'an expressive toolset for constructing scalable, resilient [service] architectures. It works in the cloud, in the data center, and on your laptop, and it makes your system diagram visible and inevitable. Inevitable systems coordinate automatically to interconnect, removing the hassle of manual configuration of connection points (and the associated danger of human error).' Looks like a pretty neat cluster deployment tool; driven from a single configuration file, using Chef, integrating closely with AWS and providing many useful additional features

wow. fascinating results from social-network cluster analysis of Facebook, splitting up the entire USA into 7 clusters