I spend a lot of time poking around with code, and I can figure out most integration challenges, and simple code fixes. But I do not call myself a developer. I know, we can argue about what constitutes a developer, but I don’t really want to get into that. I’d just like to highlight something that showed the difference between the futzing about that I do, and the way a senior developer thinks about problems.
We use reStructuredText for StackStorm documentation. It’s a form of markup language, with everything is written in plaintext. It gets parsed into HTML (and potentially other formats). The use of special punctuation marks and indentation tells the parser how to render the HTML - e.g. inserting links, highlighting text, bullet points, etc.
When I want to update our documentation, I create a branch on our GitHub st2docs repo. I make my changes, then create a Pull Request against the master branch. When I do this, it triggers our CircleCI checks. These checks include attempting to build the documentation, and failing if there are any parsing errors. If I’ve made a mistake in my syntax, it gets caught at this point, and Continue reading
I spend a lot of time poking around with code, and I can figure out most integration challenges, and simple code fixes. But I do not call myself a developer. I know, we can argue about what constitutes a developer, but I don’t really want to get into that. I’d just like to highlight something that showed the difference between the futzing about that I do, and the way a senior developer thinks about problems.
We use reStructuredText for StackStorm documentation. It’s a form of markup language, with everything is written in plaintext. It gets parsed into HTML (and potentially other formats). The use of special punctuation marks and indentation tells the parser how to render the HTML - e.g. inserting links, highlighting text, bullet points, etc.
When I want to update our documentation, I create a branch on our GitHub st2docs repo. I make my changes, then create a Pull Request against the master branch. When I do this, it triggers our CircleCI checks. These checks include attempting to build the documentation, and failing if there are any parsing errors. If I’ve made a mistake in my syntax, it gets caught at this point, and Continue reading
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CA wants to be the go-to vendor for Cisco's SD-WAN environment.
I did not pass my CCDE re-certification last week. Why write a blog about a “failure”? Honestly? Because I think we as an IT industry overly focus and give too many kudos to the passing only. Not to the hours and hours of studying and learning… not to the lessons learned… not to the growth gained from the studying journey. Just to the “pass/fail”. Well damn… no wonder people cheat. Their focus isn’t on the learning or the journey. Just the passing.
I thoroughly believe the expression –
Sometimes you win….. Sometimes you learn.
Did I want to pass last week? ROFL! Are you kidding? Of course I did! Did I “deserve” to pass? Well…. um…. err… not exactly.
See that 10% at the bottom of the “Written Exam Topics v2.1?” Truth be told I didn’t quite exactly study that part very much.
So what is my plan now?
LEARN
Honestly in my job I am not doing much Cloud, SDN, or IoT. AND I have to admit I am quite happy I am now essentially forced to learn these to a Continue reading
SDN and NFV spending will reach $168B by 2022.
Programmability move looks to target a recent play by Barefoot Networks.
802.11 Frame Format
In a wired Ethernet network, the switch is not an active participant in communication at L2. In a wireless LAN, the AP is an active participant unless something like 802.11z, Extension to Direct Link Setup (DLS) is used.
To direct frames through the AP, the radio must have a MAC address, known as the BSSID.
802.11 frames can carry a maximum payload of 2304 bytes.
To support wireless communication, the Ethernet frame format is quite different compared to wired networks. The Ethernet frame starts out with a 2-byte Frame Control field, identifying the frame type, the direction the frame is traveling in and more.
Name | Length (bits) |
---|---|
Protocol Version | 2 |
Type | 2 |
Subtype | 4 |
To DS | 1 |
From DS | 1 |
More Frag | 1 |
Retry | 1 |
Pwr Mgmt | 1 |
More Data | 1 |
WEP | 1 |
Order | 1 |
In a common scenario with multiple clients associated with an AP that is connected to an DS, frames travel from clients towards the DS or from the DS towards the clients.
The frame motion is indicated by two bits, To DS and From DS, in the Frame Control field.
Frames sent by a wireless client will Continue reading
Nokia’s FP4 silicon enables petabit-class routers.
Microsoft, Facebook alums founded the database startup.
Andranik, Sipan, Rudolf and Vahan have several things in common: they are young, they have dreams, they love music, and they love the Internet. The four of them are visual impaired.
They met through the Internet Availability Center at the Cultural House of the Armenian Society of Blinds (ASB).
I had the chance to visit the Center last year and Rudolf told me: “For me the Internet is everything. I cannot imagine what my life, my studies would be without it.”