Comments for SteveStreeting.com http://www.stevestreeting.com Software developer, occasionally staying on topic Thu, 10 May 2012 10:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Apache to Nginx & PHP-FPM : part 1 by stevestreeting http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/05/09/apache-to-nginx-php-fpm-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-395878 stevestreeting Thu, 10 May 2012 10:15:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3114#comment-395878 Yeah, old CGI forked a process for every request, which was obviously not very scalable! I've always run Apache in-process modules and this is the first time I've used FastCGI, and the FPM implementation seems really good - you have essentially two services each actively managing their load via resource pools, meaning everything is a lot more responsive than Apache. I had to have a cron job on Ogre just to check the status of Apache periodically and bounce the server if it looked like it got itself in a knot, because noa mount of tuning the connection parameters ever seemed to cover everything. I'm hoping this is now history! Yeah, old CGI forked a process for every request, which was obviously not very scalable! I’ve always run Apache in-process modules and this is the first time I’ve used FastCGI, and the FPM implementation seems really good – you have essentially two services each actively managing their load via resource pools, meaning everything is a lot more responsive than Apache. I had to have a cron job on Ogre just to check the status of Apache periodically and bounce the server if it looked like it got itself in a knot, because noa mount of tuning the connection parameters ever seemed to cover everything. I’m hoping this is now history!

]]> Comment on Apache to Nginx & PHP-FPM : part 1 by Peter Newman http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/05/09/apache-to-nginx-php-fpm-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-395873 Peter Newman Thu, 10 May 2012 04:27:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3114#comment-395873 It's really nice to see some new competition in the HTTPD space. I've always gone with Apache because that was The Thing You Use, back when it was 1.6 or so. But I'm hearing NGINX is good, and one of our servers uses it as a front-end to Ruby (which runs as a daemon as well). Apparently Apache is now making a push towards comparing better against NGINX in terms of footprint and speed, which just benefits everyone. I've also been hearing a lot of good about FastCGI. Last time I played with that sort of thing was when it was just CGI, and it seemed rather dodgy. It’s really nice to see some new competition in the HTTPD space. I’ve always gone with Apache because that was The Thing You Use, back when it was 1.6 or so. But I’m hearing NGINX is good, and one of our servers uses it as a front-end to Ruby (which runs as a daemon as well). Apparently Apache is now making a push towards comparing better against NGINX in terms of footprint and speed, which just benefits everyone.

I’ve also been hearing a lot of good about FastCGI. Last time I played with that sort of thing was when it was just CGI, and it seemed rather dodgy.

]]> Comment on Building a new technical documentation tool chain by How to Setup AsciiDoc, Pygment and FOP on Windows for Beautiful PDF and XHTML Documentation | Francis Shanahan[.com] http://www.stevestreeting.com/2010/03/07/building-a-new-technical-documentation-tool-chain/comment-page-1/#comment-395849 How to Setup AsciiDoc, Pygment and FOP on Windows for Beautiful PDF and XHTML Documentation | Francis Shanahan[.com] Mon, 07 May 2012 17:14:37 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=2592#comment-395849 [...] http://www.stevestreeting.com/2010/03/07/building-a-new-technical-documentation-tool-chain/ [...] [...] http://www.stevestreeting.com/2010/03/07/building-a-new-technical-documentation-tool-chain/ [...]

]]> Comment on Work 2.0 – the interruptible programmer by SteveStreeting.com » Oh no, not a ‘Best of’ collection? http://www.stevestreeting.com/2010/09/04/work-2-0/comment-page-2/#comment-395796 SteveStreeting.com » Oh no, not a ‘Best of’ collection? Wed, 02 May 2012 12:21:08 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=2816#comment-395796 [...] Work 2.0 – the interruptible programmer [...] [...] Work 2.0 – the interruptible programmer [...]

]]> Comment on Blog revamp by stevestreeting http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/04/29/blog-revamp/comment-page-1/#comment-395781 stevestreeting Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3107#comment-395781 Easy fix :) Easy fix :)

]]> Comment on Blog revamp by stevestreeting http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/04/29/blog-revamp/comment-page-1/#comment-395779 stevestreeting Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:48:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3107#comment-395779 Yeah, I didn't spot this because I'd already viewed all the links :) Definitely a few style tweaks to be done still. Yeah, I didn’t spot this because I’d already viewed all the links :) Definitely a few style tweaks to be done still.

]]> Comment on Blog revamp by Kieran Senior http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/04/29/blog-revamp/comment-page-1/#comment-395777 Kieran Senior Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:45:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3107#comment-395777 The comment font is tiny, probably worth upping it a few pixels :) The comment font is tiny, probably worth upping it a few pixels :)

]]> Comment on Blog revamp by Joël Lamotte http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/04/29/blog-revamp/comment-page-1/#comment-395773 Joël Lamotte Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3107#comment-395773 Nice theme, i was looking for something similar but lost faith. Maybe I'll use a modified version of this theme... Nice theme, i was looking for something similar but lost faith. Maybe I’ll use a modified version of this theme…

]]> Comment on Blog revamp by spacegaier http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/04/29/blog-revamp/comment-page-1/#comment-395772 spacegaier Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3107#comment-395772 Hi Steve, I find it rather hard to spot links in that new theme, next to impossible since they only have a very, very slight gray rectangle behind them. Once you click on them the font becomes a light blue which would be nice to have as the link indicator in the first place ;) . Cheers, spacegaier Hi Steve,

I find it rather hard to spot links in that new theme, next to impossible since they only have a very, very slight gray rectangle behind them. Once you click on them the font becomes a light blue which would be nice to have as the link indicator in the first place ;) .

Cheers,
spacegaier

]]> Comment on Realisation: blogs are still where it’s at by SteveStreeting.com » Blog revamp http://www.stevestreeting.com/2012/04/24/realisation-blogs-are-still-where-its-at/comment-page-1/#comment-395770 SteveStreeting.com » Blog revamp Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:57:06 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=3088#comment-395770 [...] I promised, I’ve given this blog a bit of an overhaul in anticipation of posting more often again. For [...] [...] I promised, I’ve given this blog a bit of an overhaul in anticipation of posting more often again. For [...]

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