Comments on: Moving out of the living room http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/ Technical tidbits (somewhat) related to my work on Ravelry.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: jennward http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-20 jennward Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:01:17 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-20 <p>Casey, thanks for the explanation! As an IT/web person by day, I've long wanted to know the details behind ravelry.</p> Casey, thanks for the explanation! As an IT/web person by day, I’ve long wanted to know the details behind ravelry.

]]> By: Shannon Anderson http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-19 Shannon Anderson Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:11:28 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-19 <p>V. nice! I was actually going to ask if this had been put up, but didn't want to create more work for you. How about the graphics/pretty side - Kudos for the green and white, and how did you decide to roll on your templates? Have you always been a Linux snob or did you start someplace like Amiga?</p> <p>Besides the tinkering for fun, what issues are ongoing, and what is being planned for expansion?</p> V. nice! I was actually going to ask if this had been put up, but didn’t want to create more work for you. How about the graphics/pretty side - Kudos for the green and white, and how did you decide to roll on your templates? Have you always been a Linux snob or did you start someplace like Amiga?

Besides the tinkering for fun, what issues are ongoing, and what is being planned for expansion?

]]> By: Mary http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-18 Mary Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:41:40 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-18 <p>It all seems very sleek and streamlined. I work in healthcare I.T. and you could teach them a thing or three. Healthcare systems are nothing but cumbersome, antiquated, sloggy, buggy headaches....</p> It all seems very sleek and streamlined. I work in healthcare I.T. and you could teach them a thing or three. Healthcare systems are nothing but cumbersome, antiquated, sloggy, buggy headaches….

]]> By: Becky Brewer http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-17 Becky Brewer Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:50:09 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-17 <p>Casey - you are doing an awesome job with Ravelry! It's interesting to read what's under the hood, but I think my favorite geeky thing about the site is your integration with other sites like Ravelry and user blogs. I'm assuming your using some type of web services to do this. I love the fact that you are integrating with other sites, which obviously makes your site more efficient since you are not reinventing the wheel for each function like MySpace does with its proprietary blogs, etc. I also love the interface - looks lovely and works intuitively with Ajax-like controls. In short, great job - keep up the good work! I heart ravelry. :)</p> Casey - you are doing an awesome job with Ravelry! It’s interesting to read what’s under the hood, but I think my favorite geeky thing about the site is your integration with other sites like Ravelry and user blogs. I’m assuming your using some type of web services to do this. I love the fact that you are integrating with other sites, which obviously makes your site more efficient since you are not reinventing the wheel for each function like MySpace does with its proprietary blogs, etc. I also love the interface - looks lovely and works intuitively with Ajax-like controls. In short, great job - keep up the good work! I heart ravelry. :)

]]> By: eclipse http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-16 eclipse Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:00:24 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-16 <p>awesome! can i call you guybrush threepwood?</p> awesome! can i call you guybrush threepwood?

]]> By: Adam Jennison http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-15 Adam Jennison Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:06:00 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-15 <p>Hi Casey, i have followed the creation of Ravelry for some time (my wife is a BIG fan and has had an account for some time...). I like your set up and your advice on servers, VPS's etc it all makes good sense.</p> <p>My question is really based around the programming of Ravelry. Do you use Ruby and Rails and if so why? Was it a forced issue (scalability?) or was it more personal?</p> <p>I for one salute and wish i had started up something like it....</p> <p>:o)</p> <p>Keep up the good work - though you do give me a head ache as i have to spend the time taking pcitures for my wifes stash!</p> Hi Casey, i have followed the creation of Ravelry for some time (my wife is a BIG fan and has had an account for some time…). I like your set up and your advice on servers, VPS’s etc it all makes good sense.

My question is really based around the programming of Ravelry. Do you use Ruby and Rails and if so why? Was it a forced issue (scalability?) or was it more personal?

I for one salute and wish i had started up something like it….

:o)

Keep up the good work - though you do give me a head ache as i have to spend the time taking pcitures for my wifes stash!

]]> By: ashpags http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-14 ashpags Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:29:52 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-14 <p>Yeah, that's supposed to say Fedora. I blame it on the fact that I just finished finals, so my brain is still a bit fried! ;)</p> Yeah, that’s supposed to say Fedora. I blame it on the fact that I just finished finals, so my brain is still a bit fried! ;)

]]> By: Casey http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-13 Casey Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:01:36 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-13 <p>@Betsy:</p> <blockquote>So does that mean that all the photos imported from Flickr are hosted on the Amazon S3? </blockquote> <p>Nope - at the moment they stay at Flickr. I wish that we had the photos here, but we're trying to save money. Flickr has policies about copying/storing images and I have to look into how/if they apply when the owner of the images has given permission.</p> @Betsy:

So does that mean that all the photos imported from Flickr are hosted on the Amazon S3?

Nope - at the moment they stay at Flickr. I wish that we had the photos here, but we’re trying to save money. Flickr has policies about copying/storing images and I have to look into how/if they apply when the owner of the images has given permission.

]]> By: ashpags http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-12 ashpags Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:27:36 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-12 <p>Wahoo! A Code Monkey blog! =)</p> <p>I am a Linux n00b; I use Redora when I write Fortran & C codes for class, but that's about it. I can't wait to learn all kinds of neat things from this blog.</p> <p>Hmm...how many times can I tell you that you're awesome? Because you are. Thanks, as always! =)</p> Wahoo! A Code Monkey blog! =)

I am a Linux n00b; I use Redora when I write Fortran & C codes for class, but that’s about it. I can’t wait to learn all kinds of neat things from this blog.

Hmm…how many times can I tell you that you’re awesome? Because you are. Thanks, as always! =)

]]> By: Betsy http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-11 Betsy Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:08:19 +0000 http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2007/12/16/moving-out-of-the-living-room/#comment-11 <p>Very nice, very smart. So does that mean that all the photos imported from Flickr are hosted on the Amazon S3? Just took a peek at Amazon's Design Principles. Nice, nice, nice, because it's all about usability. (I added my husband's website, as mine is rarely updated)</p> Very nice, very smart. So does that mean that all the photos imported from Flickr are hosted on the Amazon S3? Just took a peek at Amazon’s Design Principles. Nice, nice, nice, because it’s all about usability. (I added my husband’s website, as mine is rarely updated)

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