December 2010
xavierlacot/joli.js - GitHub
by Xavier Lacotjoli.js is an Activerecord-like javascript ORM, particularly suited for being used in the Appcelerator Titanium Mobile framework.
November 2009
redis - Project Hosting on Google Code
by Xavier Lacot & 4 others, 1 commentA performant key-value database. A PHP module is available, that lets PHP access to Redis in a performant way.
February 2009
Database versus files for Images at Spindrop
by Xavier LacotDave gives his feedback on a long-debated developement topic : storing files in database or on the filesystem.
"I had been serving images via the database. Immediately when I switched to the filesystem I saw a huge benefit. Not just a drop in database connections, but overall “zippiness” in the site.
We’ll see how well this performs in the real world, but I am quite sure that I learned my lesson."
All this makes sense : files are not data, they are just files. A filesystem is designed for hosting files. A database is designed for hosting data. Don't mess things.
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