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Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by rexreed » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 4:56 PM UTC

Mikushi wrote: post #8

Good to know other people want to share about successful scaling with PHP. On the downside, I have a book cooking on the same exact subject, with release planned September (self-publish, about 80% done), but now not sure if it's worth continuing. [edit]Slight moment of "panic", as seeing someone else releasing a book on the same subject made me sad, but you're right, no reason not to continue.

Publish your book and let the market decide. Certainly don't let a pre-announcement of a book that's not fully written yet (yet alone reviewed) discourage you!

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by Fizzadar » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 4:56 PM UTC

Sounds awesome; using my favorite php stack too :)

Would be nice to see a preview of different bits of the book when written as well.

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by nodata » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 4:58 PM UTC

Mikushi wrote: post #8

Good to know other people want to share about successful scaling with PHP. On the downside, I have a book cooking on the same exact subject, with release planned September (self-publish, about 80% done), but now not sure if it's worth continuing. [edit]Slight moment of "panic", as seeing someone else releasing a book on the same subject made me sad, but you're right, no reason not to continue.

Definitely publish. What if your book covered all the stuff he doesn't.

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by nodata » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 4:59 PM UTC

esbwhat wrote: post #5

Very exciting! I hope this will be released on amazon or have affordable shipping to Germany.

http://www.cheapriver.com/

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by kayoone » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:02 PM UTC

Mikushi wrote: post #8

Good to know other people want to share about successful scaling with PHP. On the downside, I have a book cooking on the same exact subject, with release planned September (self-publish, about 80% done), but now not sure if it's worth continuing. [edit]Slight moment of "panic", as seeing someone else releasing a book on the same subject made me sad, but you're right, no reason not to continue.

Dont get discouraged by this. For example, Dropbox didnt get discouraged by the rumors of GDrive in 2007 and look where they are :) Of course totally different ball game, just saying: Try all you can before giving up especially since you are almost there!

Good Luck!

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by JOfferijns » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:06 PM UTC

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I have a pretty comprehensive list of chapters, but I'm still adding content to the book, so if you guys have any ideas or suggestions for topics you'd like to see covered, feel free to email me or post them here. Thanks so much!

I'm very interested what differences microptimizations (like using while(list() = each()) instead of foreach) make when scaling.

Also, I noticed that when I clicked the return to website after clicking on the subscribe button your website, it went to google.com instead, and when I clicked continue to our website button after clicking the email confirmation link, it went to http://www.phpscalingbook.com/ (404 error).

And if you need any proofreaders, I'd be more than happy to help!

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by esbwhat » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:06 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #14

esbwhat wrote: post #5

Very exciting! I hope this will be released on amazon or have affordable shipping to Germany.

http://www.cheapriver.com/

Neat! I'll definitely be making use of this, thanks.

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by esbwhat » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:09 PM UTC

Mikushi wrote: post #8

Good to know other people want to share about successful scaling with PHP. On the downside, I have a book cooking on the same exact subject, with release planned September (self-publish, about 80% done), but now not sure if it's worth continuing. [edit]Slight moment of "panic", as seeing someone else releasing a book on the same subject made me sad, but you're right, no reason not to continue.

Sounds interesting. Do you have any method of "keeping in touch", so I can check it out when it's ready?

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by jhowell » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:09 PM UTC

Mikushi wrote: post #8

Good to know other people want to share about successful scaling with PHP. On the downside, I have a book cooking on the same exact subject, with release planned September (self-publish, about 80% done), but now not sure if it's worth continuing. [edit]Slight moment of "panic", as seeing someone else releasing a book on the same subject made me sad, but you're right, no reason not to continue.

The majority of readers of these books will not have products that require scaling to millions and will probably purchase both books. Sounds like market validation to me.

Re: Scaling PHP Book: I will teach you to scale PHP to millions of users

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Post by antihero » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:10 PM UTC

Mikushi wrote: post #8

Good to know other people want to share about successful scaling with PHP. On the downside, I have a book cooking on the same exact subject, with release planned September (self-publish, about 80% done), but now not sure if it's worth continuing. [edit]Slight moment of "panic", as seeing someone else releasing a book on the same subject made me sad, but you're right, no reason not to continue.

You could collaborate?