Antony Denyer


Tilling the land of software
  • Run All sql files in a directory

    Create a a batch file and change the params accordingly to run all sql files in a directory agaisnt your db
  • Stub responses with Nest.ElasticClient

    We’ve started using ElasticSearch at work for some of our projects. When we started out doing simple web requests was easy enough but as the complexity of what we where doing grew it became obvious that we where starting to write our own DSL for elastic search. Surely someone else... [Read More]
  • Cache Fluffer / Gorilla Caching / Cache Warmer

    The relatively simple introduction of a cache fluffer can make a huge difference to performance, particularly at peak load. The idea is simple, keep the cache up to do date so you don’t have to go and get data when the user requests the site. [Read More]
  • Samsung Chromebox with XBMC

    At google IO 2012 every delegate got a free Samsung Chromebox. Personally I already have a laptop, desktop, tablet and smart phone. Why would I need a cut down desktop? It would probably be great for your Nan who has no idea what they’re doing and just wants to email... [Read More]