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For me, it's Node.JS. Most useful new tool since jQuery. I wrote a domain name generator with it a couple months ago: http://impossibility.org/ http://impossib
by chaosmachine 16y ago
For me, it's Node.JS. Most useful new tool since jQuery. I wrote a domain name generator with it a couple months ago:
http://impossibility.org/ http://impossibility.org/
It handled simultaneous Reddit and HN front page traffic without any problem. I'm pretty sure server load never passed 10%. The script ran for more than a month straight and performed 120k+ searches without crashing.
Considering the first Node.JS release was only 18 months old, it's amazingly stable and scalable.
- hasenj 16y agoThanks for posting this. I've heard of Node.js before, but had no clue what it was about. Your comment made me curious enough to go and look it up. Ended up watching this video[0], and now it's all starting to make sense. [0] http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/05/20/video-dahl/ http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/05/20/video-dahl/