Author Archives: Jeremy Zawodny
Looking forward to Redis 2.6
In reading Short term Redis plans, I’m happy to see the “More introspection” section. For a long time some in the Redis community have asked for the ability to publish key names to a channel when they expire. And, while … Continue reading
Posted in programming, redis, tech
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Experimenting with Real-Time Search using Sphinx
In the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with using real-time indexes in Sphinx to allow full-text searching of data recently added to craigslist. While this posting is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to what I’ve implemented (that … Continue reading
Posted in craigslist, sphinx, tech
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Fighting Snakes Caught on Video
We spend just under a week in Tucson, Arizona for some required airplane maintenance recently. While there, we decided to visit the Saguaro National Park. While there we did a hike that took us along a dry riverbed where we … Continue reading
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Parting Advice from Steve Jobs
It’s hardly news at this point that Steve Jobs died today. And like many folks, I’m rather shocked by how quickly this happened, considering how recently he stepped down from his role as CEO of Apple. Though it’s incredibly sad … Continue reading
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I’m Bad For Business!
Apparently Kevin Drum of Mother Jones thinks so. Check out the article Overpaid in D.C. where I’m featured in a couple of fake government ID badges. Needless to say, arriving at the office today and sharing that link, I was greeted … Continue reading
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Yahoo: Break-up vs. Union
With all the talk of Yahoo and AOL merging in some fashion now that Carol has been fired as CEO of Yahoo, it’s a little hard to imagine that being very successful. While I think she did some things right … Continue reading
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The 2011 Harvest Has Begun
Back in May, I posted about Building a Growcamp Greenhouse and since then we’ve added additional outdoor pots and a small fenced area for various plants as well. While we’ve already picked a few things here and there, yesterday was our … Continue reading
NoSQL is What?
I found myself reading NoSQL is a Premature Optimization a few minutes ago and threw up in my mouth a little. That article is so far off base that I’m not even sure where to start, so I guess I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in mongodb, mysql, nosql, programming, redis
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