To be able to “stress test” our server, we’re preparing to deploy an Open Source application called Siege which simulates multiple users making HTTP requests to the web application. It didn’t do quite what we wanted in the logging department, so we’ve hacked it about a bit and, in the spirit of Open Source, made [...]
I changed the theme of our blog. Our spartan ‘design’ was hurting my eyes. I’m trying out the ‘Day Dream’ theme – let me know what you think.
Work continues on the Find Your MP project.
I’ve aggregated our issues from Google project hosting and our GitHub commits into one @fymp Twitter account.
We’re working on the Find Your MP service API, which – at the time of writing – includes REST responses for HTML, JSON, YAML and plain text. I’ve written a scratch Google [...]
Whenever the blog goes quiet, it’s a sign that we’re coding a lot.
The latest public release of the Hansard Prototype now refers to ‘people’ rather than Members: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people – for example: Mr. Tony Benn.
This represents a substantial improvement in how we recognise and display those recorded as speaking in Hansard. Your comments are most [...]
