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  1. Callbacks Are An Informal Pipeline

    by Will Larson
    March 7, 2010 javascript Node.js

    Spending some time with Node.js I've begun to realize what a pain callbacks can be when they become sufficiently deep. That said, after sufficient nesting it's pretty easy to see how callbacks become very similar to a pipeline (in the simplest case, anyway).

  2. Porting Django's urlpatterns to Node.js

    by Will Larson
    March 6, 2010 javascript Node.js

    A quick look at a bringing the Django patterns for urlpatterns.py and views.py to Node.js.

  3. Retiring and Releasing Codernote.com

    by Will Larson
    February 20, 2010 django

    It's been pretty obvious I wouldn't be working on Codernote again or even using it again, so I figured it was time to stop hosting it and release the code.

    Comment by itsnotvalid on March 4, 2010

    How sad that nobody ever heard of that website. However I also just knew it by today.

    Marketing is needed even for the best websites.

  4. The Day I Broke Production

    by Will Larson
    February 14, 2010 Erlang

    A reflection on a day when I accidentally broke a production environment by trying to fix a failed deployment. Definitely one of my learning experiences from the past year.

  5. Log Collection Server with Node.js

    by Will Larson
    January 31, 2010 javascript Node.js

    A look at using Node.js to write a log collection server and also log submission clients. My first experiment with Node.js, which really impresses me with how easy it is to write flexible, powerful and efficient code in Node.js.

    Comment by Kord on January 31, 2010 Responding to Rob

    Howdy Rob! ;)

    Comment by Kord on January 31, 2010 Responding to Chad Paulson

    Mundane, and one that every single admin/developer has had to deal with in some form or fashion through the years. There's a good post by Jordan Sissel on working toward an OS solution: http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/log-analytics-with-open-source.html

    At Loggly we're building a solution with off the shelf OS parts (Django, Solr, Syslog-NG) and are definitely planning on using the node.js server to be able to do tailing of log files we are collection.

    Great post Will!

    Comment by Rob on January 31, 2010

    Actually, Splunk has a free download which will allow you to index up to 500M/day. The free download will never expire and is not a trial. You really should check it out especially if you want to do real analytics on the data.