Often when we have an operational issue or outage confusion occurs. We are taking a step to resolve this confusion by creating a status dashboard similar to Google and Twitter. It is mostly a prototype at this point. How can we make this service more useful? Feedback is greatly appreciated.
Updates from September, 2009
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Operations Status Dashboard
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Speedup Firefox with VACUUM
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I’ve seen a few posts about VACUUMing Firefox’s sqlite database for better performance, but each requires Firefox to be shut down.
Here is a way to VACUUM your places database from within the browser.
- Go to Tools -> Error Console
- Paste the following in the “Code:” text-box:
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL("VACUUM"); - Press Enter
Your UI will freeze for a bit while the vacuum runs.
Resources:
- https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox_3.5#Accessing_the_Places_database
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Storage
Cross post from my personal blog.
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My Life is a Little Bit Easier Now
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Lately, I’ve found the process of assigning a bug to myself slightly cumbersome and wanted to speed up the process. I happen to be a fan of Ubiquity, so I decided to write a command.
The command assigntome, by default, changes the assigned to field to your user. The whole process can be automated by tacking on the submit noun, which will simulate clicking the “Commit” button.
To install assigntome subscribe to my Ubiquity feed.
Cross-post from blog.oremj.com.