July 2012
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cantest: avoid regression in HTML5 canvas...
In a project we are working on we have quite a lot of code that eventually draws on an HTML5 canvas. Since we work in a team and have multiple layers of code involved in generating the final result, there’s always a chance for regression (like in any other codebase).
This is applicable to any codebase that generates visual elements on an HTML5 <canvas>.
As an initial step, we...
June 2012
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Your Own Little node.js PaaS - Part 1
PaaS (platform-as-a-service) services are blooming these days (Heroku, Nodejitsu, nodester, cloudcontrol and many more). All offer some awesome features. I set out to try and set up a very simple node.js PaaS for myself within an Amazon EC2 Ubuntu instance. It obviously lacks many of the features in commercial PaaS services but it’s a lot of fun and also gives you complete control over the...
May 2012
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Setting up a squid proxy on AWS
1. Launch a micro Ubuntu EC2 instance
If you don’t have an Amazon AWS account, you can sign up for one here.
2. SSH into your new instance and install squid
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install squid3
3. Update squid configuration
Edit /etc/squid3/squid.conf as root:
$ sudo nano /etc/squid3/squid.conf
acl all src all
acl SSL_ports port 443
acl CONNECT method...
