Three Short Links is a daily look at interesting articles or projects that wander into my view. You’ll see a lot of code and musings on cloud and distributed architectures, cool new gadgets, and occasionally some more random topics including math, science, or, if you’re lucky, baseball.

• Introducing the Fan: Ubuntu introduces a virtual IP multiplier with simpler routing than network overlays.
• The Most Important Skill in Software Development: A short, well-reasoned take on how the non-sexy skill of simplifying code gets overlooked in education and the blogosphere.
• Keywhiz: Square’s suite for managing secrets including both a JSON API and a Fuze file system.