This story serves as a wonderful example of what happens when management decides to override the recommendations of engineers… for three decades.
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Archive for the “Programming” Category
Oct
02
2006
Bookmach Update: Performance IncreasePosted by: Brian Fox Dougherty in News, Programming, TechnologyI’ve made some changes to the Bookmach search engine, so some of you may notice the searches are a bit speedier now. There’s a new option on the Preferences page which lets you set how far back in time you want to search… the default is now one month, which is much faster than searching the whole archive. This has to do with the size of the vector-based index, which grew because of the multitude of acronyms, slang and technogobbledygook that’s to be found when adding a thousand blog posts per hour… If you need to search the whole archive, or more than just the past month, select a timespan using the dropdown right after “email” on the Preferences page. Or, if you want to learn more about optimizing vector based indexes by clustering and normalizing PostgreSQL, send me an email.
Jul
12
2006
4 Dimensional Interactive GlobePosted by: Brian Fox Dougherty in Programming, TechnologyA globe of the Earth where you can not only spin it through space, but also through time. (via Information Aesthetics)
Jun
08
2006
welcome to bookmach.comPosted by: Brian Fox Dougherty in Analysis, Programming, TechnologyHere is the blog of Bookmach.com, a blog search engine where searches can be saved, so the latest updates can be viewed at any time. The latest fresh finds and news from Bookmach.com can be found here. Bookmach.com was conceived and programmed by Brian Fox Dougherty, a software developer currently residing in Austin, Texas. |
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