RandalSchwartz: I've used opsview for years.  LOVE it.   only a couple minor problems with it I've found.
opsview + pagerduty = happy jpalmer.
any Go fans in here?  Been playing around with it...  I see that it is supported on FreeBSD, but no mention of OpenBSD.  Found some blog posts.. anyone have personal experience with Go on OpenBSD?
i know the mascot is a gopher
at first blush i prefer python syntax-wise
but it's nicer than ruby
syntax-looking
-wise
It's ... totally different semantics.
(But I know nothing about Go on Open.)
Isn't it in ports?
qbit: get your butt over here
yerp
it's in ports
works well
qbit ftw
I've looked at Go, want to learn it, but don't have the time.
heh
bins are not dynamically linked tho - so they are big
you can get dynamically linked go binaries with gccgo, but the state of gccgo on openbsd is a little horrible at the moment ;)
heh
qbit: o'rly?
ya
cool
big binaries is no problem.  in fact, preferred.  you can copy them around with absolutely zero dependencies! :)
rad
<3 zero dependencies
go is easy to test, just do this:
xdg-open http://tour.golang.org/
tada
export GOPATH=$HOME/go; PATH=$PATH:GOPATH; go get github.com/conformal/btcd; btcd
instantly you get to be downloading the bitcoin blocks!
toddf: *PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH
brycec: what shell does that work in?
I'm talking ksh/sh/bash
whoa really?
cool
He's saying you're missing the $ on GOPATH when redefining PATH
ah corrected instructions then
export GOPATH=$HOME/go; PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH; go get github.com/conformal/btcd; btcd
thanks twobithacker. Sorry didn't mean to suggest that that PATH was some sort of pointer. (Maybe that would work in csh?)
don't expect full functionality yet, but it at least interacts with bitcoind (the c++ version that takes eyons to build, go takes maybe a couple mins tops ant that involes fetching a dozen or more repos (you must have go + git + mercurial or whatever vcs is needed)
conformal guys wanted to bolster the bitcoin 'economy' by having a 2nd implementation .. helps standardization and trust since not all eggs in one basket etc ;-)
(random note: expect $HOME/.btcd/db to take up several gigabytes before the download of blocks trickles to track realtime)
interesting
Is this go program a bitcoin miner?
not sure I understand what is meant by " An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang)"
buttcoin
mnathani: As I understand, Conformal is working on a miner, but this is just a node in the bitcoin network.
That is - it is a node in a p2p network, passing messages and such
mnathani: bitcoind == btcd once btcd is fully fleshed out
I have not heard definitively that btcd is going to do mining nor anything else in conjunction with mining and conformal; all I know is everything I have seen suggests to me they are focusing on fleshing out btcd functionality now that it 'functions' as a bitcoin node
thanks brycec and @toddf
More info for anyone else interested: http://bitcoinmagazine.com/btcd-a-full-bitcoin-alternative-written-in-go/
finally a bitcoin in a reasonable language
I'm developing code in Dart for Captain Neil
finally, some sanity to browser development :)