/dev/null as a Service

/dev/random as a Service: Do you think every random-number-generator is broken? Well, we do! Simply trust us and use our numbers as your only seeding source!

Re: /dev/null as a Service

#5

Post by chops » Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 9:32 PM UTC

alexchamberlain wrote: post #2

I'm guessing this is a parody?

I'm guessing it's inspired by the video "MongoDB is Web Scale"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs

Re: /dev/null as a Service

#6

Post by jnbiche » Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 9:32 PM UTC

Best nginx config ever?

  location /dev/null {
      if ($request_method = POST ) {
        return 200; 
      }
  }

Re: /dev/null as a Service

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Post by Artemis2 » Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 9:32 PM UTC

I've always dreamt of that!

Re: /dev/null as a Service

#8

Post by wulczer » Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 9:33 PM UTC

Reminds me of http://www.supersimplestorageservice.com/

Re: /dev/null as a Service

#9

Post by jlgreco » Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 9:33 PM UTC

anonymous wrote: post #3

Probably the site is under load, but I loved that when I clicked on "features", I got back an Error 500 - Internal Server Error.

They only guarantee 85.66% uptime. They need to sleep too!

Re: /dev/null as a Service

#10

Post by alexchamberlain » Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 9:34 PM UTC

abat wrote: post #4

alexchamberlain wrote: post #2

I'm guessing this is a parody?

Yes, look at their upcoming product: /dev/random as a Service: Do you think every random-number-generator is broken? Well, we do! Simply trust us and use our numbers as your only seeding source!

Nah, that's almost useful. It could be a crowd-sourced random number stream based on noise generated by a network of mobile phones.