From 3a54a3b609aaf9325bef61521fbb8346dcd785f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Hoguin?= Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:49:35 +0100 Subject: Merry Christmas 2018 --- .../content/articles/merry-christmas-2018.asciidoc | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _build/content/articles/merry-christmas-2018.asciidoc (limited to '_build/content') diff --git a/_build/content/articles/merry-christmas-2018.asciidoc b/_build/content/articles/merry-christmas-2018.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..57cd8b7e --- /dev/null +++ b/_build/content/articles/merry-christmas-2018.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ ++++ +date = "2018-12-25T07:00:00+01:00" +title = "Merry Christmas 2018: A Recap" + ++++ + +As the year 2018 ends it's time for a short recap and +a look forward for the next year. + +Overall, more than half of all open tickets have been +closed. Most tickets were opened since 2015 and I +couldn't get to those, but now that pre-school started +I have a lot more time! I'm aiming to keep the number +of tickets below 100 across all my projects. + +Cowboy 2.x is now mature. Features are on par or better +than the 1.x series and the HTTP/2 code is solid. I've +been using it in customer and personal projects and I'm +really happy with how it turned out. + +Ranch has received numerous contributions from Jan Uhlig +and is going to get a 2.0 release in 2019 which will +remove the connection supervisor bottleneck that is +causing issues when shutting down many connections at +the same time. + +Gun has received CONNECT proxy support and I am currently +working on adding support for HTTPS connections over +HTTPS proxies. Gun is currently being worked on, including +a rewrite of the main code to `gen_statem`. Gun 2.0 will +most likely be released in 2019 and will include a few +minor breaking changes that should only impact advanced +users. + +Erlang.mk has received a ton of fixes and is very solid +now including for multi-applications repositories. It +no longer always recompiles dependencies, speeding up +rebuilds immensely. + +The Erlanger Playbook will be removed from sale for some +time due to administrative constraints. It will be restored +during the coming year. A new release is planned in January +or February of 2019 and this will most likely be the final +release. It seems that temperamentally I'm not quite writer +material and this has been a very difficult process so I +will not attempt to write another book on my own in the +future. + +I have started working on a new project that is in the realm +of REST, HATEOAS and the Semantic Web. The goal is to be +able to create resources in a generic way without the +constraints imposed by the HTTP protocol and its limitations. +This will be my main focus in 2019 after the book update and +the closing of tickets. + +I am currently waiting for Hex.pm to change its terms of +services to be less invasive before adding Hex.pm support +to Erlang.mk and perhaps manage my own packages. Currently +the terms require accepting a Code of Conduct that's both +subjective and applies to off-service user behavior, and +that's unacceptable. A good example that these policies +are harmful can be seen in the trouble currently going on +at Patreon as I write this. It's even more puzzling that +Hex.pm is just a source code storage and doesn't have user +interactions, so these policies make little sense to me. +I have discussed this with Hex.pm and helped review changes +that would make the policies still bad but at least not +outright dangerous, and I am waiting for these changes to +be applied before implementing Hex.pm into Erlang.mk. + +As you may have noticed, I have stayed away from conferences +in recent years. At first it was because I became a father, +but in 2017 I went back to what would be the final Erlang +User Conference. It was not the best, and as time goes on +it seems these conferences simply no longer offer the content +that interests me. That could be fine on its own; conferences +are more about networking than talks after all. But I've +recently discovered to my dismay that the conferences now +known as Code BEAM started to play social justice games, +where discrimination based on perceived group identity +is seen as a good thing. I will not play these games, +regardless of the groups being discriminated for or against. + +Since I'm not a writer, and conferences are a no-no at +this point, I will be focusing on code for most of 2019 +and will perhaps attempt to create a video or two where +I can demonstrate code, for example taking an interesting +ticket and solving it in the video. + +The future looks bright as far as I'm concerned and it +looks like I'll be able to continue dedicating almost half +of my time to open source projects. Great things are +coming up! + +I wish everyone a great holiday season, Merry Christmas, +and I will soon take a small break to enjoy a good meal +with the extended family and some well deserved rest. +I still managed to squeeze in a https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2072[PR to Erlang/OTP] +which will help optimize Cowboy and Gun further. + +You can forward Santa Claus to +https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/ninenines[BountySource] +for sending presents. I will use these funds to buy a Mac +Mini or similar for testing projects under macOS. If there's +funds remaining after that I will spend them on a similar +machine for testing under Windows. + +As this is the last article of the year, I also wish you +a Happy New Year and will be back soon with more good +news. Cheers! -- cgit v1.2.3