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1. 31.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   There's a few users currently abusing my company's site via Yahoo Pipes (in the form of a few hundred thousand malformed requests per week). We're a decently-ranked startup (top 2k alexa) and the requests don't really hurt us, but they're s
2. 32.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   I don't know. I'd seriously consider having a Thomas Jefferson instead of the last ten US presidents even armed only with the knowledge from his era.
3. 33.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   I disagree about nginx being more difficult to configure than Apache. Apache's config file was terrifyingly complex to me when I first started using it.
4. 34.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   If you're doing a serious deployment, check out Unicorn instead: http://unicorn.bogomips.org Basic overview of its architecture: http://github.com/blog/517-unicorn
5. 35.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   What? Title of modrails.com: "Overview — Phusion Passenger™ (a.k.a. mod_rails / mod_rack)"
6. 36.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   I disagree. We spend a considerable amount of time writing our behavioural tests (we have around 1,700 for our large web app), but they have saved us countless times from having to track down bugs after deploying code. There was an article
7. 37.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   If your app has been running for over a year, you might want to look into this (before someone else does)... http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7f57...
8. 38.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   You need to read Applied Cryptography.
9. 39.▲
   by munctional 17y ago

   I want to watch this, but I can only watch the postage stamp-sized video linked from the first paragraph. If I actually visit the video's page on Vimeo, it tells me that the video is private. :(
10. 40.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    Yup. http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm
11. 41.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    1) This is why people end up writing server emulators. All the major MMORPGs have at least one. 2) I agree. This goes along with the booming micropayment systems.
12. 42.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    I'd rather have a consistent database than a fast one!
13. 43.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    Supposedly, it ships on the 19th. I pre-ordered. :)
14. 44.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    This system is exactly how pragprog.com works. You can even purchase a PDF/book combo before the book is completed and have access to a (constantly updated) beta version of the PDF. When the book is completed, the PDF is finalised and the b
15. 45.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    I am the black wizards.
16. 46.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    Thanks!
17. 47.▲
    by munctional 17y ago

    What is the name of that bookmarklet that makes any page readable? This site needs it badly.