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Geohash for spatial index and search

6 month ago

Simon Willison : Geohash for spatial index and search - Geohash for spatial index and search. Nice, clear explanation of what a Geohash is. It’s a way of encoding a lat/lon position as a short string, with the useful property that similar co-ordinates with more or less significant figures share a common pr

bmilleare : Geohash for spatial index and search - Interesting introduction to geohashing. I like the search speed boost this could provide - need to research it more.

Tags : geo geocoding hashing search spatial

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Flexihash

7 month ago

bmilleare : Flexihash - an open source consistent hashing implementation for PHP - super useful for cluster based hosting setups.

Tags : cluster hashing php

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Working Notes on Consistent Hashing - Laughing Meme

9 month ago

deusx : Working Notes on Consistent Hashing - Laughing Meme - "Nice to see consistent hashing go from obscure to blindingly obvious in a few short whitepapers. "

Tags : consistenthashing hashing scaling webdev

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Consistent Hashing

9 month ago

Simon Willison : Consistent Hashing - Consistent Hashing. Beautifully clear explanation of consistent hashing, a simple technique that allows you to add new caching servers to a cluster without re-hashing your keys and hence invalidating all of your caches.

deusx : Programmer’s Toolbox Part 3: Consistent Hashing | Spiteful.com - "Consistent hashing is a powerful idea for anyone building services that have to scale across a group of computers."

Tags : hashing scaling webdev

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Schneier on Security: Stupidest Terrorist Overreaction Yet?

15 month ago

gleuschk : Schneier on Security: Stupidest Terrorist Overreaction Yet? - Hashing=terrorism!! ZOMG! save us from the running drunks!

Tags : advertisingignorance hashing terra

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