app engine’ Entries

  • teh_node moved to App Engine

    For quite some time I've been bothered by the amount of memory and resources that my teh_node website was taking up on the server. This was mainly because it was running on Plone, and thought Plone is a very strong Content Management Framework, it was a bit overkill for the my needs.

    I also wanted to integrate teh_node into my google accounts a bit stronger, so naturally, when I had some free time on Thursday, I decided to re-launch the website on Google App Engine, and also make use of other Google features within the site. The process …

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  • First Thoughts on Google App Engine

    Yesterday morning, I finally got my invitation for trying out the Google App Engine. It was so long ago that I signed up, I even forgot I was on the list!

    Well, I was busy for most of the day, but when I got home later the afternoon, I decided to give it a go. In about a hour I was done with the first tutorial, and was enlightened to so many new possibilities. I never realized that GAE makes use of google accounts, looking back now, it's obvious that it would, but I never thought …

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