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I use an API that you pass a callback into and get an fd in response. You then monitor the fd and invoke a process function when there's something to read which results in your cal…

Some years ago I asked one of the IT guys at a company I worked at about this. They had a laborious checklist to go through to make sure that no internal or external web apps broke…

Okay, thanks - has bundling an NPAPI plugin with an extension got a future? (js-ctypes can't do what I want so it seems like the next best thing.)

Is it safe to assume that every release is going to require binary XPCOM components to be rebuilt?

But routing traffic via DNS change to different data center isn't the best approach as some ISPs cache DNS and would still send traffic to old data center. All resolvers cache reco…

There is nothing wrong with a Linux distributions being focused on fulfilling server or development roles. That is not the role a Linux distribution like Ubuntu Desktop is attempti…

The parent was not intimating what you inferred.

It doesn't help that there's a setting in Safari to automatically run "safe" downloads. This feature has always struck me as a cordial invitation from Apple to trick their users vi…

I found Steve Vinoski's comment on this exercise interesting: http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2011/05/09/erlang-web-server-b...

Erlang was not designed with performance in mind. It's only gotten reasonably performant in it's later life.

I don't see what is noteworthy about this. It's not a new site so why the interest?

I'm inclined to agree. Perhaps as expectations raise over time as to what a CRUD app should be capable of this situation will change.

I think the majority of PHP developers could handle Erlang. The core language is small, the syntax maybe at times quirky but it is quite clear, the documentation is good and the co…

I've paid for features to be implemented and been paid to implement features. It's not common per se but it's not frowned upon in my experience. It's often a lot more efficient to …