The app should be more efficient than the sum of its parts

Wednesday, November 14, 2007   —   Vienna 0 Comments

I'm in the process of reshaping and streamlining the backend of Wimbomedia, and wishing I had paid more mind to the cautionary voice in my head urging me to plan more and code less when I was building the site.

As the Wimbomedia grows, I've identified some potential issues with scaling the information-heavy database. It's proving a little cumbersome changing the way the system works because it's already so loaded with data.


It's amazing what you can learn between launching a site and it being pickup by a Google bot. Well, you live, you code, and you learn stuff you wish you knew before...   more »