I have always been obsessed with simplicity when it comes to programming. To me, there is nothing more frustrating than complex, buggy and sluggish software. In 2005, I had to write a web-based application from scratch to process and display intrusion detection events. At that time, I looked at a number of web frameworks but didn't find anything that suited my needs. So, I created my own framework called Hamlets with simplicity and speed in mind. In 2007, IBM agreed to open source this framework under a BSD license. It is now available from sourceforge.net. A short description in English, German, French, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, Russian, Italian, Romanian, Danish, Czech, Chinese, and Serbian can be found on Wikipedia.