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Bryan on Hello’ing Joyent and node.js

July 30, 2010 – 1:23 pm

One can view node.js as being to Joyent was Java was to Sun: transforming the company from one confined to a certain layer into a true systems company that innovates up and down the stack. Heady enough, but if anything this analogy understates the case: Joyent’s development of node.js is not merely an outgrowth of [...]

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Bryan is now a Joyeur

July 28, 2010 – 1:07 pm

We announced today (a day early thanks to a certain tweeting analyst) that Bryan Cantrill is coming on to be our new VP of Engineering. And along with other neat-o additions, we’re working to get some fun things going. Here’s a fun old post from 2007, when Bryan and I would walk around SF startups [...]

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Yahoo Post: “Multi-Core HTTP Server with NodeJS”

July 20, 2010 – 3:17 pm

The Yahoo! Developer Blog has a nice post about node.js on how they’re running node.js A good comment on news ycombinator: Node.js lets you write server applications in a server container that can handle tens of thousands of concurrent connections in a loosely typed language like Javascript which lets you code faster. It uses the [...]

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EMC bought Greenplum

July 7, 2010 – 3:36 pm

EMC said today that it will acquire private data warehousing company Greenplum in an all-cash transaction, though the terms of the deal were not released. It said that Greenplum will “form the foundation of a new data computing product division within EMC’s Information Infrastructure business.” It’s no secret that digital data is on the rise, [...]

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Triple Parity Raid

June 21, 2010 – 3:07 pm

In an effort to catch up on links. Adam talks about triple parity RAID (raidz3) in an ACM queue article. When RAID systems were developed in the 1980s and 1990s, reconstruction times were measured in minutes. The trend for the past 10 years is quite clear regardless of the drive speed or its market segment: [...]

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You’re Doing it Wrong by PHK

June 14, 2010 – 4:56 pm

PHK’s You’re Doing It Wrong Think you’ve mastered the art of server performance? Think again. Would you believe me if I claimed that an algorithm that has been on the books as “optimal” for 46 years, which has been analyzed in excruciating detail by geniuses like Knuth and taught in all computer science courses in [...]

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Ryan Dahl – Less is More with Node.js

June 14, 2010 – 2:08 pm

Ryan Dahl’s (node.js creator and Joyeur) video from jsconf (jsconf channel on blip.tv)

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Welcome to Joyeur 7.1RC581b4!

June 14, 2010 – 12:38 am

With the re-design of joyent.com, we’re finally bringing back the “joyeur” blog and starting largely anew. I’m Jason and will be leading a great set of posts from everyone. We’re going to be talking entirely about technology, the industry and the people here. Code snippet test

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25% Discount Reminder – Sun Startup Essentials Members

November 16, 2009 – 1:06 pm

For the past few years Joyent has worked with the Sun Startup Essentials Group to offer its members a 25% discount on Cloud Hosting on Joyent. Sun Startup Essentials is an excellent program for those building a new business and/or launching a new idea. Becoming a member allows startups to leverage many program benefits including [...]

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Unity 3D Skills Development Workshop – Montreal

November 11, 2009 – 6:15 pm

10 Free Tickets Available for Each of the Following. Act Fast! Workshop Monday, November 16, 2009 from 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM (ET) Montreal, Quebec | Concordia University, Engineering, Computer Science, and Visual Arts Complex (EV) Networking Event Monday, November 16, 2009 at 5:30 PM (ET) Montreal, Quebec | Soupesoup Joyent is sponsoring the Upcoming [...]

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