The Whole Internet Has a Crush on a NASA Engineer's Mohawk
NASA's Curiosity landing turned a flight director's mohawk into the biggest story of the week online, and I have some contrarian feelings about that.
Up at 1am for a Robot Landing on Mars
A sleep-deprived recap of staying up until 1:32am to watch Curiosity land on Mars, the JPL control room going nuts, and how Mohawk Guy became the internet's new favorite NASA engineer.
The Flag Nobody Deleted
Knight Capital lost $440 million in 45 minutes to a leftover code flag, and its got me thinking about dead code and kill switches in my own tiny projects.
The 45 Minutes That Nearly Killed Knight Capital
Knight Capital lost something like $440 million in 45 minutes this week because of leftover code on one server nobody bothered to remove. As a programmer, that detail is the part I cant stop thinking about.
The $440 Million Bug That Was Just a Bad Deploy
Knight Capital's trading software lost $440 million in 45 minutes because of a stale server left running old code during a deploy, and it's a story every developer who's ever shipped to production should read.
The Scariest Deploy I've Read About This Year
Knight Capital's trading software went haywire this morning and lost the firm something like $440 million in 45 minutes. A programmer's take on what that kind of bug actually feels like.
The Web Just Opened the Olympics
Tim Berners-Lee appeared during the London Olympics opening ceremony. For a tech blog, that moment meant something pretty weird and wonderful.
Android's Fragmentation Problem Finally Has a Real Answer
Google's new Nexus 7 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean show the company finally getting serious about controlling Android's version chaos. It might actually work.
Olympic Tech Infrastructure: Mostly Just Works
The 2012 London Olympics kicked off with surprisingly solid tech infrastructure handling millions of live streams and social media posts. The BBC's streaming platform actually held up.
The Galaxy S III is Stupid Fast and I Hate That I Want It
The Galaxy S III hit stores a week ago and it's annoyingly good. My year-old phone suddenly feels ancient, which is exactly the trick these companies are best at.
Mountain Lion Landed, and Yeah, I'm Already Running It
OS X Mountain Lion rolled out yesterday. I upgraded immediately because I make poor decisions, and spent the morning finding weird little things that broke and things that actually do make sense.
Facebook's Lockup Expiration: What It Means When Everyone Gets Paid
Facebook's 180-day post-IPO lockup expires today. Insiders can now sell, and the market's bracing for impact. What does this moment really mean for the startup ecosystem?