Tag Archives: digg

Aside >> How Ironic: This is the Top News

I’ve been a big fan of digg over the years. Except for the fact that only the elite diggers could every get a story pushed to the top, I generally like the content on the site. Today I stopped by … Continue reading →

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off on How Ironic: This is the Top News

The Digg Debacle

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Jono

Digg has gotten itself into an awkward place with it’s latest redesign, Digg v4. The users are mad, the content has taken a turn for the worse, and now they’ve decided to fire their VP of Engineering over the whole debacle. … Continue reading →

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NoSQL: Scaling beyond traditional relational database systems

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Jono

The latest trend for highly trafficked websites is to move away from MySQL in favor of distributed storage systems most commonly referred to as NoSQL databases. Google been in the NoSQL camp for quite a while with Bigtable. Digg recently … Continue reading →

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