http://simonwillison.net/2008-05-01T10:13:09+00:00Simon Willison2008-05-01T10:13:09+00:002008-05-01T10:13:09+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/May/1/codeword/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/10/10/so-you-wanna-see-an-image/">so-you-wanna-see-an-image</a></strong></p> WordPress.com use Amazon S3 to store images (presumably to save having to create a massive scalable redundant filesystem themselves) but the images are served via a load balanced memcached / varnishd caching system that they control. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://barry.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/static-hostname-hashing-in-pound/">Static hostname hashing in Pound</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/amazon-s3">amazon-s3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/caching">caching</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/memcached">memcached</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/s3">s3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/varnish">varnish</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wordpresscom">wordpresscom</a></p>

2008-05-01T10:06:13+00:002008-05-01T10:06:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/May/1/load/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://barry.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/load-balancer-update/">Load Balancer Update</a></strong></p> WordPress.com has switched from Pound to nginx for load balancing, resulting in a significant drop in CPU usage. I’ve been using nginx on my little VPS for over a year now with no complaints, nice to know it scales up as well as down. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/load-balancing">load-balancing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nginx">nginx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pound">pound</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wordpress">wordpress</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wordpresscom">wordpresscom</a></p>

2007-03-06T20:41:14+00:002007-03-06T20:41:14+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/6/wordpress/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/03/06/openid/">OpenID on WordPress.com</a></strong></p> My first project launch as a freelancer. You can now use your WordPress.com blog as an OpenID. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/freelance">freelance</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openid">openid</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wordpress">wordpress</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wordpresscom">wordpresscom</a></p>

2007-03-02T14:44:39+00:002007-03-02T14:44:39+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/2/math/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/02/17/math-for-the-masses/">Math for the Masses</a></strong></p> WordPress.com now supports inline LaTeX. A great example of a feature that will turn a small subset of a user base in to life-long fans. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/latex">latex</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wordpresscom">wordpresscom</a></p>