Now a I was saying ... SolrCloud2. Well, some people don’t like the name - fair enough - I don’t like purple much and I didn’t invent either... so Solr2.
I have some thoughts, a few things to offer. Yes, the guy behind a lot of the current garbage. They asked me my thoughts on this thing on day one - I told them I don’t have a single one, let me have a go and I’ll get back to you. Done and done. So yeah, Solr2. Wait, what’s that ... ? Loud dance floor out here - if I could have the floor for just a moment. I’ve put just a little bit of time and effort in before grabbing the mic. A modicum. My ego, my job, my status, my history, really not part of the equation, so if I could request a few lines before the rebuttal and correction and redirection. No hurry for those things, they are patient characters. Anyway, give me a moment, and in return I’ll spare you the long winded diversions. Having considered Solr2 for some time, I see all kinds of roadblocks and restraints and limitations. I see a path fraught with the potential to mimic previous paths. And my goodness, I’m getting old. Fresh, promising paths please. So Ive invested some time and effort to establish an escape route from the safe, conservative hack and slash through the jungle that gets less safe the deeper we dive. I’d simply tell you about it, but jungle stories are all heart and no soul and we will all trade them all day. So I’ve got some notes and code and maps and journals and crap instead. Compiled from a couple expeditions. From before spelunking made me an old man. So my machete isn’t solo diving any new trails, single handedly slaying jungle cats any longer. The blade just keeps getting duller. But I’ve got these previous materials. I’ll lay them out. Take a look. If we can explore and discuss with just a passing courtesy of respect for our relative time and investment and focus put in before letting loose, I’m sure we can move beyond basic software counter meandering quickly enough to actually enter the jungle. I’ll try and lay out some evidence to help here. For instance, that zookeeper is not the issue. That the overseer is not the issue. That modules and multitudes of features are not the issue. Previous efforts are not the issue. Object oriented development and agile frameworks are not the issue. And yet all remain pertinent software development conversation. Bike shed rainbows. You can make beautiful multicolored bike sheds with all of them. But discuss colors with someone else please. I can’t do it anymore. But I can discuss some jungle hack and slash momentum and trail blazing. Give me a moment. Time is fairly irrelevant on this dance floor. Tomorrow. Next year. 3 years. Solr 42. It’s all the same timeline when the time comes. Hell, my brain feels equally everywhere in all the timelines anyway. So one moment, and I’ll point you to my speech, my journals, my old jungle dune buggy - I did spend a moment or two once or twice preparing the damn thing - just a moment or two, just 1, 2 or 3 times - and then the microphone is all yours. But please, don’t talk to me about rainbows or shades of magenta, I’m a jungle explorer, not a Sherwin Williams employee. Don’t cover me with paint - I’m a roto spinning paint spewing machine. And I’d love to spare you the paint ball war as well. Links coming. Mark -- - Mark http://about.me/markrmiller
