Getting set up with Ruby and Rails
I’ve had a lot of people asking for help setting up a Ruby on Rails environment recently so figured I’d put a post together detailing how I set up my boxes. This won’t be a guide for everyone, but it’s a tried and tested setup that not only performs well, but is also well set [...]
PostgreSQL recovery tips
Having run into some disk issues last night we’d not expected, I had some scary moments trying to find any resources for PostgreSQL recovery scenarios relating to disk failure. I chalk this up to most PostgreSQL users being sensible and using RAID1 or similar. We’re doing things on the mother of all shoestring budgets, though, [...]
EVE Metrics and popularity
Well, it’s been a while. I’ve been busy with things in this nasty place called reality which has been kicking my ass as a result with all sorts of fun ailments. Recently though I was forced to pay a bit more attention to EVE and specifically EVE Metrics. A couple of months back we worked [...]