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Over the years I've been involved with writing a number of web applications. Some I am proud of, some I never want to see again. During each project, testing of the application's performance, stability under load, and regression testing of user journeys always comes up. There are a number of great bits of hardware (eg. Avalanche), and software (eg. Grinder) that help you test applications. I've even had a fun time using a room full of Grinder clients to test web services for a client - a great way to run a denial of service attack :-)...

Woke up this morning and checked my email. Lo' and behold, a gazillion moderation requests from my blog to allow somebody to post comments with ads for erection drugs. Hello reCAPTCHA. Sorry folks, but you now have to go through an eye exam to post here. All thanks to some nasty people who don't play well with others....

Just use this magical incantation: RAWTOHEX(SYS_GUID())...

Ever been asked to estimate something without any information? Rather than just stare back with a blank look on your face, simply go and ask the estimate goat and you’ll have your answer. UPDATE (August 2016): I wanted to experiment with javascript and canvas so I made a slighly different looking estimate goat....

Hello and welcome to my blog. Why do I have a blog? Not sure yet. Perhaps I am just a sheep following the rest of the herd, or this may an exercise to see if I can actually synthesize my thoughts in a concise and understandable manner. Only time will tell. What will I blog about? Pretty much on whatever topic makes me feel passionate. It may be something geeky about Ruby on Rails, Python and Django, Java or software_dev in general....