Jacob Friis Saxberg

Static

Thu, 30 May 2013 09:37:00 +0200

Ever since 2000, where I spent hours of hours optimizing the relatively small server Hewlett-Packard had sponsored my bootstrapped startup at the time, Eksperten, I’ve speculated in going all in on static pages.

Dynamic CMS

Most websites today use the now 10 years old WordPress as their content management system and according to BuiltWith there are 7,584,725 sites using WordPress as of today.

Static CMS

I do not use WordPress but I assist some small businesses with theirs, and the hassle of making it fast and keeping it and it’s plugins up to date makes me want to reboot my other startup Webalogic, where content is edited at webalogic.com then pushed to the clients server via FTP. Webalogic have served clients since 1998, and while it needs a makeover, the idea is simply that there is no sanity in having a webserver call a script that calls a database several times to fetch text and then produce HTML that the webserver will send to the user. Why not just build the HTML the microsecond after the content was edited and utilize the powerful caching mechanism built into the webserver. If you do need dynamic pages, Webalogic can output files as scripts such as PHP, ASP etc.

There are many ways to build static pages. One I and many others use is GitHub Pages, which is great for hackers.

Advantages of static content

Here are the three advantages of static content I see as the most important ones:

Sleep tight: By not using a Dynamic CMS you do not need to worry whether an exploit has been found and used to compromise your website.
Speed: There’s no faster than static.
Caching: The webserver can handle the caching thus provide a faster website.

My first exited startup Eksperten has been resold

Wed, 29 May 2013 11:17:00 +0200

While Eksperten hardly is the driving force behind the sale, I sincerely hope the new owners will give it a thorough makeover, or give it back to the community.

Facebook acquired Parse

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:45:00 +0200

To me, this is sad news as I had high hopes for Parse as the groundstone to build apps or even rewrite cluttered ones onto.

My reason to recommend services like Parse is that most apps need to be fast and utilize real time look and feel. To do that the frontend should intelligently be fed with data from the backend so that it can be shown instantly when the user requests it. With tools like Backbone most logic can be pushed to the frontend, thus the backends job is to be fast, reliable and at a bare minimum make it easy for the frontend to store and obtain data.

Since I heard about Parse I have recommended it to the startups I work with and others who would like to get into programming. I would still recommend Parse if your focus is on getting into building web or mobile apps as in that case you need a simple way to store data and should only focus on the client.

For a business I wouldn’t use Parse. Facebook is a behemoth and will most likely stick around for a very long time, but their focus isn’t Parse but to nurture their money machine, the timeline. Besides Facebook’s lack of focus on making Parse a sustainable business your app is most likely interested in social network integrations other than Facebook and as important as that is, I wouldn’t trust Facebook.

Luckily there are alternatives.

Read-later bins

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:28:00 +0200

I have two “read later” lists. My open chrome tabs, and /dev/null (since later never fucking happens let’s all admit it) izs

I must admit that most of my posts in Instapaper remains unread.

Proper mooring knowledge required in case of waves.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:55:14 +0100

Proper mooring knowledge required in case of waves.

tweets about love from 1966-1973 by Susan Sontag. Found here.

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:44:00 +0100

tweets about love from 1966-1973 by Susan Sontag. Found here.

"Unlike taxes, however, ad-based services target lower-income and lower-education audiences because..."

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:44:09 +0100

“Unlike taxes, however, ad-based services target lower-income and lower-education audiences because that’s where they make all of their money. To take the largest example, Google makes $30.00 ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) per year and charges about $1/click on average to advertisers. That’s 30 ads clicked per user per year. I’m certainly not clicking that many Google ads per year and neither are you. I usually know where content stops and ads begin, partly because I’ve had access to the Internet longer than others. I think ads target the same audience that Nigerian scammers do, on average;”

- Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first | philosophically by Vibhu Norby

– View on Path.

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:28:00 +0100

– View on Path.

"The alternative is to compete against nothing but yourself. To excel merely because the act of..."

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:16:17 +0200

“

The alternative is to compete against nothing but yourself. To excel merely because the act of excelling without boundaries or incentives thrills you.

And the good news is that once you find that, you’ll always have it.

”

- Seth Godin

Fuck it, git push at Founders House – View on Path.

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:57:10 +0200

Fuck it, git push at Founders House – View on Path.

Police Skate Location: Fælledparken Skatepark, Copenhagen,...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:41:00 +0200

Police Skate

Location: Fælledparken Skatepark, Copenhagen, Denmark.

As a kid I could tell a car in darkness just by looking at the...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:44:11 +0200

As a kid I could tell a car in darkness just by looking at the eyes.

Photo

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:49:48 +0200

The Allnighter™ - been there, several times.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:44:51 +0200

The Allnighter™ - been there, several times.

Computers can be tough, although someone wrote that.

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:38:21 +0200

Computers can be tough, although someone wrote that.

Apple OS X Mountain Lion golden ratio

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:07:19 +0100

Apple OS X Mountain Lion golden ratio

Lego for adults (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:09:55 +0100

Lego for adults (Taken with instagram)

mostwatchedtoday: iPhone Anti-Theft Case.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:36:56 +0100

mostwatchedtoday:

iPhone Anti-Theft Case.

me, long time ago. Shot by Tove Kurtzweil.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:32:00 +0100

me, long time ago. Shot by Tove Kurtzweil.

get busy

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:27:34 +0100

get busy