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Basic Erlang Driver Revisited

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 27, 2009

One of the projects I’ve been working on is a linked-in driver for libiconv named baberl. It’s based on my original simple driver project with several refinements and fixes. I’ve cleaned up and generalized several of the fixes in baberl and put them into a…

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More Screencasts

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 22, 2009

I’m going to start doing another series of recipe-oriented Erlang screencasts soon but I need your help! Fill out this survey and let me know which topic you’d like to see first. It’s a very short survey (one question only) so it’ll only take a…

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37Signals Does Erlang

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 14, 2009

This is so juicy I couldn’t resist blogging about it. 37Signals sysadmin and my good friend Mark Imbriaco replaced the Campfire chat room handler, originally written in C, with an Erlang version. The results? 283. As in 283 lines of Erlang code in toto. 1500.…

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Training Class Update

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 13, 2009

I’ve read (several times) all of the excellent feedback. The amount and quality of the feedback from everyone has ben really heartening. So, I’ve identified two improvements I’m making right now to make the class more accessible. Scheduling: Several people observed holding a class in…

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Thoughts On Training: Thank You!

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 09, 2009

I’d like to thank everyone who’s taken the time to either leave a comment or send me an email with your thoughts. Please keep them coming! All of this feedback has given me a lot to consider. I’ll post again with more details soon.

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Thoughts on Training

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 08, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my upcoming class, Hands On Erlang. Of course, any training class is a gamble and that’s even more the case given the current economic situation. However, response for the class has not been what I expected and I’m…

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Erlang Factory Recap

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - May 05, 2009

Summary The SF Erlang Factory was easily one of the best technical conferences I’ve attended in years. The amount of energy, passion, and technical discussions were far beyond anything I’ve experienced before. I literally felt like I was watching the Erlang community bootstrap itself into…

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Hands-On Erlang, Chicago Edition

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - April 20, 2009

I’m happy to announce the next installment in the Hands-On Erlang training class series. The class is going to be held in Chicago on 7/15-7/16. You can get more information and register for the class here. The class is a practical introduction to Erlang. It…

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Erlang Doesn’t Fit The JVM

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - April 03, 2009

There’s been a lot of talk recently about why Erlang should (must?) be ported to the JVM. I happen to think this is a bad idea for several reasons. But before we get to my list, let me present my Java and Erlang bona fides.…

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Simplest Linked-In Driver EVAH

Hypothetical Labs - kevin - March 24, 2009

I’ve been tinkering around with linked-in drivers lately. There are several interesting projects using linked-in drivers so I thought I should learn how to write one. I quickly discovered a dearth of simple examples on the web. All of the examples I found were either…

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