Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

By Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

Drilling into Big Data with Apache Drill

Apache's Drill goal is striving to do nothing less than answer...

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By Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

Using Open Source Methods in a Private Company

You don't have to contribute your code to the world to gain...

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By Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

Lies, Damned Lies and Benchmarks

Benchmarks can reveal the truth – well, some of the truth – about...

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By Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

Open Source Software Helped Obama Win the 2012 Election Campaign

One reason Obama won the 2012 presidential election was his staff’s...

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By Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

Writing Open Source Software? Make Sure You Know Your Copyright Rights

Open source is all fine and dandy, but before throwing yourself...

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By Steven J Vaughan-Nichols

8 Software Development Contests and Challenges You Can't Resist

So, you think you have the mad skills to be a crackerjack...

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NGINX: The Faster Web Server Alternative

This formerly obscure Web server is gaining popularity with businesses. NGINX is now...

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Picking the Right Web Server for the Right Job

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That's as true for Web...

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Stumbling Towards Agile

Migrating from a waterfall programming model to Agile development...

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