Here are the slides for "Optimizing MongoDB: Lessons Learned at Localytics" http://t.co/nHndY3O #mongoNYC

Came across a post on the AWS EC2 forums which does a good job of explaining iostat output and its relation to EBS http://bit.ly/hqvYBB

SSDs finally launch publicly on AWS EC2! They already looked great in our own tests, stoked to see findings from others.

Optimizing MongoDB: Follow-up to my MongoNYC talk. Direct link: http://bit.ly/kveFQ6 HackerNews thread: http://bit.ly/lk4VQw

I added my two cents on EC2 ephemeral vs EBS performance to this Hacker News post: http://bit.ly/kwGK1T

Accurate assessment of EC2 and EBS by a Netflix engineer: http://bit.ly/gUd5OP. Includes good tips. (thanks to @bdarfler for the link)

A JVM Does That? Excellent talk about the intricacies of the JVM (by Cliff Click) http://youtu.be/uL2D3qzHtqY

Best Tech Writing of 2010 http://aol.it/huRFYK

Inception copied off a Donald Duck strip? http://i.imgur.com/xyhNj.jpg

.@precog is presenting "Advanced Analytics on MongoDB" at tomorrow's @bostonmongodb meetup. RSVP and details:  http://www.meetup.com/Boston-MongoDB-User-Group/events/113345392/ …

Great math puzzle, "The Two Egg Problem": http://t.co/wB8aGIDy

In light of recent password hash leaks, this is a good read: "Storing Passwords Securely" http://t.co/J2xMV0Em

Data and visualization blogs worth following http://t.co/kLI51hYw

Startup ping pong! http://t.co/61h9pgDU

Watching MLG Winter Starcraft Championship live stream http://t.co/CmVG2XQ9

Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming http://t.co/zrzJ76w2

Note to anyone using Oracle Java 6, Update 26, this memory leak is vicious: http://t.co/lCYM1uER. Upgrade to Update 27 seems to fix it.

One base class to rule them all! http://t.co/rEQLsOn

SSH tips: http://t.co/KNzeEWG

This is a better explanation than the xkcd comic of why sentence passwords are better: http://bit.ly/qsCekr