Ben McCann

Co-founder of Zenos.
Investor at C3 Ventures.
Google and CMU alum.

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March 2012

Brewer’s CAP Theorem Explained

03/24/2012

When dealing with distributed systems, Brewer’s CAP theorem is often brought up when discussing how a system will behave in certain error conditions. The CAP theorem means that you can only have two of: consistency, availability, and partition tolerance. Here’s what you’ll be giving up for each of the three that you may sacrifice: C: Read More

Installing Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu

03/23/2012

Due to licensing restrictions, Ubuntu no longer comes with Oracle’s Java JDK. The first trick to installing on a headless server is being able to wget the file. I recommend downloading manually and then placing in on a host you control, your Dropbox directory, etc. You can install it by running: sudo mkdir -p /opt/java/64 Read More