links for 2008-04-21
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The Google Contacts API has been released, it offers a more secure (and hopefully reliable) way to retrieve contacts. Tutorial on doing so using Ruby on Rails
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What is ncache? a web cache system base on nginx web server. faster and more efficient than squid.
we have published a release version 1.3 now, you can see the change log here.and we will maintain it be fresh.
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Startup school is an annual free conference for hackers interested in startups. This year notable speakers such as Mike Arrington, Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos and Paul Graham spoke.
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Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP/JSON API.
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Google half-way cancelled their SOAP API a while ago, but they now* offer a parametrized URL that returns a JSON data set.
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thisisby.us is a website that promotes excellent writing
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Welcome to the Slapp tutorial. Gently introduce the major components of the Merb micro-framework by building a simple chat wall style application.
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Navigation Exchange Service (NavXC) allows the user to track the movements and whereabouts of their contacts at all times - in real time and in relation to their own movements.
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Number of MySQL servers
Flickr 166
Facebook 1,800 (900m/900s) -
Here is the quick notes from the session Scaling MySQL - Up or Out ? moderated by Kaj Arno as part of the todays keynote.
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JMeter and Ant can be integrated with a continuous integration server to allow developers to quickly determine the behavior of the developed system under certain load conditions and adapt to changes.
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continuous integration server
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TeachStreet is bridging real world classes to their website in Seattle only. If you live up there, you may want to check out your local cooking, dog obedience, or yoga courses.
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If you’re interested in analyzing and optimizing your page layout - here’s some extremely useful tools that you can use to help.
