SoCal CTO

MARCH 28, 2013

In Web Framework Benchmarks , there are some very interesting and surprising numbers around the performance of various web frameworks. I was also surprised by the performance improvement on dedicated hardware as compared to EC2 instances of roughly 10x. Startup Founders really need to see these numbers.

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Framework Web PHP EC2 175

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Especially when there are things like: Amazon S3 / EC2 / AWS outage this morning. Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

The great NorCal vs. SoCal debate is a longstanding, undeniable rivalry between the stereotypical surfer dudes of the south and environmental geeks to the north. There are a lot of misconceptions about SoCal and it’s time we set them straight. MYTH 1: SoCal’s nothing but beaches, Housewives, and Mickey Mouse. We came to play.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 23, 2007

I went to an event by Amazon on their Amazon Web Services in Santa Monica today. The focus was S3 - storage service, EC2 - their compute cloud, their queuing system, and their flexible payment system. The EC2 is very similar to having a Linux box in a colocation facility.

Web 150

Web S3 EC2 Services 150