Comments for Matt Robinson

Comment on Version Control Your Configuration / Dot Files by mattr

mattr — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:39:53 +0000

Oh yeah. http://www.mattrobinson.net/2009/06/21/put-your-rc-config-files-and-more-under-source-control/ Wow, I didn’t think anybody ever read this blog, and it certainly proves that I don’t Turns out I had an old draft of the post from way back then that I assumed I hadn’t finished.

Comment on Version Control Your Configuration / Dot Files by MarkusQ

MarkusQ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:42:56 +0000

I’ve been meaning to write this post forever,

Actually, I think you did write it, back in 2009.

– M

Comment on Working at Puppet Labs by Dennis Lapchis

Dennis Lapchis — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:30:59 +0000

Congrats Matt… glad to see your career continuing to blossom… PuppetLabs will definitely benefit from your involvement… enjoy the ride!

Comment on Working at Puppet Labs by mmrobins.com » New Job At PuppetLabs

mmrobins.com » New Job At PuppetLabs — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:59:18 +0000

[...] technical info on my nerdy blog for those that don’t fall asleep to a few programming terms, but I’ve got a new job at [...]

Comment on Working at Puppet Labs by mattr

mattr — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:41:15 +0000

I haven’t marked anything yet (the only thing I know for sure I’m going to is the puppet talk on Thursday) as I just got registered on Thursday, but when I do it’ll be at http://opensourcebridge.org/users/652/favorites. I’ll let you know if I see schedule overlap.

Comment on Working at Puppet Labs by Jacob Helwig

Jacob Helwig — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:14:45 +0000

Glad to hear you’re enjoying the new job! I’m going to be spending a lot of time at OSB next week. Have you marked the ones you’re planning to attend on the OSB site? Let me know if you’re planning on attending any of these: http://opensourcebridge.org/users/610/favorites

Comment on Programming Perl Instead of Ruby by mattr

mattr — Sun, 23 May 2010 08:47:20 +0000

The Perl community is definitely happy to think about different ways to solve a problem, I just wish sometimes when you ask the best way you didn’t get a different answer from every single person Every language has its hackish feeling things that have been bolted on as the language matures, but yeah, Perl has more than it’s fair share of those. Hope your work in Perl proves productive.

Comment on Programming Perl Instead of Ruby by Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:50:41 +0000

I’ve been a C++ programmer all of my professional life but I’ve had to write Perl code for the past month. It has been…interesting. At times I’ve wanted to pull my hair out when trying to debug code. I’m having to implement software applications that are based on a giant Perl framework, and Perl software engineering is really an interesting concept.

The following give me the most headaches with Perl code:
* Having to put “1;” at the end of a perl module–it just feels very hackish, and it is easy to overlook or forget.
* Fighting with accessing arrays when they’re stored in objects: do I need $self->{myarray}, or do I need @{self->{myarray}} here?
* Exceptions thrown when comparing something to an undef object–Python just handles this more gracefully
* There is no easy, one-step way to get a unique set of elements in a list/array.

I agree with you about the Perl community, though, they seem to acknowledge the good and bad about this interesting tool. The Python community is quite smug about “the Python way,” but the Perl community is always happy to think about different ways to solve a problem.

Comment on Master of Software Engineering from PSU by mattr

mattr — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:22:08 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation on the courses. I’ll look into that when I resume the program in the spring.

Comment on Master of Software Engineering from PSU by Marty Matheny

Marty Matheny — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:24:37 +0000

Hi Matt. I’m half way through the OMSE program, and I agree the lack of coding takes some getting used to. I’d recommend taking one of the Tier 2 courses (532, 533, 535) if you get a chance, as they focus on code construction and design issues. Trading war stories with other local developers is definitely one of the big perks, and you get to do that in all of the classes.