apache2-mpm-prefork, apache2-mpm-worker, and PHP5

Tuesday 11/18/2008  –  Category: Uncategorized

So I was reading up on Apache MPMs and whether it’s better to use worker (threaded) or prefork.
The worker MPM uses multiple child processes. It’s multi-threaded within each child, and each thread handles a single connection. Worker is fast and highly scalable and the memory footprint is comparatively low. It’s well suited for multiple processors. [...]

Sending email through Gmail SMTP with Merb

Monday 11/3/2008  –  Category: Uncategorized

I was having email delivery problems while using Postfix (emails were getting caught by spam filters) so I decided to try using Gmail SMTP to send stuff off.
Initially I tried to follow a tutorial like this to get Postfix to relay to Gmail but there was a lot of footwork involved setting up certificates, etc…and [...]