Paul Tyma (who now works at google) talks about the architecture of Mailinator. I love its simple design.. its fundamentally a stripped down java SMTP server which holds all the emails in memory, so disk IO is not a problem.
He says that 99% of emails received are not read, so he compresses them to reduce the memory footprint; to limit spam an aged hashmap is used based on IP and subjects. He obvious used the KISS approach... nice.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Scoble on Joel
Scoble recently interviewed Joel (from Joel-on-Software) about what its like running a software company.
I can definitely agree with some of the points Joel is making. Once companies get VC money, their can be a tendancy to splurge. The message I hear repeatedly from entrepreneurs that have been successful is about being frugal.
I can definitely agree with some of the points Joel is making. Once companies get VC money, their can be a tendancy to splurge. The message I hear repeatedly from entrepreneurs that have been successful is about being frugal.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
time for school
Went all day to startup school in Palo Alto. It was a lotta fun meeting up with fellow tech-heads/entrepreneurs.
They had some really good speakers who were both educational (on the most part) and humourous. Heres a nice summary.
On one hand, I'm completely drained (it was a long day) and the other completely motivated to start creating.
They had some really good speakers who were both educational (on the most part) and humourous. Heres a nice summary.
On one hand, I'm completely drained (it was a long day) and the other completely motivated to start creating.
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