When Unit Tests Aren’t Enough… ABT – Always Be Testing
Traditionally, developers create unit tests to test code and to ensure bugs don’t get introduced as time goes on and your code changes. The theory is that if you write tests that cover every line of code, then when you make a change and the tests still pass, you can feel pretty comfortable that…
Read MoreRate Limiting Your Workers to Play Nicer with Other API’s
Overview Many third-party API’s have rate limits to ensure you don’t overuse or DoS them. Twitter for instance has the following rate limits: Unauthenticated calls are permitted 150 requests per hour. Unauthenticated calls are measured against the public-facing IP of the server or device making the request. OAuth calls are permitted 350 requests per…
Read MorePlatforms, Languages, and App Services: Economies and Communities of Scale
Platforms, Languages, and App Services The case for cloud platforms is being made convincingly these days. Platforms magnify the power of virtualized cloud infrastructure first by providing an ability to quickly deploy and scale applications. And second by providing greater visibility and control of this virtual environment. The growth and success of platforms such as…
Read MoreIronWorker and IronMQ now on AppFog
Today, we’re happy to announce that IronMQ and IronWorker are now included as supported add-ons for AppFog. We are very excited about this partnership because we share in the AppFog vision of creating fast, scalable and reliable applications in the cloud.
Read MoreIronWorker Goes Multi-Language! Now Supports Ruby, PHP, and Python
Today marks a big milestone in the evolution if IronWorker: multi-language support. In addition to Ruby which we’ve supported from day one, we now support PHP and Python with more languages on the way. Which means if you’re using any one of those languages, you now have easy access to massive computing power. (boom) This new…
Read MoreIronMQ on Heroku Now Open to the Public
IronMQ is now in General Availability on Heroku so everyone can add it to their Heroku apps. It’s really easy to get started, here’s how: heroku addons:add iron_mq
Read MoreIron.io at Heroku Waza
Hey All, Both Travis and I (co-founders) will be at Heroku Waza tomorrow in San Francisco. It’s Heroku’s first developer event and it’s taking place at Yoshi’s SF, a Japanese Restaurant and Jazz Club. Knowing Heroku, it’ll be a great event. Our partnership with them is growing increasingly strong as we launch IronMQ into general…
Read MoreIron.io: Ironclad Cloud Application Services
It’s with great pleasure that we present to you our new brand and website, Iron.io. As a cloud application services provider, our goal is to eliminate having to worry about managing and scaling complex infrastructure. Instead we want developers to focus on building great applications. What about SimpleWorker? Our first service SimpleWorker, which over the last year…
Read MoreIronWorker has a Shiny New Gem and a Shiny New API
Version 2 of the SimpleWorker API is now available featuring many new functions, a bunch of new documentation, and not to mention it is a LOT faster and more robust as it is has been rewritten from the ground up. And all this comes along with a shiny new Ruby gem. The new gem uses…
Read MoreStart Your Engines! SimpleWorker is now an Engine Yard Partner
Engine Yard has been hosting, deploying, managing and scaling Rails applications since before the “cloud” was cool and they’re still doing it, better than ever and with more “cloud” than ever. And as of this week, we’re happy and proud to be one of their Platform Services partners. https://www.engineyard.com/partner/simpleworker If you’re using Engine Yard and…
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