Doing things without cron jobs

As you start to build applications that are bigger than your average site, you can no longer rely on cron jobs to do tasks for you. That’s because the data grows and you hit a point where your cron job takes too long to run. Take Sitizens for instance. We’ve got over 42 million rows ...

Database Maintenence Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Thursday, at 9AM EST we will be performing maintenance on our database server. There will be downtime. We do not know the exact amount of time but have been given a one hour window. If you are using Trck.me trackers it’s up to you if you wish to pause them on sites. If you ...

Are Forums Social?

Well yesterday something extremely exciting happened to me. Last year we purchased a wood pellet stove and it was finally installed! I’m really shocked at how hot it gets the house. Here’s a photo to munch on: Well before we purchased a stove, and throughout the whole process, even today, I’ve been fairly active in ...

Hit Counters are Here!

I’m actually surprised we didn’t think of this. But on of our Trck.me members pointed out that there are Tracking sites and there are Hit Counter sites, but none that do both. Well, now Trck.me does Hit Counters! So far there are only a few styles, like the one to the right on my blog ...

Interesting Case Studies

So far I’ve been the most excited about Trck.me than any other site we’ve done. That’s because I’m starting to see other people using the new features in very creative ways!! We’ve even had some send in tickets asking if something would work a certain way. And if it wouldn’t, I’ve been coding it so ...

Coding an API

I’m pretty excited about this API I’m working on for Trck.me.. It’s something I’ve thought should be there for a long time, but it’s taken a while for me to figure out the how. I’m starting to understand oAuth better now.. Essentially you’d be able to do everything you can do within the site, but ...