6 posts
Scaling my blog for high traffic – WordPress + Apache + Varnish + Nginx
Scaling my blog for high traffic – WordPress + Apache + Varnish + Nginx
12 November 2012
On the 3rd of October, after some quite high load, my website crashed and went offline. Given I'd just gone to Sweden, this was a bit awkward. Looking at the stats – on the 2nd of October it was getting on average 5 page loads *per second* – except it wasn't evenly spread traffic – […]
The Art of Deception :: Talking net security at Blue Light Camp
The Art of Deception :: Talking net security at Blue Light Camp
20 May 2012
I recently came across this this photo – some of the things that I took on holiday with me back in 2006: I was struck by one of the most recognisable items in the picture – The Art of Intrusion by Kevin Mitnick. The book is an interesting mix of Kevin Mitnick – a notorious […]
Building reddit-frontpage-proof websites?
Building reddit-frontpage-proof websites?
7 February 2012
Rick Falkvinge's website Falkvinge.net recently frontpaged reddit. Actually, in the default setup, he had three articles, (#16, #22, #24), which, as he says, is a record for him. Why is this a big deal? Well with reddit being Alexa-ranked 133 and getting about 8.7 million visitors every day, being on the front page 3 times […]
Problem: How long will it take to fix it?
Problem: How long will it take to fix it?
5 February 2012
As a geek, one generally gets good at fixing things. An interesting thing about technology, as opposed to say, carpentry, is that generally it's very very small things that have significant implications. Frequently you spend a lot more time looking for the problem than you do actually implementing the solution. Example: The symptoms: your website […]
Hackers and Repetition
Hackers and Repetition
17 January 2012
Sometimes reddit throws up some fantastic stuff about life and work. This graph really highlights what's frequently referred to as the first hacker virtue "Laziness". Instead of being content to do a task manually, they want to sit around and do less of that, thus the second hacker virtue "Impatience" comes in to play. The […]
Hello, I'm Tim and I have a job no one understands.
Hello, I'm Tim and I have a job no one understands.
29 December 2011
Ok, I hear you: I work with computers and the Internet – you understand that. But what exactly does a "Systems Administrator" at a "hosting company" do? Indeed… what's a "hosting company"? What do you mean by "Systems Administrator"? These are frequent questions I encounter when explaining to friends and family how I'm gainfully employed. […]
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