01:49 – Kenneth Kalmer Introduction
02:33 – How to say “daemon”
03:47 – Definition
04:48 – Sending signals to daemons
06:02 – What daemons are used for
08:26 – The process of starting up a daemon
11:10 – .pid file management
13:40 – Cron Job
17:37 – Why the JVM isn’t good for running daemons
20:18 – Daemonizing on a Windows system
21:53 – Getting daemons to start up when the server starts
25:02 – Writing a daemon
29:22 – When would you want to create your own daemon?
- Metrics Gathering
32:54 – Communicating with daemons
36:29 – Deployment cycle for daemons
40:11 – Sharing Code
48:51 – What do you put in the payload of the jobs?
53:23 – Knowing when something goes wrong
Book Club
Confident Ruby by Avdi Grimm! Use the discount code ROGUESCLUB for 20% off of any of the editions! Avdi will talk about the book on the show on October 16th, 2013.
Next Week
ROM with Piotr Solnica
