I had a debate with a programmer friend of mine once about optimization. I argued that once you get past adding indexes to a relational database, every attempt at increasing its speed or scaling is an act of denormalization. Whether its double storing information in the database in such a way that it [...]
I’m in the process of trying to establish some baseline performance metrics for increasing the performance of a website. I thought I’d share what I learned.
The first place to start is Performance Testing Rails Applications from Rails Guides. Everything else in this post assumes you started there (which is what I did).
Changing the host for [...]
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Group decision support system with rater tiers and rated criteria for an open idea exchange with sorted results based on weighted influence.
Responsible for Ruby on Rails coding, highlighted by subdomain scoping, client signup interaction design, and custom look and feel per client.
Community validated names and taglines for your thingamajig. Top names are selected by virtual currency investment and the community shares revenue based on influence.
Responsible for Ruby on Rails and javascript coding, highlighted by countdown timers, ticker, and page caching.
A daily-oriented clothing line from Prada known for its clean and stylish designs, use of fine materials, Prêt-à-Porter.
Responsible for Ruby on Rails web store interfacing to backend warehousing and order fulfillment systems.
A community written/edited newspaper where story selection was based on investment via virtual currency and community involvement was remunerated based on investor influence.
Responsible for Ruby on Rails and javascript coding, highlighted by url image scraping backend and control, submission interaction design, and edition lifecycle automation.
A social fantasy sports website connecting social networking, the social graph, and modern web look and feel with traditional fantasy sports, founded by myself and a partner.
Responsible for complete technical output, as well as vendor choices and assisting in investor presentations.
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