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I’ve recently had a problem with a rather large operation (that could probably be optimised considerably, but nevermind), where by if the cached result of the operation expired, several web server threads would attempt the operation, causing some major headaches for our database and web servers. This is something I’ve come across before, and is commonly(?) known as a Cache Stampede. This is bad,
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PHP is today the world’s most popular open source web development language. It is used by millions of websites, most often via applications like WordPress and Drupal.
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The right way to display some extra ads on your blog, target the low-tech users.
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CUBRID is announcing its second online programming contest which will start on June 1, 2011. This time they have prepared much more prizes for the participants. There is only one SQL problem for which users have to provide the most optimized solution in PHP or Java. This page explains all the rules and other important details of the contest.
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It was far too late yesterday. We went out with all the speakers from JSDay the little sister conference f PHPDay. A lot of interesting and fun guys. Still I have to finish my slides until tomorrow..
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Another night out with some great guys! Today is the second day of PHPDay!
And today I promise I will be attending more sessions! :)
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I don’t know who is responsible for having the first session start at 9h30 on a Saturday and after a GitHub night out but I’m happy not to have to take that slot. :)
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The Drupal experts over at Acquia are planning a 5-day virtual code sprint for next weekend (Friday April 8 through Wednesday April 13) to bring the Apache Solr Search Integration module to a full-featured, stable release for Drupal 7, which was released earlier this year.
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I'll be speaking the next PHPBenelux meetup in Amersfoort about implementing WebDAV using PHP. Joshua Thijssen will also be doing a talk about MySQL optimization. The meetups are free, so if you have some time after work, drop by and say hi. You can sign up at the PHPBenelux site.
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Up and running with Doctrine 2.0 and Zend Framework 1.10
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PHP is a great back-end for a lot of projects. However, these days, many projects aren't using just HTML for their client side. Many projects are turning to Flex, Adobe's Open Source framework built on top of ActionScript to build desk-top applications that talk to their PHP back-end systems.
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Build an app in a week is intended to teach you about the Adobe® Flash® Platform, including Adobe® Flex®, Adobe® Flash® Builder™, Adobe® AIR®, Adobe® Flash® Player, and how it integrates with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 technologies. This weeklong event features free, live webinars presented by Adobe technology experts. See live demos and have your questions answered by the experts during interactiv
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For the third year running, I'm pleased to be speaking at the Dutch PHP Conference, held again in Amsterdam this coming 10-12 of June. Once again, I'll be doing another Zend Framework workshop, but this year I'll be teaming up with Rob Allen. Our focus this year will be on oft-used application patterns found in the ZF ecosystem, and how you can weave them together to create complex and robust ap
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2010 is here and its time for another Summer of Code, courtesy of Google! For those who don't know, Summer of Code is an amazing program in which student developers are paid a stipend by Google in exchange for working on open source projects along with mentors from those projects. Drupal has benefited enormously from Summer of Code over the years. Many of our most productive and well-known member
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Adobe Systems presents Debugging Flex and PHP Projects -- Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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If you're having problems with server load due to high volume of traffic you can try getting fast cheap web hosting for your sites. Although web hosting is part of the solution you also need to consider other bandwidth heavy website applications.
