This is partly a throwaway post to keep the main page non-blank, but I figure I’ll actually convey some useful information…<\/p>\n
The main page is now serving static assets (stylesheets, JavaScript, and images that are part of the template) from Akamai, via Rackspace’s Cloud Files<\/a> service. This should hopefully speed things up a bit, though the bottleneck remains an underpowered VPS. Akamai has an obscene number of “edge nodes” to cache and serve content, and reportedly pushes something like a Terabit a second<\/a>. This Akamai + Cloud Files partnership is quite handy for small sites that couldn’t really sign up with a good CDN on their own due to lack of obscene amounts of cash. (Cloud Files can be made to work with paperclip<\/a>, too, for all you Ruby fans.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is partly a throwaway post to keep the main page non-blank, but I figure I’ll actually convey some useful information… The main page is now serving static assets (stylesheets, JavaScript, and images that are part of the template) from … Continue reading