Amazing improv acoustic performances by bands. Some really really cool performances here.

Maatkit

http://www.maatkit.org/

“A toolkit that provides advanced functionality for MySQL”

How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data

http://bret.appspot.com/entry/how-friendfeed-uses-mysql

How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data

A post from one of the FF engineers about how they have a schema-less data store and then build separate indexes to allow for fast querying.

13 Great WordPress Speed Tips & Tricks for MAX Performance

http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/13-great-wordpress-speed-tips-tricks-for-max-performance.html

13 Great WordPress Speed Tips & Tricks for MAX Performance

Some good tips and plugins for improving WordPress performance. Doesn’t cover installing a PHP opcode cache though(?)

Rypple

http://www.rypple.com/index.shtml

Rypple

Interesting online feedback/review tool to replace those useless annual performance review sessions. Allows you to ask anonymous questions of your co-workers, clients, etc and get their feedback constantly.

Redundancy, Performance and Geo-Optimization with S3 and CDNs

Disclaimer: This is a theory, I haven’t tried this out (anyone at EdgeCast want to confirm/give me a free account to try it out? 🙂 )

I was looking at ways to store large volumes of user-uploaded resources (images) in a web environment tonight and had a bit of an epiphany. I had defaulted to Amazon’s S3 web service as the storage platform, since I’ve worked with it before and love the idea of an “unlimited”, fully-redundant storage device. The main problem with S3 however, is that it’s got less than stellar performance as far as latency and geographically-optimized delivery. That, and the bandwidth is relatively expensive.

So — what happens if you combine S3 with a Content Delivery Network of some sort? (more…)

The Linux Virtual Server Project – Linux Server Cluster for Load Balancing

http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/

The Linux Virtual Server Project – Linux Server Cluster for Load Balancing

“The Linux Virtual Server is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers, with the load balancer running on the Linux operating system.”