A slight case of ME/CFS – four years on
I’ve just finished reading my last update, written just over a year ago. From the ME/CFS perspective, I guess that things are pretty much on a plateau now. For example,…
Tips for debugging .htaccess rewrite rules
This is a repost of one of my articles on StackOverflow. Many posters have problems debugging their RewriteRule and RewriteCond statements within their .htaccess files. Most of these are using…
A quick point about timing
I've just deployed my V3 blog engine to live. In doing so, the time per query jumped from <10 mSec per query to ~2.5s — which meant that the typical page…
More fun with the Webfusion configuration
This is a follow-up to my article on building a Webfusion test VM. My aim is to create a test environment which reflects my Webfusion environment at a file system…
Creating a test VM to mirror the Webfusion Shared Service
In previous articles I have discussed how difficult it is for users of a shared web hosting service such as Webfusion's to develop and to debug applications on a service…
Oh, the embarrassment!
I’ve just discovered a bug in my blog: any comment posts get thrown into the bit-bucket and are never passed to me for acceptance / publishing if the user making…
More on using Rewrite rules in .htaccess files
This article is a further discussion how to use rewrite rules on a shared hosting service (SHS) such as the one supplied by Webfusion and that I use. It develops…
HTTP Caching Revisited
I find the issues around of Web performance very interesting. I’ve researched pretty comprehensively and written a few articles in this area. I also routinely use various web tools to…
A good web application spoilt by poor Internet performance
My wife and I have a cottage on the Greek island of Alonissos – at the very top of the village in the photo to the right. We like the…
The Anatomy and Timing of a Web Request – Part II
In Part I of this analysis, I looked at the overall timeline of viewing a webpage, and my main recommendations were: The correct webserver configuration is essential to ensure that…