16 Nov 2008

Things Caches Do

An illustrated re-introduction to HTTP caching with a focus on gateway caches and their potential benefits within the context of modern, dynamic web applications.

tomayko.com   22:01

10 May 2009

Mechanical Analogies To Web Stuff, Part 2.

Really interesting analogy between web architecture and a car crash. This is the piece that’s missing from almost every conversation about whether any given web framework or component “scales”. (via @jperkins)

kitchensoap.com   05:49

07 Oct 2008

The Web is Agreement

This is really close to what “the web” looks like in my brain:

The Web is Agreement

I try to stay in the general vicinity of the “principles mound.” :)

thewebisagreement.com   21:35

07 Apr 2008

Indexed

The more interesting aspects of life described using only venn diagrams, an occasional line graph, and a scatter plot here and there.

indexed.blogspot.com   20:56

31 Jan 2007

HTTP/1.1 (DELETE, GET, HEAD, PUT, POST)

Nice activity diagram describing the resolution of response status codes given various request methods and headers. Full res GIF, JPEG, PNG, and SVG.

thoughtpad.net   10:02

02 Jan 2007

graffletopia.com   17:32