Last week was the first Rackspace developers conference. While the majority of the people that attended were employed as software developers, a handful weren't. I was one of three people from network security who attended, and as the picture below shows, I apparently was fascinated.
Lessons learned:
- SyncML is really, really, REALLY clunky.
- Twisted Python tries WAAAAY to hard to be Erlang.
- Build your systems for scalability from day one.
- Stay the hell away from Courier when setting up mail.
Lessons Confirmed
- Nope, I still don't like Python.
- Keep the UI separate from the rest of the code.
- It has been confirmed once again that yes, Erlang rules.
- Ruby's method_missing is pretty bad-ass.
- People are terrified of things they don't understand.
