hypergeometric

Month: September 2012

  • Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use Linux Laptop Now

    So, back in 1997 I installed my first copy of FreeBSD. I had to do some major research to get X Windows up and running, and the next computer I bought I very carefully selected a video card to make things easier. I was happy, I was able to use gcc, but getting online via…

  • The Pitfalls of Web Caches

    At Wikia we’ve written a lot of code and used many different tools to improve performance. We have profilers, we’ve used every major linux webserver, APC, xcache, memcache, redis, and not to mention all the work we’ve put into the application. But nothing get us as much bang for our buck as our caching layer…