I am under the impression that PrimeDice backend is written in php with a socket server in nodejs
I guess we gotta wait for stunna for comment on this
I guess we gotta wait for stunna for comment on this
Primedice uses Node.js alongside PostgreSQL. Ember.js (front end) 100% PHP free. We are able to handle a significant amount of load with clustered servers and heavy DB optimization. We completely threw away all the problematic PHP code that was used for PD2.
Thank U Stunna for dropping by. So, does it mean that till PD2 a few months ago PHP-PostgreSQL was doing fine in handling traffic ? I'm asking this because elsewhere another Dice site owner is moving from PHP to Java for better performance. Is PHP less efficient in handling concurrency just because it does not support threading like Java ? Then, how come FaceBook is running primarily on PHP ?
Since you bought the site in June it seems like there was less than 20 BTC wagered total. How much revenue did that generate?
We don't release the numbers, but it was a decent amount for a smaller site.
Why r u doing the next version with investment feature in Java instead of PHP ?
Java is better language and gives us the same performance as an exchange.
I'm sorry to contradict U in this regard. Why r u saying that Java is better than PHP ? Does not it depend on the coder ? Otherwise, how Facebook is primarily running on PHP ? AFAIK tomcat is not good to support big traffic, U need to go for JBOSS.
Moreover, if someone buys your PHP script, it would be difficult for him/her to upgrade to the next version, if that's written in Java. Not only the Xamp settings need to be exported to Tomcat, but also DB connection etc. need to be changed.
No we used mysql and tomcat proxy thru nginx is great for high concurrency. But this isn't the place to debate that.
Ok... one last question. What is the highest no. of concurrent connections u have experienced on FastBluff.com as per Google Analytics or whatever u have used ?
We were getting a good amount of people a day using the site (Not really going to release that since this is such a low starting bid, to be honest this deal is a steal, if that doesn't show that we don't care about the profit on the sale of site, I don't know what would. We want the site to have a good home and help some budding person get a good start if dice sites are something they want to do). The concurrency was more of a database issue, when we would be going to investments and rolls. We were getting a lot of rolls at once, that were taking down the site, so the php code actually has a limiter on it. With the java code we would be able remove that limiter, as well as we would be able to do investments better and faster.
I am not going to use this form to debate why I choose to move on from the php code to java, it was a decision that was made, when we were 100% sure we wanted to pursuit that, and just as music comes to musicians heads, we found other interest that made us want to build and do those.
The amount of things you are getting for 1 BTC is ridiculous you are getting 2 complete sites, 3 domain names.
We are a private company and start opening the books look like that, isn't something we choose to do now.
Also if my answers before where confusing, it was because I was on a phone now I am at a computer and can write out long descriptions to answer questions.
I'd also like to hear from site owners that allows investment whether PHP has any constraint about doing instant profit sharing ?
