My first (quite pointless) Ruby website

Re:My first (quite pointless) Ruby website by joevandyk on Sunday October 24, 2010 @09:47PM (#1828061)

Also, you'll want to factor in availability.

Have you considered using varnish + cassandra? Take care to avoid the thundering herd problem.

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Re:My first (quite pointless) Ruby website by ABrandt on Sunday October 24, 2010 @11:04PM (#1828290)

I looked up what the thundering herd problem is but still don't really understand how it applies here? Could you explain further? (Sorry if thats a dumb question, not a computer scientist here).

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Re:My first (quite pointless) Ruby website by pluies on Monday October 25, 2010 @07:23PM (#1832088)

Hmm. If this project ever expands to a larger audience than the one intended here, I will definitely look that up. Until this happens, I'll apply the YAGNI principle. :)

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