Todd Rafferty

Member since Dec 11, 2008

Recent Blog Comments By Todd Rafferty

Putting DEBUG Comments In Your SQL Statements Makes Debugging Performance Problems Easier

Posted on Mar 25, 2016 at 9:01 AM

Thanks for the clarification. :)... read more »
Shedding The Monolithic Application With AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) And Node.js

Posted on Mar 4, 2015 at 11:40 AM

I've had upwards to 2000+ (highest ever was around a hundred thousand) emails sent out daily using SQS / Gamification system. I haven't had complaints of duplicates yet.... read more »
Shedding The Monolithic Application With AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) And Node.js

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 at 5:03 PM

I haven't bumped into the issue at all unfortunately. You should plan for it, that's about the best I can offer. :)... read more »
Shedding The Monolithic Application With AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) And Node.js

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 at 8:55 AM

The entire gamification system I built on Education Exchange ( http://edex.adobe.com/ ) relies on SQS. I haven't ever had a problem with it. It's easy to work with, provided you plan everything out. Stay small, compact, and lean. You can do a lot with a little. :)... read more »
Shedding The Monolithic Application With AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) And Node.js

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 at 8:50 AM

"apparently you can get a message more than once" - This only happens if you don't delete it or set up your queues correctly. Case in point, if you have a long running process, that message "hiding" will expire and go back into the queue before the job finished. The jobs you hav... read more »
Shedding The Monolithic Application With AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) And Node.js

Posted on Mar 2, 2015 at 9:53 AM

Dead letter queue must be new. Never saw it until now. At work, if it fails, we back up the message as json on S3, email support, and move on. I used to have a manual dead letter queue setup, but didn't like the 14 day rention restriction. Hence the flat file to S3.... read more »
Shedding The Monolithic Application With AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) And Node.js

Posted on Mar 2, 2015 at 9:01 AM

Fair warning, If there's something wrong with the message or your code is failing, it will sit there and plug the queue up until it's removed or deleted. I highly recommend making it a practice (on failing messages), backing up the failures on S3 or whatever makes sense, deleting the message and mov... read more »
Experimenting With GitHub Gist-Based Code Samples For My Blog

Posted on Jan 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM

"I've given up on the idea (at least temporarily) that I'll make an awesome syntax highlighter on my own." So use ColdFish? http://coldfish.riaforge.org/... read more »
Use jQuery's SlideDown() With Fixed-Width Elements To Prevent Jumping

Posted on Sep 28, 2011 at 11:38 AM

Ben, great job explaining the issue. Makes perfect sense.... read more »
ColdFusion Query-Of-Queries vs. The Group Attribute In CFOutput

Posted on Jun 14, 2011 at 11:18 AM

I definitely agree with Jon's statement.... read more »
ColdFusion Query-Of-Queries vs. The Group Attribute In CFOutput

Posted on Jun 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM

Er, that should be <ol><li> :p... read more »
ColdFusion Query-Of-Queries vs. The Group Attribute In CFOutput

Posted on Jun 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM

Ben, you're making this overly complicated IMHO. If I want numbers next to something, I'm going to use the >ol<>li< and let HTML handle the numbering. :) Just sayin'...... read more »
Tales Of Revolution And A Sense Of Community

Posted on Apr 21, 2011 at 8:09 PM

Congrats on 'poking' the box. :D... read more »
The School Of Practical Philosophy: Philosophy Works - Week Five

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 at 12:06 PM

Sigh, em fail. :P... read more »
The School Of Practical Philosophy: Philosophy Works - Week Five

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 at 12:05 PM

While I enjoy Law & Order greatly, once it is done, I have nothing to show for my time. Writing, however, feels deeply satisfying. What is it about us that we can't just sit and relax and we're constantly nervous if we don't have something to show for our time? Why must we be grinding the gr... read more »
Selecting The Seven Languages In Seven Weeks Winners

Posted on Feb 11, 2011 at 4:34 PM

@Ben: Your mom is very informative. Thanks. ;)... read more »
jQuery Does Not Post Undefined Values In AJAX Requests

Posted on Feb 8, 2011 at 12:06 PM

@Anthony: Ben draws all the pretty pink lines and text himself. ;)... read more »
I Have More Money Than Time

Posted on Nov 3, 2010 at 4:36 PM

@Adam: LOL... read more »
jQuery Selectors - The Firebug Plugin Inserts A Hidden DIV Element

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 at 10:33 AM

It has saved my ass more than once when trying to debug something in IE. :/... read more »
jQuery Selectors - The Firebug Plugin Inserts A Hidden DIV Element

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM

Not to mention that it probably helps them maintain the Firebug lite plugin to keep the features available for both the full firebug and for the lite at the same time.... read more »