"Content management" is a very general term, but what exactly does it mean, why is it so important to get right and what are the signs it isn't working as well as it should.   Read more

A beginners guide to going from a development Craft CMS site, to a professional deployment on a virtual server such as a DigitalOcean droplet.   Read more

Phoenix is the most widely used web framework for the Elixir programming language. Both Phoenix and Elixir are relatively new and although well established in many areas, deployment doesn't seem to yet have a de-facto method.   Read more

Doing something on a regular basis should almost always be a job for Cron. The following setup is reliable and easy to understand, both initially and when you need to modify the timings in future.   Read more

Sidekiq is a great queuing system for any rails app, it is easy to setup and fast since it also uses Redis. The most difficult part of integrating with a recent app for me, was getting it to start when the VPS booted.   Read more

Yesterday I had the task of setting up Solr on a production Ubuntu 12.04 linux machine... it turned out to be a nightmare. After experimenting and benchmarking both (Thinking) Sphinx and (Sunspot) Solr for an upcoming Ruby on Rails app I have been writing, Solr seemed to be by far the best.   Read more