Wow! There is so much going on right now. Here’s a rundown of some of the things you might have missed:
- Leveraging existing content types: Read the comments to Duncan’s “Setting Data” post, where he takes the time to educate me about the finer points of why not to invent new data formats if at all possible.
- eBay engineer responds: Did you see the comment from Dan Pritchett? Dan’s an actual eBay engineer who is providing his own voice in Duncan’s dialog in place of Duncan’s imaginary interlocutor. Part 1, Part 2. Must reads.
- Ad hominem attacks: There’s a long thread over on the Yahoo REST discussion list where some reasonable comments are unreasonably attacked. There’s some good technical take-aways in there, but my take away is that certain members of the REST discussion list should read Steve Yegge’s Bambi Meets Godzilla post.
- Sex Sells: Over at Wife’s blog, she takes the so-called “geekosphere” to task for its comparatively tepid response to my earlier “S stands for Simple” post. Compared, that is, to how often someone named Julia and her husband have sex. So, gentle readers, go confuse the heck out of the mommysphere, and post a comment on Wife’s blog. Here’s a template: When I was {using some awful, non-trendy technology} my sexual activity {was in some way diminished}, but since switching to {useful, trendy technology} my sex life is {frequent, robust}. For example: When I was using statically type languages my sexual activity was optimized and predictable, but since switching to Ruby, my sex life is dynamic and, strangely, duck-like.
In the near future I will address some comments appended to my last two posts, I promise. Others have asked me to take on UDDI and SOA in general, but I make no promises here. Right now I’m 1,600 miles from home and getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday. To the American’s out there, have a happy Thanksgiving.
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