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Updates to CodeBetter.Com’s Cloud Setup
A few weeks ago I mentioned that we were now hosting CodeBetter.Com in the Rackspace cloud. Overall I was happy with the setup, but one thing kept bugging me. Apache was using a LOT of RAM, and I had … Continue reading
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Ubuntu Server Setup with Python Fabric
On my journey to figure out how to host CodeBetter.Com under Ubuntu Linux/Wordpress, I stumbled (via Dru’s excellent sage advice) upon the Python library Fabric to automate setup of the servers. From the Fabric docs : Fabric is a Python … Continue reading
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Cloud Hosting CodeBetter.Com
It’s been over a year in the making, but CodeBetter.Com has finally settled into its new home. It’s been a journey from Community Server, hosted on two large Windows 2008 servers (SQL Box - Core2Quad 2.4 Ghz Q6600 4G 2x500G SATA … Continue reading
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The CodeBetter.Com/Devlicio.Us Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science
I’m happy to announce a new initiative here at CodeBetter and Devlicio.us, the The CodeBetter.Com/Devlicio.Us Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science. This endowment will provide yearly scholarships to students that meet the following criteria: Female undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science … Continue reading
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Dave Laribee Video Coverage of Mix08
Just a quick administrative note, as this information is timely and not to be missed. Dave Laribee is our man at Mix08 and is doing some great Qik.com videos with the CodeBetter Video Phone (Nokia N82)… Be sure to check … Continue reading