# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (July 20, 2014)

The log was relatively quiet with limited substantive discussion, but contained a few technical points:

* A paper was shared via paperbot about environment-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery (http://www.kinam.com/Articles/Hydrogels%20Papers/Qiu%2001%20ADDR.pdf), indicating interest in advanced drug delivery systems.

* There was a technical discussion about SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator), with participants noting that "even the original author of SWIG hates SWIG" and suggesting that modern implementations would be better based on Clang's C++ parser.

* A resource was shared about parsing C++ in Python with Clang (http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2011/07/03/parsing-c-in-python-with-clang/), demonstrating interest in language interoperability tools.

* Participants discussed containerization and virtualization workflows, comparing Docker and Vagrant, with debate about separation of concerns in container architecture and configuration management.

* There was technical discussion about automating package building across different operating systems, including considerations for continuous integration workflows and RPM packaging.

* A conversation about Nginx configuration management touched on environment variable handling and the trend toward dynamic configuration rather than static config files.