Comments on: Building scalable web apps http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps Vitamin Features Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:17:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: A trifle bizarre at überthings, inc. http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-133364 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:22:35 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-133364 [...] My little sister’s picture shows up in an article about scalable web apps written by Cal Henderson over a year ago. Coincidence? I think not. [...] […] My little sister’s picture shows up in an article about scalable web apps written by Cal Henderson over a year ago. Coincidence? I think not. […]

]]> by: vândpupăză » Blog Archive » Succesul este cel mai mare inamic al lui GetLoaded.ro http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-90384 Mon, 21 May 2007 20:38:06 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-90384 [...] Building Scalable Web Apps [...] […] Building Scalable Web Apps […]

]]> by: James Littleton http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-67642 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:18:05 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-67642 <strong>Architecture...</strong> Programming a computer can be performed in one of numerous languages, ranging from a higher-level language to writing directly in low-level... Architecture…

Programming a computer can be performed in one of numerous languages, ranging from a higher-level language to writing directly in low-level…

]]> by: Adam http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-6321 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:14:22 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-6321 We loved the book, it's one good book in our bible rack. I'd digg it if I knew what that meant. We loved the book, it’s one good book in our bible rack. I’d digg it if I knew what that meant.

]]> by: wesley http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-6083 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:24:27 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-6083 No digg. No buy (book). No digg. No buy (book).

]]> by: Ron http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4665 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:33:35 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4665 I bought this book and was deeply dissappointed - if I am allowed to cite the last page I read ( which is by far not the last page in the book) - in brackets are my comments :) "The increased number of machines has additional cost impact beyond the basic cost of hardware and administration time. [wow!] Every box has its own power supply, [aha, thats really a surprise to me - don't they work without power supply - what is the network cable for? ] which needs to draw a fixed amount of current. [do they really have to do that? I thought the power supply is only responsible for ventilation?]. For a full rack of boxes, this can easily hit a hundred amps, and power is never cheap [thaks god I bought this book !, I wanted to order tommorow 20 Units Dell Racks - but now that I know they need current, and it costs money... I have to reconsider.] " So far for the book : I am really amazed Orielly published such a garbage - now I try to sell it in amazon, because really - its not even 5$ worth! I bought this book and was deeply dissappointed - if I am allowed to cite the last page I read ( which is by far not the last page in the book) - in brackets are my comments :)

“The increased number of machines has additional cost impact beyond the basic cost of hardware and administration time. [wow!] Every box has its own power supply, [aha, thats really a surprise to me - don’t they work without power supply - what is the network cable for? ] which needs to draw a fixed amount of current. [do they really have to do that? I thought the power supply is only responsible for ventilation?]. For a full rack of boxes, this can easily hit a hundred amps, and power is never cheap [thaks god I bought this book !, I wanted to order tommorow 20 Units Dell Racks - but now that I know they need current, and it costs money… I have to reconsider.]
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So far for the book : I am really amazed Orielly published such a garbage - now I try to sell it in amazon, because really - its not even 5$ worth!

]]> by: Lynred http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4660 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:55:24 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4660 Another sound advice: Don take all too serious! Not every article that people write, can please all! Give all a break, dont whine but dine! Another sound advice: Don take all too serious! Not every article that people write, can please all! Give all a break, dont whine but dine!

]]> by: Lynred http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4659 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:52:41 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4659 Who cares if you promote anything? I like the desert though, looks promising! Who cares if you promote anything?

I like the desert though, looks promising!

]]> by: ScriptTeaser » Blog Archive » Trifle Architecture http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4607 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:02:50 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4607 [...] When is software architecture like a desert trifle? When it&#8217;s end the hands of an imaginative Cal Henderson. [...] […] When is software architecture like a desert trifle? When it’s end the hands of an imaginative Cal Henderson. […]

]]> by: Joel Selvadurai http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4512 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:01:03 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/building-scalable-web-apps#comment-4512 I think scalability of web apps is something which is very hard to talk about in a general way. What you have mentioned here is very basic and is probably taken care of automatically in something like rails. But when you're doing something innovative (usually the case with most startups) scalbility is very important but is very particular to your service. Scalability issues for last.fm are vastly different to that of flickr for example. At messagr.com we have to deal with the various contraints put on us in the instant messaging domain. When it comes to scalability, there is no real generic answer other than (as you have mentioned) to plan very carefully before you embark on serious development. I think that it is important to create a rudimentary protoype first without any planning as this really helps highlight issues and gives you a feel for the system you will eventually develop. I think scalability of web apps is something which is very hard to talk about in a general way. What you have mentioned here is very basic and is probably taken care of automatically in something like rails. But when you’re doing something innovative (usually the case with most startups) scalbility is very important but is very particular to your service. Scalability issues for last.fm are vastly different to that of flickr for example. At messagr.com we have to deal with the various contraints put on us in the instant messaging domain. When it comes to scalability, there is no real generic answer other than (as you have mentioned) to plan very carefully before you embark on serious development. I think that it is important to create a rudimentary protoype first without any planning as this really helps highlight issues and gives you a feel for the system you will eventually develop.

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