As an Ext JS developer you’ve probably noticed your server side application code slowly reduced to a thin set of APIs shuffling data between your client-side JavaScript applications and a server side database. If you’ve been wondering how you can eliminate the server side application stack and securely communicate with a database using a RESTful API you’ll be happy to find out you can with a CouchApp! Read more →
Resolving php-fpm nginx 504 Gateway-Timeouts
I ran into this issue the other day on an Ubuntu 11.04 server running WordPress. The solutions I found searching online weren’t all that helpful so I wanted to share the steps I followed to sort out the issue. Read more →
Nested Models with Mongoose & NodeJS
I recently started using Mongoose ORM on a NodeJS project. The data being modeled fits well with the concept of embedded documents in MongoDB. While Mongoose ORM has some basic support for saving and retrieving embedded models it’s still in the early stages and a few work-arounds are needed to get everything running smoothly. Read more →
Install Dropbox On Ubuntu Server (10 & 11)
This post will help you install the Linux Dropbox client on your headless Ubuntu Server and link it up to your Dropbox account. Unlike the process of mounting an S3 bucket we looked at before the Dropbox approach is a much better solution for sharing files. If you’re a daily Dropbox user you’ll quickly get hooked on the convenience of having your servers in the same file sharing loop as all your other Dropbox connected devices! Read more →
Mount S3 Buckets On Ubuntu Server With S3QL
This post will show you how to mount an S3 bucket to your Ubuntu Server for unlimited pay-as-you-go storage that works just like a locally mounted drive. There are handful of open source projects out there for mounting S3 buckets on Linux. Here we’re highlighting the S3QL project Read more →