I survived my first Cyber Monday and came away with a new appreciation for how difficult it can be when working with applications at scale. Thankfully our data centers performed well and held up under the extreme load. We had a few database issues … [Continue reading]
Christmas Lights and Music
The family and myself spent a few hours today putting up the outdoor lights for the Christmas holiday. It was a mild day here in the Philadelphia suburbs so I thought we'd better get to it before old man winter returns. While I only had a few hours … [Continue reading]
Black Friday – the aftermath
I had been hoping for a relatively quiet day yesterday but it was anything of the sort. We had been on a conference bridge around 11:30PM on Thursday night to monitor the system for a number of marketing campaigns that were kicking off at 12AM Friday … [Continue reading]
Black Friday – Is is storming yet?
What's the Internet weather look like today?While it was snowing in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs on Wednesday - I do love a white Thanksgiving, today I'm going to be focused entirely on the Internet weather. I'll most likely be spending the … [Continue reading]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! This year the Thanksgiving holiday has special significance given that I'm now working in the retail industry. Thanksgiving is quite literally the calm before the storm. The storm that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Those two … [Continue reading]
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