2008-08-05
announce: mod_jsmin
it's been a long time coming.. this has been a side project since feburary. Thanks to David for nudging me to finally finish it.
mod_jsmin is an apache module (filter + handler) that can minify your javascript on the fly. In my tests it shrinks a file by 30% on average.
the idea is to concat the javascript together as a single file, and then minify it. Obviously ...
2008-04-16
Open Source economics
TED recently released the talk Yochai Benkler did in 2005.where he talks about crowdsourcing
both the ASF and DMOZ gets a mention
2005-12-22
The Microsoft of Open Source
In a discussion about a recent proposal to the apache community, someone mentioned that the ASF is becoming the 'Microsoft of open source'. I'm sure the point was not made in a positive light, but I'd just like to reflect on this. In my eyes Microsoft is: - large and competitive - known for producing a shitty v1, but slowly and surely making it's product superior - known ...
2005-11-07
allowing apache to authenticate django apps
This allows you to use regular apache authentication methods to set the user-id in a django application. This allows for easier integration with the existing security architecture in your enterprise. Currently it creates a 'user' record inside of the auth table. This is done so that regular apps which expect a user record wont fall over. Hopefully it will get integrated into the core.
2005-10-11
Apache Marketing & Economics Blog is up
I'd like to welcome Susan Wu (Apache's CMO ) to the blogosphere.. you can see her thoughts (and others shortly) on The Feather.