Hello! Just a short update regarding the free hosting (I hope this is not too annoying but I received several emails from uses that saw this on the list so it could be interesting): we have now updated the system with more RAM and solid state drives. We have also removed the invitation key so everyone can apply at http://1.ai (provided that something that makes sense is written in the about you/motivation field. If you read this mailing list just note that and it will be fine - accounts are activated daily). The whole system is written in Camping + Bash and it was a bit of a challenge but also a lot of fun to learn the camping way to do things :) Yet this is just free hosting ..so what is new ? Well we were thinking to make the service more special by adding an automatic live sync of user space (and all the relevant apps) in 2 more servers. This will include the mysql database if needed so for example if your app is at campingapp.1.ai it will automatically be live synched in 2 separate servers so for example campingapp.1.ai campingapp.2.ai campingapp.3.ai and the main domain campingapp.dotgeek.org will automatically switch in case that a server becomes unavailable. What do you think about this ? It is probably not needed for most programmers that just want a space to try out things so we could also simply have a regular backup on S3 and similar services but it would certainly be something that, as far as I know, nobody offers ? Thanks and Best Regards David
I''m not sure I understand the usefulness of the second and third server? Is it for redundancy? If I were running free hosting I''d be cautious of such things as I wouldn''t want to give the users the impression I was going to be completely committed to keeping it online forever and having bulletproof reliability and so on.I guess I''d be focusing more now on building a community around it, so people can trade tips and help each other out. A forum or something like that I guess? ? Jenna On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 10:02 AM, David C gurugeek wrote:> Hello! > Just a short update regarding the free hosting (I hope this is not too annoying but I received several emails from uses that saw this on the list so it could be interesting): we have now updated the system with more RAM and solid state drives. We have also removed the invitation key so everyone can apply at http://1.ai (provided that something that makes sense is written in the about you/motivation field. If you read this mailing list just note that and it will be fine - accounts are activated daily). > > The whole system is written in Camping + Bash and it was a bit of a challenge but also a lot of fun to learn the camping way to do things :) > > Yet this is just free hosting ..so what is new ? Well we were thinking to make the service more special by adding an automatic live sync of user space (and all the relevant apps) in 2 more servers. This will include the mysql database if needed so for example if your app is at campingapp.1.ai it will automatically be live synched in 2 separate servers so for example campingapp.1.ai campingapp.2.ai campingapp.3.ai and the main domain campingapp.dotgeek.org (http://campingapp.dotgeek.org) will automatically switch in case that a server becomes unavailable. > > What do you think about this ? It is probably not needed for most programmers that just want a space to try out things so we could also simply have a regular backup on S3 and similar services but it would certainly be something that, as far as I know, nobody offers ? > > Thanks and > Best Regards > David > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org (mailto:Camping-list at rubyforge.org) > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/210111d1/attachment.html>
Thank you Jenna.. an excellent point as always ! I agree that I wouldn''t want to give any impression that this service should replace any paid hosting. So I think that a simple daily backup would suffice to guarantee any issue. We have a forum at http://dotgeek.org so I think we will use that one. I was also thinking about a coding competition with prizes etc. what do you think ? thanks again David On Aug 31, 2012, at 2:24 AM, Jenna Fox <a at creativepony.com> wrote:> I''m not sure I understand the usefulness of the second and third server? Is it for redundancy? If I were running free hosting I''d be cautious of such things as I wouldn''t want to give the users the impression I was going to be completely committed to keeping it online forever and having bulletproof reliability and so on.I guess I''d be focusing more now on building a community around it, so people can trade tips and help each other out. A forum or something like that I guess? > > ? > Jenna > > On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 10:02 AM, David C gurugeek wrote: > >> Hello! >> Just a short update regarding the free hosting (I hope this is not too annoying but I received several emails from uses that saw this on the list so it could be interesting): we have now updated the system with more RAM and solid state drives. We have also removed the invitation key so everyone can apply at http://1.ai (provided that something that makes sense is written in the about you/motivation field. If you read this mailing list just note that and it will be fine - accounts are activated daily). >> >> The whole system is written in Camping + Bash and it was a bit of a challenge but also a lot of fun to learn the camping way to do things :) >> >> Yet this is just free hosting ..so what is new ? Well we were thinking to make the service more special by adding an automatic live sync of user space (and all the relevant apps) in 2 more servers. This will include the mysql database if needed so for example if your app is at campingapp.1.ai it will automatically be live synched in 2 separate servers so for example campingapp.1.ai campingapp.2.ai campingapp.3.ai and the main domain campingapp.dotgeek.org will automatically switch in case that a server becomes unavailable. >> >> What do you think about this ? It is probably not needed for most programmers that just want a space to try out things so we could also simply have a regular backup on S3 and similar services but it would certainly be something that, as far as I know, nobody offers ? >> >> Thanks and >> Best Regards >> David >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Camping-list mailing list >> Camping-list at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/321ae7cb/attachment-0001.html>
Competitions would be awesome! :D Puzzles too! ? Jenna On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 10:28 AM, David C gurugeek wrote:> Thank you Jenna.. an excellent point as always ! I agree that I wouldn''t want to give any impression that this service should replace any paid hosting. So I think that a simple daily backup would suffice to guarantee any issue. We have a forum at http://dotgeek.org so I think we will use that one. I was also thinking about a coding competition with prizes etc. what do you think ? > thanks again > David > > > On Aug 31, 2012, at 2:24 AM, Jenna Fox <a at creativepony.com (mailto:a at creativepony.com)> wrote: > > I''m not sure I understand the usefulness of the second and third server? Is it for redundancy? If I were running free hosting I''d be cautious of such things as I wouldn''t want to give the users the impression I was going to be completely committed to keeping it online forever and having bulletproof reliability and so on.I guess I''d be focusing more now on building a community around it, so people can trade tips and help each other out. A forum or something like that I guess? > > > > ? > > Jenna > > > > > > On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 10:02 AM, David C gurugeek wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > Just a short update regarding the free hosting (I hope this is not too annoying but I received several emails from uses that saw this on the list so it could be interesting): we have now updated the system with more RAM and solid state drives. We have also removed the invitation key so everyone can apply at http://1.ai (http://1.ai/) (provided that something that makes sense is written in the about you/motivation field. If you read this mailing list just note that and it will be fine - accounts are activated daily). > > > > > > The whole system is written in Camping + Bash and it was a bit of a challenge but also a lot of fun to learn the camping way to do things :) > > > > > > Yet this is just free hosting ..so what is new ? Well we were thinking to make the service more special by adding an automatic live sync of user space (and all the relevant apps) in 2 more servers. This will include the mysql database if needed so for example if your app is at campingapp.1.ai it will automatically be live synched in 2 separate servers so for example campingapp.1.ai campingapp.2.ai campingapp.3.ai and the main domain campingapp.dotgeek.org (http://campingapp.dotgeek.org/) will automatically switch in case that a server becomes unavailable. > > > > > > What do you think about this ? It is probably not needed for most programmers that just want a space to try out things so we could also simply have a regular backup on S3 and similar services but it would certainly be something that, as far as I know, nobody offers ? > > > > > > Thanks and > > > Best Regards > > > David > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Camping-list mailing list > > > Camping-list at rubyforge.org (mailto:Camping-list at rubyforge.org) > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Camping-list mailing list > > Camping-list at rubyforge.org (mailto:Camping-list at rubyforge.org) > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org (mailto:Camping-list at rubyforge.org) > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/3206f4a2/attachment.html>