Fubaredness Is Contagious

We put together an add-on for py-amqplib that implements AMQP client with non-blocking sockets in python.
There are at least 2 scenarios where non-blocking sockets help, and both are applicable to consumers:
1) when you want to be able to interrupt consumer’s event loop without waiting for a next incoming message;
2) when you want to consume messages […]

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Lack of persistent disk out of the box and IP addresses that are not preserved between reboots are indeed the 2 primary issues that make hosting public web sites on Amazon EC2 “tricky” (even though not impossible).
Instead of addressing the problem head on, have you considered multisourcing your infrastructure? Let Amazon EC2 host your […]

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