Here are the five most important tenets to keep in mind when building high-quality Web applications. I won’t go into standards compliance here, because that topic has already been debated to death, and the conclusions are old news now. Instead, let’s review the modern tendencies applied in high-quality Web applications:
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Tuning a MySQL server in 5 minutes
Continuing with the Server management series, this time we’ll learn how to tune a MySQL server to handle high server loads. Obviously, this piece assumes that you’re using MySQL to serve a dynamic site. If this is not the case, you’ll still find this article useful, but you’ll have to derive your own interpretations out of it.
Tuning an Apache server in 5 minutes
Hello again. This time, I’ll show you how to make a Web server running Apache and Linux survive heavy loads.
Hardening a Linux server in 10 minutes
Did you know that a freshly installed Linux server can be hardened in less than 10 minutes? Here’s how!
María Parducci, ¿es suficiente lo que Ud. enseña a sus hijos?
Quiero llamar la atención a ustedes, por un momento, para reflexionar sobre lo escrito por María Parducci de Armendaris (editorialista invitada), el día Domingo de carnaval, en el Universo (concretamente, en la sección Editorial). El título de su artículo es ¿Es suficiente lo que enseñamos a nuestros hijos?
. Voy a ir respondiendo a cada uno de sus párrafos, punto por punto, y trataré de no perder la razón en el proceso.
Windows to Linux: a corporate success story
I frequently hear complaints about CIOs in other companies. Complaints directed straight at Microsoft Windows. I’ve seen people go blue in the face when complaining about the assorted kinds of malware they’ve had to remove from the networks they manage.
But the mere suggestion of migrating to Linux, directed at those CIOs, is enough to trigger a bunch of emotional responses on them. “Our users won’t go along”, “We depend too much on Office to make the switch”, “Linux costs more in the end” are common responses.
Today, I’ll be telling the story of our own migration to Linux. As you can probably infer from the title of this story, it’s been a success.
Crónicas de Amauta — cómo se forma un crack team
Para este, mi antepenúltimo trabajo universitario, he leído, finalmente, los documentos asignados para esta tarea. Y poco encuentro en ellos para inspirarme y escribir sobre trabajo en equipo. Sin embargo, hoy día, subiendo a mi departamento en el ascensor, y reflexionando, después de una larga jornada, qué tópico sería el más apropiado para este trabajo, experimenté una epifanía y encontré el tema perfecto.
Turning the tide on the threats to our way of life
My last article, A summary of the threats to our way of life, was merely a summary of today’s most pressing attacks on Free Software and our way of life. Today, I’ll propose a solution — how to avert the threats and get ourselves a better future.
A summary of the threats to our way of life
OK, so the Cold War is over. Mutually assured destruction is no longer a big concern. People are now living longer and enjoying better, more fulfilling lives. What in the entire world could possibly warrant such an alarming title for an article?
Software.
Yes. The world of software is under heavy attack, from three distinct fronts. But let’s not get carried away — we’ll get to the three fronts soon.
