Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.

This is the legacy version of twitter.com. We will be shutting it down on June 1, 2020. Please switch to a supported browser, or disable the extension which masks your browser. You can see a list of supported browsers in our Help Center.

  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
colmmacc's profile
Colm MacCárthaigh
Colm MacCárthaigh
Colm MacCárthaigh
@colmmacc

Tweets

Colm MacCárthaigh

@colmmacc

AWS, Apache, Crypto, Irish Music, Haiku, Photography

Seattle
notesfromthesound.com
Joined April 2008

Tweets

  • © 2020 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Imprint
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Tuesday Tweet thread time! Warning, because this one is *shameless* promotion and a very minor, but still crass, personal victory lap 🤣. I'm going to compare the work it took at my former startup jobs that would now take ... oh, seconds, with EC2.

      8 replies 29 retweets 137 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      At my last job, I built 6 multi-rack installations of servers. Most were SUN (RIP) boxes in Level3 (RIP) colos. Our biggest was in our own datacenter, which we converted from office space. Job before that I built out two room-sized installations.

      1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Anyway, at my last job (Joost), we were streaming video using p2p (until we abandoned p2p). We needed to build our own "Long Tail Sites" CDN. We couldn't use commercial CDNs, because we used our own protocol. That was very dumb, but there you go.

      1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Before we could build any sites, we needed to get colo space. We didn't have a lot of time for negotiating and getting through vendors, so we focused on vendors that could sign one contract that covered many sites. So folks like Level3 and Equinix.

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      Show this thread
    5. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Still that took months. Meetings between me, our purchasing manager (Menno), our Lawyer (Melinda) ... just to get to good commercials. We ended up going with Level3 because they could *also* sell us bandwidth, which meant one fewer contract to negotiate.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      Show this thread
    6. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      We had to do all of this too for which servers to buy. We ended up going with SUN hardware, though x86 not Sparc, because we wouldn't have people nearby the sites and they had an excellent reputation for reliability. Also Mads, one of our sysadmins, had a thumb on the scale.

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      Show this thread
    7. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Oh also, the SUN boxes had a great ILOM (Integrated Lights Out Management) which meant we could actually boot and reimage the things remotely, which was important. We had a "Golden Image" deployment pattern.

      5 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      Show this thread
    8. Ian Massingham‏ @IanMmmm 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation
      Replying to @colmmacc

      Jumpstart? I had a contractor on my team working 100% building something like puppet or chef...

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 28 May 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation
      Replying to @IanMmmm

      We had @thommay !

      9:57 AM - 28 May 2019
      0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2020 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Imprint
        • Cookies
        • Ads info