Category Archives: Distributed Computing

Locking down a shared MySQL database server without firewalls, routers, etc.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m setting up a shared database server in a data center and I don’t have any direct connections between the machines that are local (i.e. meaning they only connect between boxes and don’t let external traffic in), no firewalls, no … Continue reading →

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Ego interviewing

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I received a reply to my Google post today. Since I get a lot of spam, I filter everything on this blog. Usually any comment that comes in I just make sure it isn’t porn or spam and approve it. … Continue reading →

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Google interviewing

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

The phone screen Question #1: How would you go about making a copy from a node in a directed graph? This I had done before for Savant’s dependency tree. I had never distributed this type of operation, but since the … Continue reading →

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JVM restarts

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I was reading the last news letter from the guys over at JavaLobby and Matt Schmidt mentioned something about restarts. Here’s his comment: Sometimes It’s Ok To Restart Your JVM Now, I’m sure I’ll catch a flack for saying this, … Continue reading →

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Harry potter madness!

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I got the official email from Borders today about pre-ordering my copy of the next Harry Potter book. Unfortunately their online ordering system for the book has been down all day. They obviously weren’t expecting such a huge response and … Continue reading →

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