Optimizing nginx performance
Found these links that have valuable tips for achieving nginx performance: I’ll try to benchmark before and after with ab and post the results here.
Installing nginx on Mac with pcre library
To build nginx on Mac OS X Snow Leopard, I use the following options to configure ./configure –with-ld-opt=”-L/usr/local/lib” –with-cc-opt=”-I/usr/local/include” If the ld and cc options are not given, it results in an error reported in a ticket on the nginx…
Testing performance of HTTP server with Apache Bench
To benchmark a HTTP server, you can use the command-line utility Apache Bench (command ab). If you have Python installed, you can start a HTTP server, e.g. running on port 10000, in any directory of your system. It will serve…
How to manage PATH in Mac OS X
I use two ways to manage paths in Mac OS X: ~/.profile I use the first option when trying things out, and the second for managing the path more permanently. Example And example of the using to include…
Free geographical data: Installment 1
National Land Survey of Finland: Geoscience Australia: Ordnance Survey
How to copy a file to “clip board” memory
You have a file sitting on your disc. You want to put a copy of the contents in your OS “clip board” so that you can paste it somewhere, e.g. on a website, without having to open the file in…
Free map tiles
Map Tile Sources Here is a list of free sources for map tiles. I’ll expand this list as I find more free tiles. Notice that some websites require an attribution. I’ll perhaps update this post with the attribution line for…
Simple Rest API for storing “point” observations
Database stuff First I’ll describe the database that backs the service. PostGIS database backend Here is how to make a simple table in PostgreSQL, that can store geo-tagged “observations”. It uses a hstore type for key-value pairs and a geography…
Danish Government Basic Data program 2012-2016
The Agency for Digitisation in Denmark has just published their agenda for publication of so called “Basic Data”. The following page is in english: Good Basic Data for Everyone – a Driver for Growth and Efficiency
Podcast: Trends in high availability and fault tolerance (2009)
An interview with DiDio by Karen Guglielmo, executive editor at SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. (my local copy)