When we say ‘open-source’ we mean specifically that the code behind reddit is available to the public for download, and we’re inviting the public to submit code to help improve the site…. In no particular order, here’s a quick list of the open source products that reddit is built and runs upon: Debian, lighttpd, HAProxy, PostgreSQL, Slony-I, various python libraries, Psychopg, pylons, Solr, Tomcat, Ganglia, Mercurial, Git, gettext (translation), daemontools, and memcached.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Spam: MySpace Wins $6m Against Spammer
June 16, 2008 –
The American Arbitrage Association awarded MySpace $6m in damages and attorney fees and a permanent injunction against spammers: Scott Richter and Media Breakaway. MySpace said it would aggresively pursue spammers and “keep those who try to harm our members off our site.”
Social Services: Qlubb Says Growing Fast, Chosen By Supernova
June 16, 2008 –
Qlubb is a new service that allows groups of people to collect and organize. Useful for classrooms, soccer teams, family reunions etc.
iPhone: Semantic Search Firm Powerset Intros Wikipedia Search
June 16, 2008 –
Powerset, the San Francisco based search technology company, has introduced an iPhone application that searches Wikipedia.
