Mind the Gap

Following last week's public launch of the Go-2 project, this post describes the first release and invites contributions. Go-2 is a simplified, extended subset of Google's Go programming language which addresses many of Go's short-comings long recognized...

Steve Powell and I are experimenting with a minimal DI convention for Go which simplifies how we construct values of Go interfaces and use mocks of dependencies during testing.
We are building a layered component and need to test the packages in isolation from each other. So we've introduced interfaces. Each interface usually has one exported creation function named something like NewXXX() which constructs a value of the interface...

In order to use libcontainer as the basis for a new Warden backend, it needs upgrading. The requirements for a Container API over and above what libcontainer already provides are:
1. Multiple user processes: It must be possible to run multiple user processes in the same Container, either serially or in parallel. All user processes must run in the Container’s namespaces and control groups (so that they are all subject to the same...

Pivotal has decided to merge Cloud Foundry's container technology with Docker's. I'm delighted to be working on this project with my friend and colleague Steve Powell. This blog sketches our initial thoughts.
Steve and I have been exploring how to improve CF's Warden container component to make it a suitable base for future maintenance and extension. Warden is functionally rich, but needs some improvements in robustness, diagnostics, testing, and so on. Rewriting...