Parallel SSH for OSX

Oct 31 10 under Altentee | 1 Comment

I’ve just come back to the OSX fraternity after a spell away on Ubuntu. I love Linux and I really miss some of the awesome tools like pssh that are available. There’s an awesome post on keeping things “outside the bun” where “you can achieve the desired functionality simply with clever reconfigurations of the basic Unix tool set. After all, functionality is an asset, but code is a liability.”

So here’s my attempt to roll two useful pssh tools (parallel-ssh and parallel-scp) into reusable scripts with our old friend xargs.

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Jan 6 10 under Altentee | Comments Off

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My Favourite SCiTE settings …

Dec 23 09 under Altentee | 2 Comments

Well the subject goes without saying. I’ve been working on WinXP again lately and when I’m not around my favourite text editor on the mac (TextMate) I opt for SCiTE on windows. The following settings I find useful for this simple but powerful text editor. YMMV.

Why Load Testing Does Not Work for the Web `Date::today >> 36`

Oct 19 09 under Altentee | 14 Comments

I was going to write why LoadRunner does not work for the web as it is today and into the foreseeable future, but decided against that because I don’t think the following points are necessarily limited to a specific toolset.

Load testing does not work for web as it is today primarily because…

Vim Cheat Sheets on a Mug

Jun 5 09 under Altentee | 2 Comments

I’ve been thinking about some promotional material for the company I work for. What inspired me was seeing a vi coffee mug… Unfortunately only available in the US. I’ve been endeavouring to wean myself off textmate and the like so thought this was a brilliant idea. But with limited space, what essential commands should go on a vim cheat sheet? What other cheat sheets would you like to see in this format?