--- Lars Aronsson lars@aronsson.se wrote:
If performance issues creep upon you, then you have not designed your system for performance measurement and monitoring. This means you are clueless. It is like driving a car without a speedometer, and being all surprised when you are caught for speeding.
Correct. That's why the old script has been abandoned and re-written.
Here's a quick Wikipedia software history for the curious (if there are any errors, please correct them...). When we were still using UseModWiki, there was a general agreement to move to a SQL-based system, but there wasn't a satisfactory option available. Magnus was the only one willing to give it a go, and so he put together the PHP/MySQL combo we're currently using. I believe Magnus is a biologist who does some coding, not a software engineer; his code worked but was not "engineered", so to speak. After the script was deployed, various developers stepped in to help develop the software. However, there were too many performance problems, and so Lee Danial Crocker took up the challenge and redesigned the whole thing. The new server running the new code will replace our current setup as soon as it is ready.
-- Stephen Gilbert
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