Systemd doesn’t completely control whether core dumps are made or not. It mainly determine where such dumps go, and whether they should take up space or not. It may prevent some user space core dumps, but not all. With “Storage=none”, they can still occur and are registered by journald, but they don’t take up disk… Read More: Disable core dumps in #Linux »
Dear Reader, I am coming back to the topic that hooked me on the blogging activity – the MIND, slowly becoming a new habit. Today is the first day of a new month and I have seen many media posts that share thoughts on the first day of a new month. Now, I also wish… Read More: November, 1st – New Month, New Opportunities »
Looking around microservice communication protocols I discovered protocol buffers and gRPC as a new alternative to REST with XML or JSON. XML is used in standards like ISO 20022 for financial messages, JSON is widely used by all the new APIs in fintech (Stripe, TransferWise, lots of PSD2 API implementation of banks etc.) Both of… Read More: Things worth reading: Some resources about Protocol Buffers in #golang… »
As a new found collector of challenger bank accounts the new #fintech Curve (@imaginecurve) it was an obvious must have. When I heard about this “magic” proxy card, one card to hold all your other cards, I was in awe. How natural and simple idea that fit my case perfectly. Due to the new found… Read More: Banking 2.0 or the online revolution @imaginecurve #fintech #swag »
In all this talk of distributed systems the Interplanetary File System is a fun practical subject. Obviously golang should be part of that. According to Wikipedia: The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file… Read More: Libraries #golang : Inter Planetary File System client »
This is a straight forward list of steps to connect to github with a ssh key instead of user/password. I am using Linux on my development machine so things are quite easy with ssh. STEP 1: Create a ssh key # ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “george@voina.org” STEP2: Add the key to the authentication… Read More: Connect to github with ssh key »
Dear Reader, continuing the idea of the last post, you can find the characteristics of the other three learning styles developed by Honey and Mumford, based on Kolb’s theory in the following paragraphs. Activists You are an activist if you actually learn something by doing, by putting into practice. In other words, activists get their… Read More: Learning styles: Activist vs. Pragmatic vs. Reflector – What is… »
Like a true Star Trek fan I have my lists: this is one of most complete compilation of the “Ferengi Rules of Acquisition”. I swear they apply in the real Business World, almost to the letter 🙂 Sadly we can see behaviours that follow the rules also in #Fintech, Banking and Social Media companies. So… Read More: Ferengi Rules of Acquisition vs #Fintech »
Today, I am presenting you the theorist learning style. This is my dominant learning style. I was surprised to learn a lot about myself when I did the test and discovered the features of this style. Of course, it is not all or nothing. If I/you have a dominant learning style, it does not mean… Read More: The Theorist »
Own your mind! According to the promise for a series of mind-related posts, here comes the first with a command: Own your MIND! If you think that it is easy, you might be either lucky to have been actually dealing with your Mind or blissfully ignorant and/or unaware of the tricks the mind can play… Read More: Own your MIND! »