Mac Geekery

I was at WWDC this last year and went to a lot of sessions that were interesting, but didn’t really grab me and tell me that I absolutely had to learn the technology and use it. It was all interesting, of course, but … eh.

Then I went to a session on using Xray (now Instruments) and DTrace to debug things. Yes, things. It’s not just for developers and their programs, but also for sysadmins and their systems. After I saw what it could do, well, let’s just say I had a domain name registered and a site up before the next session (I love Drupal). That site is DTrace Scripts.

So, now that the cat’s out the door I’ve started to actually build that site up and will be putting as much DTrace-related stuff as I can on it. It follows the same idea as Mac Geekery, so if you have some things you’ve discovered, write up an entry or post the script and it’ll be posted within a day or two if it’s complete and proper.

It also does something that Mac Geekery does and lets you provide your Google Adsense code to share in the page revenue (currently set to 50%). That goes for scripts, tips, and forum posts. If you bring up good topics that get a lot of attention, you’ll get some of the rotation as well. I’m on the fence on that one, but I think I like it.

So, anyway, I don’t think I’ll be doing much with DTrace stuff here, but I expect I’ll be doing a lot over there, including little snippets for Instruments to record interesting goings-on with software, or little sysadmin utilities. Also, the site is platform-agnostic and designed for both Mac OS X and Solaris users, so if you’re old-hat and have some things to share, please do.