# HG changeset patch # User Steve Losh # Date 1595780698 14400 # Node ID 6cd9567e764d93d3709b307d9cf369fdbeb683fa # Parent a4c140068d1677f9d197146fb3d390b63df412d0 Update diff -r a4c140068d16 -r 6cd9567e764d README.markdown --- a/README.markdown Sun Jul 19 18:25:23 2020 -0400 +++ b/README.markdown Sun Jul 26 12:24:58 2020 -0400 @@ -1368,3 +1368,20 @@ Did some more work on The Data Compression Book. Wrote up a little `main` skeleton for the binaries. Might use this as an excuse to try out subtask-style interfaces in Adopt. I think it'll work, but I haven't actually tried it yet. + +## 2020-07-26 + +Finally finished reading ULSAH. Took a few months, but aside from skimming over +20% that wasn't super relevant it was as good as I remember back from 2008. +Lots of things I need to look deeper into and try out on my own: + +* `strace` and friends. +* Performance monitoring stuff: `sar`, `vmstat`, `iostat`, etc. +* VMs using KVM and Qemu instead of Virtualbox. +* Learn more about `systemd` (unfortunately). +* Poke at `btrfs` a bit more using my existing setup. +* Look into Ansible as a configuration management system — it seems the simplest + of the Puppet/Chef/Salt/Ansible crew. +* Building machine images with Packer. +* Look into Terraform for deployment. +* Restructure local wifi into main/guest networks.