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We've had a unique opportunity to speak with Brion Vibber recently at the October Orlandojug meeting. Let's discuss what we learned for those who couldn't attend and to expand on what we heard. We'll discuss technical and socio-cultural topics.
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About Wikipedia Place
Wikipedia is arguably the most popular and high volume site on the web. Brion Vibber has been the tech guy since the start. He described the initial architecture on Swampcast as just a couple of LAMP servers in Tampa. Since then the architecture has evolved and many lessons have been learned.
There are also workflow, ancillary sites, the community aspect and many other aspects of Wikipedia we can learn from and even influence in the future.
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Wikipedia Architecture - High Level View
The Wikipedia website began as a couple of LAMP servers. Brion described the wiki he chose and other details in the…Continue
Tags: vibber, performance, LAMP, swampcast, architecture
Started by Michael Levin Nov 2, 2009.
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Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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