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http://jacobmumm.com/2011/08/29/node-as-a-service-in-ubuntu-11-04-with-upstart-monit-and-forever-js/
Useful article covering how to create an upstart script for nodejs, also applies to coffeescript. I didn't use this one so much, I used the other one, but this has some other useful info.
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http://howtonode.org/deploying-node-upstart-monit
Handy article covering how to create an upstart script for nodejs, also applies to coffeescript.
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https://www.appfog.com/
PaaS offering for a wide range of platforms, free up to 8 servers, 2G of ram, 100M database. Supports, PHP, Node.js and more.
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https://www.nodejitsu.com/
PaaS offering for Node.js. Based on units called "drones". Starts at $3/month for a single drone, free for open source projects.
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http://copperegg.com/
Yet another monitoring app. Copper Egg combines real user monitoring, generic metric logging, server monitoring and maybe other stuff(?) into one application. Pricing starts at $19/month. Not unreasonable.
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http://www.lowendbox.com/
Really useful site with some outrageously cheap VPS deals. Very useful, well organised, no search / filters, but offers expire I guess, so reading a few pages is ok.
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http://lightningbase.com/
Hosted WordPress service which includes an affiliate program that pays 20% for the lifetime of the account, plans start from $10/month.
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http://magebenchmark.sonassi.com/
A site that apparently compares the "speed" of magento hosting providers. Dubious without further research.
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http://www.gpmd.co.uk/blog/getting-and-scaling-magento-in-the-cloud/
An article on how to run magento in "the cloud". Includes a split admin / front end severs. Useful.
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UncomplicatedFirewall
Very simple guide to using ufw to create firewall rules. `ufw allow ssh/tcp && ufw allow http/tcp && ufw allow https/tcp && ufw enable && ufw status` done. :-)
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http://engineering.gomiso.com/2011/01/04/easy-monitoring-of-varnish-with-munin/
Very useful walkthrough on setting up munin to monitor Varnish. Explains how to install and configure munin, which is very simple and very valuable.
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https://beeznest.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/memcached-to-store-php-sessions/
Excellent article describing in depth how to have PHP store session data in memcached and the differences between the memcache and memcached implementations in PHP. Very useful.
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http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html
YSlow rules for optimising web performance from the Yahoo Developer Network. 34 rules that make sites faster. Very useful reading.
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http://blog.cfelde.com/2011/05/performance-rackspace-cloud-vs-amazon-web-services/
Interesting article comparing Rackspace and AWS performance when applying high frequency trading strategies against 10 years of archive data. Rackspace io kicks ass, CPU slightly ahead.
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http://www.eucalyptus.com/
On premises cloud computing platform, with an open source angle. Don't fully understand it.
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http://www.rightscale.com/
A platform to manage cloud computing resources, deployments, and so on. Essentially a simplified front end for AWS as far as I can make out.
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http://cloudcontrol.com/
Scalable PHP PaaS service. Based on the concept of "boxes", which handle 2 simultaneous requests each, and can scale up and down dynamically. So 12 concurrent requests equals 6 boxes. Strange, but potentially cost effective for traffic peaks.
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http://orchestra.io/
PHP PaaS provider based in Ireland, acquired by Engine Yard.
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http://apphosted.com/
Simplified python hosting in "the cloud".
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https://phpfog.com/
PHP cloud hosting. Very slick architecture. Custom managed EC2 nodes deployed behind varnish caches and nginx load balancers. Fairly reasonably priced.
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http://www.heroku.com/
Ruby, Node.js and Clojure application hosting. Pricing is based on web and background workers. One node free.
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http://kencochrane.net/blog/2011/06/django-hosting-roundup-who-wins/
Article mentioning a selection of django hosting providers that provide "managed hosting". Very useful, some great companies.
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http://www.askthepony.com/blog/2011/07/setup-a-complete-django-server-deploy-rollback-%E2%80%93-all-in-one-powerful-script/
A script to set up and deploy django servers. Hat tip rob.
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http://kencochrane.net/blog/2011/06/django-gunicorn-nginx-supervisord-fabric-centos55/
Useful article on how to deploy django apps on nginx. Handy.
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http://www.resellerclub.com/
Domain and hosting reseller program. Starts from $100 signup and prices drop as the total lifetime spending on the account increases. Interesting model, competitive pricing. Ability to resell.
