My main objective is keep on his work and the work of others in the several tasks that a great project like this, deserves.

I’m really excited about this, because, as a RubyAMF user, I hope we can improve it to make it more popular and feature ritch.

So if you have any questions about this or about the project, you can leave a comment here on send a message to the google group http://groups.google.com/group/rubyamf and we will try to answer your doubts.

Long life to Ruby/AMF/RubyAMF/Flash/Flex/Python/etc/etc/etc!

So we had to devise a way to stress test the server software. That’s the screen capture I posted a couple days ago. But anyway, I setup 7 computers that all had JMeter running – hitting our internal dev server. Total there were 2000 threads, sending 28 requests per thread. In 9 hours, the server handled 37 million requests without anything being a problem. That’s crazy!

The other thing that was so crazy is that each request or “transaction” hits the MS SQL server 5 times per transaction. The server side software is awesome. Chris Crissmond and Darrell Thurmond had written it, its all free threaded – basically one transaction takes 0 seconds. It’s written in C# and SQL Server. These guys did an amazing job.

Another thing that happens per transaction is hitting the M$ Live Search API. M$ themselves told us we wouldn’t be able to get more than about 40 transactions per second on hardware we had (32 bit, 3 gigs ram, dual core something). But we peaked at processing about 300 requests per second. The server we had didn’t even care about what was happening, memory was at about 540MB, and the cpu was staying between 25-40% usage.

The next morning, we had the Live Search team from M$ asking us how the hell we did that. Pretty friggin cool. Also note that JMeter bursts requests, it’s not constantly sending requests. So we probably could have done 90 million in 9 hours no problem. Crazy.

Another successful AMF project. Go AMF!

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You’ll see Star Wars in your terminal! Sorry for the random posting. Just something that was unusual.

Flash Actionscript Programmer

Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) is looking for talented, innovative Actionscript programmers to develop sophisticated Flash-based web, mobile, and standalone applications. A candidate for this position thrives in a creative, idea-driven culture and has a passion for developing groundbreaking interactive work. It’s great opportunity to push the boundaries of Flash development with the creative minds behind subservientchicken.com, comeclean.com, vwfeatures.com, vw.com redesign and Burger King Xbox games, recent winner of the Titanium Grand Prix. And it’s a great opportunity to work on projects for leading brands, including: Volkswagen, Burger King, NIKE, Coke Zero, Sprite, Haggar, Geek Squad and Ask.com.

Requirements

-Expertise with OOP programming techniques and RIA/SOA architecture.

-An innovative, hacker mentality, and an interest in experimenting with new technologies.

-Experience developing games and data driven applications.

-Must work well in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

-Meticulous attention to detail when working with designers on motion graphics, video, and sound assets.

-An obsession for high-quality, on-time deliveries.

-Experience with wide range of internet technologies, including, Flash Remoting, Flash communication server, XML, JavaScript and HTML.

-Knowledge of how to make things work across various OS and browser platforms.

Salary based on experience. Benefits include: 401K, Medical / Dental, and Relocation package.

Please send resumes and sample work to Monica Torres (mtorres at cpbgroup dot com).

Hope to hear from some friendly talented people.