The process of moving clients from Apache to Nginx is nice and simple except for the ‘down for maintenance’ page. This is my solution to that problem.
Last year I started a personal project to up-skill in some aspects of web development I was lacking in, like Javascript. I had an idea for a game I’d been bouncing around for several years so I created that. One thing led to another and now it’s become quite a serious project…
So, um yeah, it’s been a little while since my last blog entry. This is to say that I’m still here, things have been too hectic but I’m starting to get a handle on everything again.
I was already quite busy when everything stepped up a couple of gears around February due to going into business [...]
Something I get asked about a bit and which gets suggested for WellRailed meetings is the topic of optimisation, in particular using MemCache and infrastructure design. While someone could present on these and other relevant topics within the bounds of Ruby on Rails I think it would be way more sensible to free presentors from [...]
Just a quick note to say that the local cache functionality of my Spandex Memcache Store Plugin has been included in Ruby on Rails 2.3 RC1. After I released the plugin I was asked to submit a patch to Rails Edge adding it’s functionality – which I did over my Christmas break. My changes have [...]
