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Infrastructure as Code using AWS Cloudformation

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by Percy Kwong

Problem Statement My Application is very complicated and it currently takes a lot of coordination and time to deploy my application.  Does that sound familiar? I think we’ve all lived that problem at least twice in our lives.  Deploying applications is never as easy as just double-clicking on “Setup.exe”, although it should be. The Solution…

Encryption type Matters with Deep Packet Inspection – solved

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I was helping a client yesterday set up a VPN tunnel only to have it constantly disconnected.  The client was located outside of the country.  For the sake of avoiding throttling and saving on CPU, we were using the Blowfish cipher and it kept on getting disconnected. I found this rather strange as I’ve never…

The most common mistake in Applications and Databases in general

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So many programmers make this mistake because they don’t seem to get it.  It’s not your fault as a programmer / developer.  It’s just that you’re not a DBA. You need to implement Connection pooling.  It makes such a huge difference in the way your DB performance and app works it’s amazing. So here are…

Database Backed Web Applications Advice

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Here’s the scenario.  You’ve got a dedicated server running windows in a server farm (generic dedicated server provider).  You have mysql + asp or php app running all on the same server.  Raid 1 mirroring and 2 GB of ram. You have to have windows, because your application supports it.  Sound Familiar?  It’s a problem…

International Text solutions – A solution

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

The thing that kills me more than anything is the International Texting thing today.  You get charged upwards of .50 to text international. So here’s the solution for all of you people out there.  Skype. Just install skype and register your cell phone number to it.  (requires validation, but worth it).  When you need to…

Nuveum offers Free High Performance Virtual Server for donating

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Percy Kwong

It would seem that my Startsomegood.com project for helping the Unemployed is starting to gain some traction.  Our first corporate Donator not only donated to the campaign, but decided to add an extra reward to my project. For anybody donating $10.00 or more, to the project for helping the unemployed, they get a free High-Performance…

The Virtual Webtop – A different type of experience

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Percy Kwong

The Term Webtop has been a long time, but has been a fledgeling technology that has failed to take off.  The reality is the technology wasn’t ready.  In my honest opinion, the original creators had the right idea, but they got the whole concept wrong. So here’s where I’ve come to think about it on…

What happened to “Human” in Humanity?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I really do need to ask this question.  I appreciate my followers and yes, they’re a loyal bunch.  I do need to EVERYBODY one question and everyone on the Internet. We all go about our lives.  We see the homeless person at the exit ramp, on the sidewalk, etc.  Granted a lot of them are…

Free Tech Support from me…

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Percy Kwong

OK.  I really believe in my project for helping the unemployed, so here’s what I propose. If you donate to my project and of course, get others to donate to my project, I will provide you with free tech support (my skills and advice) for a period of time. Donate: $25.00 you get 1 hour…

Which Linux Distribution to Choose?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Percy Kwong

There are so many linux distributions out there and while they are all very similar, they are different in ways due to their target audiences. Some are targeted more towards the end-user like Ubuntu while others are clearly targeted towards the Enterprise. Ubuntu is a great distribution for a desktop replacement, but for me, I…

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