tcarnell

I want to benchmark my web framework 'Contentigo.com', I want to see how it compares to CodeIgniter, Symfony etc.

Has somebody written a good, clear set of benchmark tests that I can also apply to Contentigo? EG:

- time to serve 100 'realistic' web pages (without any caching)

- time to serve 100 'realistic' web pages with 3 database queries per request (with some defined dataset to retrieve) (without any caching)

- time to serve 100 'realistic' web pages (with caching)

something like this?

If you use a self-signed certificate to secure a website, Google Chrome's reaction is somewhat dramatic and I would say inaccurate and misleading. Below is a screenshot (sorry, you'll have to accept the certificate to view it!):

https://puntoshare.com/resource/BvihzPSc

The Google Chrome url bar with the "https" and "padlock" icons crossed out with a bold red line would suggest to the user that the page is not encrypted, does not use HTTPS and is 'not safe'.

Of course, this is not true and the Chrome 'site information' text clearly states that the site is secured with 256-bit encryption (and displays a reassuring green padlock icon). However, I am sure very few users actually view the 'site information' text.

I agree that the certificate does not verify the identity of the site, but this is a separate issue, right? I just want to ensure the user that information passed to/from the server is encrypted.

We visit unsecured websites all the time and we have no idea how safe they are or who owns them and browsers give us absolutely no warnings, so I am a bit disappointed that when I do attempt to increase security for the end-user the browser works against me, implying the site is unsafe.

Can't Google bypass the CA's and implement their own site authentication mechanism (for free)?

I built one as part of a project with a friend, we took it to the almost to point of selling it to a blue-chip company in London, but it the friend and I had very different opinions of how the company should be run (equity share etc).

So I now have complete ownership of a web-based contract management system designed specifically for large companies.

If anybody is interested in a demo, let me know and I'll get it up and running...

Would anybody else find it useful to have the 'new' posts listed on the right hand side of the default HN page? (such that they update every 'n' minutes, or scroll)

I tend to end up not reading the 'new' posts and focus on the top rated posts. It is probably just the way I read HN, but maybe being able to see the 'new' news posts ON THE SAME PAGE as the top rated posts might help many of the new posts that fly past completely unseen by many people...

(I would have normally knocked up a screen shot, but I am restricted to install anything remotely useful onsite)