Update: This is an update to my 2017 post on the same subject. A few things have changed and with everyone stuck inside more than usual now, I figured it was time to revisit the topic. I've explained this to quite a few of my friends at this point, so…
I recently updated the blog to run on Ghost 3. Since I've moved to docker, the upgrade was exceedingly simple, although it was a bit more involved than if I had kept up with updates. The update process went a bit like this: Backup data using the Ghost exportStop ContainerEdit…
Multithreading / AsyncThe ABL Virtual Machine (which runs OpenEdge code) is single-threaded. Trying to access anything from a threaded .Net library results in a run-time error. You can do multi-process parallelism, however, there are plenty of uses for multi-threading that are not feasible with a multi-process model. The main one that…
Although OpenEdge added support for objects in version 10 (circa 2005), there's definitely still rough edges over a decade later. Here's my list of Class and Object related gripes. Table / Object Impedance Mismatch OE started as a very table-focused language. It still is in many respects and there are a…
Updating from old versions can be hard. Here's how to update from Ghost 0.x to 2.x with a Docker install.…
A long weekend trip on the North Country Trail in the Allegheny National Forest Section…
I was recently working on implementing Jira and Jira Service Desk for my company. We went with Jira mostly because we were using a helpdesk system for both help desk and project management, which is obviously a nightmare. The tight(-ish) link between Jira Software (JSW) and Jira Service Desk…
Trip Report Day 1 We got to the Wolfkiel shelter trailhead at around 8:30PM after stopping at Subway to grab some dinner. It's a short walk to the shelters, but it was honestly a really hard night hike. There was a really thick fog that made it hard to…