We don't need to sit and chat. We need *code* and
we need a
second server to divide the "must-do-fast" web work the and
"chug-chug-chug" database labor.
The code issue is mostly a matter of focus: one or two developers
is probably sufficient to keep the codebase up to date, but neither
Brion nor I are focused on that right now.
So while Brion has issued a call for coders, that could be answered
in other ways: for example, if a good admin stepped up to take some
of admin tasks Brion is currently swamped with, he might be more free
to code (assuming he's interested, which is not a given either).
I've chosen to focus more on long-term goals because like Brion I was
expecting hardware to bail us out in the short term. If that's going
to be delayed, then I can put off things like testing file systems
and focus on caching and tuning.
--
Lee Daniel Crocker <lee(a)piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/>
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