I frequently hear people talk about unit tests when they actually mean something else. In some cases, I would think it was pedantic to argue about the specific meaning of a term like unittest, but in this case I think it often works against the Software Developer to use the term incorrectly. Below I provide… Continue reading
Posts tagged reliability
MongoDB monitoring with mongostat
Another tool for monitoring the performance and health of a MongoDB node is mongostat. You’ll recall that mongotop shows the time in milliseconds that a mongo node spent accessing (read and write) a particular collection. mongostat on the other hand provides more detailed information about the state of a mongo node, including disk usage, data… Continue reading
WordPress plugin licensing: Google App Engine vs. Amazon EC2
In the introduction to this series, I outlined some of the requirements for the WordPress plugin licensing platform: Speed, reliability and scalability. These are critical. Just imagine what would happen if any of those were missing. Requirements Justification A slow platform might result in significantly fewer sales. One of our use cases is to provide… Continue reading