Monthly Archives: May 2008

On ActiveRecord and MySQL Full-Text Search

Posted on May 27, 2008 by jzablocki

I tend to agree with those who believe that a good ORM will give you 90% of what you need. For me, with NHibernate and ActiveRecord it’s been closer to 95%. The remaining 5% tends to involve getting a DbConnection … Continue reading →

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On Shared Hosting – Part III

Posted on May 14, 2008 by jzablocki

I hope this is my last post on shared Windows hosting for a while (unless I have a lot of good things to say about my new host). It’s still a little early to have a strong opinion one way … Continue reading →

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On Shared Hosting – Part II

Posted on May 8, 2008 by jzablocki

Finding reliable shared Windows hosting is much harder than it should be. I’ve been through a few over the past several years. I’ve more or less become a hosting Sherpa for my friends, family and co-workers. I test the waters … Continue reading →

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On Shared Hosting – Part I

Posted on May 7, 2008 by jzablocki

Update 5/7: After all of the downtime w/ MySQL, my host just went offline for an hour or so. Just keeps getting better… Update 5/7: This posting was moved from a temporary space setup due to the issue described below… … Continue reading →

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