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Improving page speed: CDN vs Squid/Varnish/nginx/mod_proxy

March 9, 2013by Matthew Skelton (@matthewpskelton) Leave a comment

Reblogged from Four Nines: Too few people understand the benefit of using a caching reverse proxy server to improve web page delivery speeds, and instead go straight to a CDN […]

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Configuration, DevOps, Performance, Software
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London Continuous Delivery meetup with Opscode Chef

January 21, 2013by Matthew Skelton (@matthewpskelton) Leave a comment

The London Continuous Delivery meetup group had its first session of 2013 on 17 Jan. We were fortunate to be able to use the offices of [my employer] thetrainline.com in […]

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Configuration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Teams, Tools
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Tune logging levels in Production without recompiling code

December 5, 2012by Matthew Skelton (@matthewpskelton) 3 Comments

This article first appeared in Software Development Practice, Issue 1, published by IAP (ISSN 2050-1455)  Abstract When raising log events in code it can be difficult to choose a severity […]

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Architecture, Configuration, DevOps, Monitoring, Software, Testing
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Continuous Delivery in London – recent events and new Meetup group

October 14, 2012by Matthew Skelton (@matthewpskelton) Leave a comment

The last few months in London have seen a surge in interest in Continuous Delivery by companies wanting to speed up delivery of their web-based software systems. See below for a […]

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Agile and Lean, Configuration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Teams
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Moving a News Website to a Different Content Management System

July 17, 2012by Matthew Skelton (@matthewpskelton) Leave a comment

How does a small but nationally visible non-profit organisation go about moving their news-focused website to a different content management system? A good friend of mine works for a non-profit […]

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Computer Systems, Configuration, Software, Testing

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