Month: November 2016

November 16 2016, 02:27

Dim, I’m working on an article “5 Things That Must Be in Absolutely Any hybris Project.” In fact, not just hybris projects, but my blog is about hybris, so there you go… So far, I’ve come up with the following (order is arbitrary):

1. Feature toggles – enabling/disabling/switching features, including A/B testing

2. Feature usage monitoring and alerts – this includes Google Analytics for storefronts and various system resource charts. This also includes systems that analyze unusual behavior (for example, if the number of orders in an online store has halved compared to the usual at this time)

3. Automated tests – I want to write that even for the simplest and very fast projects, tests are still necessary, even if they are just the most essential ones.

I need to come up with two more. I’m conducting a survey – write your ideas)

For example, there is no CI/CD and Code Quality Gates – because that’s about infrastructure and development process. I’m collecting about development itself. That is, what needs to be included in the code that’s helpful in 100% of cases. Any ideas?

November 14 2016, 20:00

Today I almost got into someone else’s gray Toyota Camry (just like mine). I opened it with my key fob, almost sat behind the wheel, and then I noticed – some bag inside with donuts, a charm on the mirror. Basically, I quickly dashed over to my own car. They should really lock their doors. My fob, of course, opened my own car, parked right behind.

November 14 2016, 00:01

Today’s blog post is about the very first version of hybris, released way back in 2001. It was very interesting to dig into the code and compare it with what we have now. What has survived, what has perished. How the interfaces have changed. #hybris #hybrismart @[1262635023749717:274:Hybrismart.com\: hybris development notes]


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Hybris 1.0. A Retro Look Into 15-year-old Version
https://hybrismart.com/2016/11/12/hybris-1-0-a-retro-look-into-15-years-old-version/

November 11 2016, 08:46

This is how you should explain the world around us! Masha’s teacher at an American school creatively approached explaining the topic of landforms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. She adapted a popular song from the “Frozen” movie and sang it on YouTube – just as best as she could:) Start watching from the second minute! By the way, they explain many topics in such a manner. And not only in science but also in math, and social studies:)

November 10 2016, 00:41

Today I wondered, who could Trump and Clinton be compared to? Perhaps to “Chichvarkin” and “Lavrov.” Of course, “Polonsky” would be more fitting, but Trump indeed has brains. “Zhirinovsky” doesn’t fit because his background is in politics, not business. Other oligarchs don’t fit either, because they are either not charismatic or not businessmen. To achieve the same Trump-effect, a hypothetical Chichvarkin would have to focus not on Moscow, but on the regions. On some hypothetical Chelyabinsk. A hypothetical “Lavrov” would make an ideal partner, relying on professional experience and knowledge. But the hypothetical “Chelyabinsk residents” wouldn’t trust a bureaucrat and would vote for “their simple guy who’s going to sort everyone out.”

But overall, such a scenario would never happen in Russia. That very working class in Russia doesn’t like change. They won’t take to the squares and won’t collect pine cones for the future. In Eurasia, the further southeast you go, the larger the part of the population that needs an authoritarian ruler and a certain level of chaos (corruption, loophole-riddled legislation, etc.). The further east you go, the better the “I’m a little person, my house is on the edge” philosophy works. I don’t know if there’s anything similar on the other side of the globe.

And this also reminded me somehow of Brexit.