Articles
Technical Articles
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Performance Tuning PostgreSQL
This article helps to remove some of the mystery surrounding how to get the maximum amount of performance from your PostgreSQL database.
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Page Protection
An article Frank wrote for the November 2008 edition of LinuxPro Magazine that teaches you some of the various options for securing web pages using username/passwords, LDAP, SQL databases, and writing your own authentication system.
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Fret Free -- And introduction to Django and the Django Software Foundation
An article Frank wrote for LinuxPro Magazine on Django
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The Juggler -- Let the nimble Perlbal webserver keep your traffic in balance
An article written for LinuxPro Magazine on using Perlbal
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How to send templated Emails with Perl
A best practice/howto for sending plaintext and HTML formatted Email messages easily with Perl.
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Debugging and Profiling mod_perl Applications
A introduction on how to debug and performance tune mod_perl applications.
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Using ModPerl::ParamBuilder to make custom Apache directives
In mod_perl 2.x you can easily create custom Apache configuration directives for use in your httpd.conf file. ModPerl::ParamBuilder makes their creation even easier. This tutorial shows you how to begin using this module.
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The Magic of mod_perl
Which first appeared in the January 2005 issue of SysAdmin Magazine
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Load Balancing E-mail
First published in the March 2003 issue of SysAdmin Magazine this articles discusses a way to scale E-mail infrastructure without having to rely on shared storage or software beyond what is already known by your sysadmins. Specifically it talks about using Sendmail, POP3/IMAP, and DNS.
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Common PostgreSQL Error Messages and Solutions
A resource for people new to PostgreSQL that outlines some of the more common error messages, their cause, and various ways to find a solution.