julian gruber

Nginx and Lua ←

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:06:08 +0200

For several months, we’ve been gradually integrating Lua into Mixlr’s front-end Nginx configuration.

Lua is a dynamic scripting language which can be embedded inside Nginx config files. This means that arbitrary Lua code can be executed inline during any phase of the Nginx request-handling process.

We started off just using Lua to route requests around backend servers, but it has ended up having a much more profound impact on our infrastructure.

Here are some things we make it do.

Vanilla JS

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:54:27 +0200

Vanilla JS:

Vanilla JS is a fast, lightweight, cross-platform framework
for building incredible, powerful JavaScript applications.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs | TechCrunch

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:25:48 +0200

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs | TechCrunch:

big fan.

Infinity.js

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:05:03 +0200

Infinity.js:

∞ is a UITableView for the web: it speeds up scrolling through long lists and keeps your infinite feeds smooth and stable for your users

OpenMasse by juliangruber

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:24:17 +0200

OpenMasse by juliangruber:

About to finish work on OpenMasse.

The ui still needs some heavy polishing.

Want to open multiple links at once but too tired to click on each?

OpenMasse to the rescue! When activated, this bookmarklet lets you draw a rectangle over the links you wish to open. Drop, and all the links are opened! (in tabs!).

TJ Holowaychuk: Components

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:13:04 +0200

TJ Holowaychuk: Components:

tjholowaychuk:

With the advent of numerous client-side JavaScript package managers, I wanted to write up some of my thoughts about the fragmentation that we have today, and some ways that I think we could really improve delivering packages a community. Keep in mind that these are only my opinions, everyone has…

Optimizing for Happiness // Speaker Deck

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:14:48 +0200

Optimizing for Happiness // Speaker Deck:

Deathocat (via OCTOCATS!)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:10:06 +0200

Deathocat (via OCTOCATS!)

(via The Next Microsoft - journal - minimally minimal) awesome...

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:55:54 +0200

(via The Next Microsoft - journal - minimally minimal)

awesome try at rebranding microsoft with fresh metaphors and clean, futuristic design

namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:20:37 +0200

namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility:

Cross-platform utility that tests your DNS and other global DNS providers for speed. Only consider the first run of the bench suite since others following will only show proximity. The fastest one for me is Google’s.

http://felixge.s3.amazonaws.com/11/nodejs - best practices.pdf

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:04:48 +0200

http://felixge.s3.amazonaws.com/11/nodejs - best practices.pdf:

when using callbacks:

pass errors as the first parameter
throw errors if they happen
try/catch for anything that could anyhow go wrong
log uncaught exceptions globally and exit the process

Why I switched back from CoffeeScript to Vanilla JS

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:42:08 +0200

And there are several reasons:

Documentation generators work better with the C comment syntax
Future Compability: EcmaScript 5, 6 etc. fix a lot of the problems CoffeeScript fixes in a native way. Who knows whether CoffeeScript will be as fast as V8 in implementing new features
Consistent syntax for calling functions: foo 1337 for foo(1337) is cool but foo(1337).bar ‘leet’ ain’t
Semicolons aren’t necessary in vanilla js, just add them in front of lines that start with a ( open bracket, like ;(
With Coffee constructs like Class etc. available it is tempting using them when a custom prototype system would be more appropriate
Not all tools and editors work with CoffeeScript as good as with Vanilla JS
If commented thoroughly the C syntax is just as readable and light as coffee’s syntax

What I will miss: