Monthly Archives: September 2012

Handling Database Failover at Craigslist

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

There has been some interesting discussion on-line recently about how to handle database (meaning MySQL, but really it applies to other systems too) failover. The discussion that I’ve followed so far, in order, is: GitHub’s report on their automated failover … Continue reading →

Posted in craigslist, mysql, tech, yahoo | 11 Comments

Coursera on-line classes and the future of learning…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

Ten years from now a “college education” is going to look radically different from when I went to school. And I think that’s a good thing, especially when you consider the skyrocketing costs of “higher education” and the miserable job … Continue reading →

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