From b3b3812d9703ab083b12ee3376f9057c1accc0ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Silvan Jegen <s.jegen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:25:29 +0100
Subject: Prune a few slides

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@@ -14,15 +14,7 @@ https://sillymon.ch
 .caption logstash logo from the [[https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash][official logstash site]]
 
 
-* What is it?
-
-- Now a project of elastic
-- Used to be log-focused
-
-.image img/logstash-img1.png
-
-
-* What does it do?
+* What is it and what does it do?
 
 "Centralize, Transform & Stash your data"
 
@@ -35,6 +27,8 @@ https://sillymon.ch
 - "Filters" for cleaning and transforming
 - "Outputs" for archiving, alerting, monitoring, etc.
 
+Using text-based formats as the data representation
+
 
 * "Centralize, Transform & Stash"
 
@@ -82,15 +76,6 @@ Custom configuration language
 	}
 
 
-* Some statistics
-
-- Written in Ruby
-- ~25K LOC in 377 files
-- 360+ contributors
-- 7'600+ commits
-- 7'000+ stars
-
-
 * Stasher
 
 
@@ -113,7 +98,7 @@ Code available at
 
 1. Interfaces
 2. Manager
-3. Unfinished stuff (error handling, registry and config parser)
+3. Especially unfinished stuff: error handling, config parser and the Registry
 
 
 * Interfaces
@@ -177,7 +162,6 @@ manager/manager.go
 * Main advantages over shell script
 
 - Error handling
-
 - Declarative config
 
 
@@ -207,9 +191,7 @@ manager/manager.go
 * Config parser
 
 - Currently only supports string literals (no arrays)
-
 - Hand-written parser
-
 - Uses the Registry to get the modules
 
 
@@ -254,9 +236,7 @@ conf/init.go
 * Implemented modules
 
 - input: stdin, http
-
 - filter: str(ing), http
-
 - output: stdout, http
 
 
@@ -268,14 +248,12 @@ conf/init.go
 - Watch input directories
 - Multiple modules for each main module
 - Proper (configurable?) error handling
-- If else?
 
 
-* Considerations
+* Considerations & Conclusions
 
-- "Dynamic" Plugins (Go 1.8!?)
-- Use HTTP for everything?
-- Better off with shell scripts?
 - Generality and error handling
-- DSL/declarative vs. Programming language balance?
+- Use HTTP for everything?
+- Level of "declarativeness" in the configuration
+- Still better off with shell scripts?
 
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