notebookreview: server optimization completed

This was a long week. I worked with TechTarget several days to upgrade and optimize their servers and the NotebookReview forums. I’m very pleased with the results, even if we did not finished everything what I had in my books.

blog design to be revamped soon

Once I finish the new Sphinx product version for vBulletin and complete all current contracts, I will update the blog design.

2147483647 is a weird number in php

Yesterday I was working on a client box to install Sphinx Search into vBulletin 3.7.1 version. I installed also a little product I made that will use the eBay Partner Network affiliate link, instead of a regular eBay link. This is where I encountered the 2147483647 integer issue.

save the developers. not quite ready.

TechCrunh was blogging about how big is the number of IE6 users, in February. Right now we are at 28.9%, a small decrease. This is what I really think, about the IE6 upgrade issue.

wordpress servers powered by nginx

There is no doubt nginx is a very solid piece of software, way better then lighty. More and more serious web sites switch to it because it’s the way to go, performance wise.