20 Lines or Less #34 – A whole new year of iRules

What could you do with your code in 20 Lines or Less? That's the question I ask (almost) every week for the devcentral community, and every week I go looking to find cool new examples that show just how flexible and powerful iRules can be without getting in over your head. So here we are in the future.  Surely by 2010 we should have jetpacks and hover cars and personal teleporters, right?  Well, technological advancements may have fallen short on some of those things promised to us time and time again by the world of sci-fi, but advancements there...

DevCentral Top5 01/16/2009

I can't believe it's only the second week of this year's Top5 series. There are so many things going on that it feels like it's been weeks since I wrote last. I know the output to the site has only been bumped up marginally but trust me, things behind the scenes are beyond busy trying to get things ramped up, polished and ready to push hard all through the year. This week saw some continued series', a couple of really interesting new blog / docs posts, and plenty of awesome action in the forums / wikis.  Here's this week's Top5:   Accuracy...

DevCentral Top5 01/09/2009

Welcome to the first DCTop5 of 2009! It's a new year and that means you survived the holidays, the in-laws, the traffic jams, the elections, and if you live in Seattle, record breaking snow-storms. Congratulations, it's time to do it all over.  There's been so much great stuff going on in DevCentral Land in the past 12 months that it's been hard for even me to keep up at times. So when I tell you that there's even more to come, and that we're turning up the dial further still this year, believe me when I say that it's going...

DevCentral Top5 12/12/2008

Wow it's been a busy month! Travel, holidays, and so much great content coursing through DevCentral it could make your head spin. I'll do my best, as always, to guide you through the massive amounts of cool stuff and pick out a few of the gems for you to dig into. This week's Top5 is action-packed, with F5/Geeky goodness bursting from every seam, so make sure you check out each of the items below. That said, here's this week's Top5: F5 ARX and Data Domain - Reduced Expense, Streamlined Storage http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/dmacvittie/archive/2008/12/11/f5-arx-and-data-domain---reduced-expense-streamlined-storage.aspx Don recently got a chance to chat with some of the folks...