Monthly Archives: June 2007

Spongecell Hearts Politics

One possible use for Spongecell is in the promotion of political events such as rallies, fund-raisers, etc. We’ll be releasing some new features Sunday evening so stay tuned. I was just up in the pacific north-west visiting the Seattle team … Continued

Engine Yard Upgrade Complete

We completed the transition to Engine Yard as scheduled. I did some benchmarking before we went live and I estimate that Spongecell is now 3 times as fast! You can read the full technical report. Engine Yard will be upgrading … Continued

Scheduled Downage 2.0

Do we only blog about scheduled downages? Seriously though, this is the big one. We’re switching our servers from Layered Tech to Engine Yard. I expect big speed improvements, stay tuned for numbers. Downage from Sunday 6/3 3pm to 8pm … Continued