http://simonwillison.net/2008-06-30T09:27:52+00:00Simon Willison2008-06-30T09:27:52+00:002008-06-30T09:27:52+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jun/30/comet/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://cometdaily.com/2008/06/30/enough-already-with-the-connections/">Enough Already with the Connections!</a></strong></p> Comet doesn’t mean making long-lived HTTP connections (which most browsers do anyway thanks to HTTP keep-alive), it means making long-held HTTP requests. I’m guilty of spreading this misinformation in the past. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/comet">comet</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/connections">connections</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/correction">correction</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/http">http</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/keepalive">keepalive</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/requests">requests</a></p>

2008-02-10T08:10:42+00:002008-02-10T08:10:42+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Feb/10/themaneatercom/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.miketigas.com/2008/02/10/themaneatercom-launch/">themaneater.com Launch</a></strong></p> The Maneater’s online edition is where Adrian cut his web development teeth, so it’s great to see them up and running on Django. Important to note that KeepAlive can completely murder Apache/Django performance. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/adrian-holovaty">adrian-holovaty</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apache">apache</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/keepalive">keepalive</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/themaneater">themaneater</a></p>