Lots of my friends and colleagues use various different databases for different things, as do I. One thing that I keep coming across is people using MySQL. I’ve never much liked MySQL; its transaction system is fairly new and is not enabled in the default table type, it’s really fast for read queries but slow [...]

So I’ve put the Counter-Strike: Source server back up now that bots have been released and it’s seeing some measurable traffic. I’ve made this post here so that the players can comment on the server and give me feedback on what’s good, what’s bad, etc. The server exists for the players to use so their [...]