.
There is probably a test suite system that can keep pressure testing everything as well for you. I can’t remember the name off [...]