curl --header "X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest" --data "param1=razvan&param2=value2" http://my.domain.com/request.php
How to use python sched in a daemon process
Let’s assume we want to download a file (or to do some tasks) to every 5 seconds, but the condition is to not do the same task twice or more times at the same moment, even if takes more than 5 seconds. For example, we have a to download a file and this will take 8 seconds. Also, if takes more than 5 seconds, it should not wait until the next iteration, to start again (3 seconds more), but will start the download immediately.
So, the traditional cronjob/lock file combination was not suitable for my case.
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Today’s readings
REST Anti-Patterns – A lot of people (or companies) pretend to have a REST API. Read this article and you will understand that not all the API’s that implement GET and POST methods are REST APIs. It is an old article (from 2008), but still valid.
Crashing Google Chrome on Google website
Used version of Google Chrome Version 31.0.1650.63
OS Version: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS, Linux work 3.2.0-57-generic #87-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 21:35:10 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Go on Google Trends website http://www.google.com/trends/topcharts?zg=full
Click View #my2013 Gallery
Click any picture
Click the browser’s back button
Click again the browser’s back button
Crashed… or it will take between 20 seconds and 1-2 minutes to refresh that page.
Making a super fast blog with Drupal 7
Yesterday I decided to try to make my blog to load under 200 ms from my laptop using Drupal 7without loose my old links to blog posts, from SEO reasons. I know, some people would say there are better solutions for a blog others than Drupal, but… I wanted to give a try to Drupal because it has one of the biggest community, a lot of modules and features and of course for fun.