On Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 2:10 PM SAIFI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > currently we have two event types > - saturday meets > - hackathon > > i'd like to propose a new event type called 'WADR' aka (W)ith (A)ll (D)ue > (R)espect. > > > OBJECTIVE > > the objective of WADR would be > > - deconstruct other technologies, projects from a hacker / deeper > perspective. > - understand the core idea > - explore the implementation > - study their bug reports / issues very closely > - learn from their architectural limitations, mistakes > > then we put on our own thinking caps and come up with our own design. > given sufficient interest we may even go ahead and do our own > implementation. > > WADR would get scheduled on a 'Sunday' at '(UTC+0000) 0800 hrs and be of > '240 min' duration. > > > EXAMPLE > > consider the current use of 'templating system' in DevOps space which > essentially started off with 'web templates' > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_engine_(web) eg. jinja2 > > and we also go configuration languages > > eg. HCL > https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl/blob/main/hclsyntax/spec.md > > eg. UCL > https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl > > eg. nginx conf > http://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html#conf_structure > > STRIKR THINK > > now when we put our thinking caps, we realize that configuration language, > template, declarative style are best connected using 'type safety' and not > 'strings'. Here is an opportunity ! > > > BOTTOM LINE > > Finally as to the usage of the phrase WADR, read it an apt description > (@st_vincent) of it while doing an internet search > > "with all due respect" is a wonderful expression because it doesn't > actually specify how much respect is actually due. Could be none". > > Guess it would be cheeky fun. What does everyone think ? > > > warm regards > Saifi. >
I think its great idea. > >
