May 8, 2013
Performance Analysis: The USE Method by Deirdré StraughanBrendan Gregg explains the USE Method for performance analysis.
May 3, 2013
The Four Keys of Cloud Security by Carlos CardenasCarlos Cardenas, Director of Solutions Engineering at Joyent, shares what he considers to be the four keys of cloud security.
May 1, 2013
Corporate Open Source Anti-Patterns by Deirdré StraughanBryan Cantrill speaks at FISL about corporations and open source software.
April 26, 2013
New Versioning Scheme for SmartOS Images by Christopher HorrellWe’re switching over to a new versioning scheme for SmartOS based images.
April 9, 2013
Get a Node Joyent SmartMachine running with MongoLab by Ben WenA basic how-to video on getting a Node.js Joyent SmartMachine running with MongoLab, a MongoDB-as-a-Service provider.
March 29, 2013
Node: Sometimes It’s All Fun and Games by rachelbalikPost-GDC, here are some of the waysthat Node.js intersects with the gaming community.
March 26, 2013
Installing SVR4 Packages on SmartOS by Jonathan PerkinA post by Jonathan Perkin on converting SVR4 packages into more useful formats for SmartOS.
March 6, 2013
SNGL makes SmartOS Look Just Like Linux by Jonathan PerkinJonathan Perkin shares a method for making SmartOS look more like GNU/Linux.
March 1, 2013
DTracing Hardware Cache Counters by Mr. Max BruningCarlos Cardenas has been working on porting a program from Linux that is CPU bound. He found some hotspots using DTrace. He asked someone what else he could do to maximize performance and was asked in turn if the program was cache friendly. Carlos went on to ask if I could provide some insight into the cpc provider in DTrace. I'll do that, concentrating on examining cache utilization.
February 8, 2013
Building Nodestack on a Smart Machine by Mr. Max BruningFor the past few weeks, I have been studying performance of an application that uses MongoDB, Node.js, and jmeter. The application was written by a third party, and they set up the application so that each component runs in its own Smart Machine.
February 7, 2013
Meetup: The Art of Email Explained Scientifically by joyentireneSF Meetup, Wednesday, 2/27: The Art of Email Explained Scientifically: What Developers, Operations and Marketing are Required by Law to Know.
February 5, 2013
Cloud Performance Counts - ReelSurfer the Viral Video Site by joyentireneVideo is now the king of content. However, there’s not enough time to watch a video. 4-minute videos can make us squirm in our chairs or reach for our smartphone to check email. Even if you have not heard of ReelSurfer, you probably have watched a mash-up or one of its viral videos. ReelSurfer is a free online service that lets anyone clip and share any video from any website.
February 5, 2013
The USE Method: Thinking Methodically About Performance by rachelbalikWhen your friends and family come to you with the flood of technology questions you’ve come accept as an occupational hazard, you know how to ask the critical, mission-saving questions such as, “is it plugged in” and “have you tried turning it on?”
January 30, 2013
DevOps - SmartOS Operations - Ben Rockwood at illumos Day by joyentdeirdreWatch it Wednesdays are hand-picked videos from our Joyent engineers who have given talks in the past on a variety of open-source offerings. These videos have been selected for their ability to shed light on some of the most relevant, pressing topics in today’s developer community.
January 29, 2013
Developing High-Velocity, Big Data Apps with Cloudant and Joyent by joyentireneJoin us to hear Cloudant's Chief Scientist, Mike Miller who hails from Boston to speak about developing a high-velocity, Big Data apps with Cloudant running on Joyent SmartOS.