# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (August 2, 2014)

• kanzure shared a GitHub repository called "pyconfd" (https://github.com/kanzure/pyconfd), expressing frustration about having to use polling rather than event hooks for configuration management with etcd and consul, as these systems lack proper notification mechanisms.

• A discussion about configuration management tools revealed limitations in etcd and consul, with kanzure noting that confd requires specifying which keys to fetch in its configuration, while his pyconfd tool offers more flexibility for fetching data from multiple sources.

• kanzure shared a tool called DriveDroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid) that allows using a phone as a bootable peripheral for live USB purposes.

• kanzure shared a link to his Pokemon reverse engineering tools (https://github.com/kanzure/pokemon-reverse-engineering-tools), though he noted many of the utilities are poorly written.

• A brief discussion about the Ebola virus occurred when a participant initially misunderstood news about an American doctor who contracted Ebola in Liberia being transported back to the US under quarantine conditions.