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A concise blogpost introducing a Java API Wrapper for the SoundCloud API, emphasizing OAuth2 support, lightweight dependencies, and a practical walkthrough of authentication, requests, and resource updates.

A newly released Java API wrapper for the SoundCloud API, designed for easy integration in desktop and mobile applications.

An in-depth post-mortem of a May 5, 2011 API outage caused by a faulty deployment and memory leak, detailing rollback, the database migration issue, OAuth 2 token inconsistencies, and actionable lessons to improve pre-deploy testing and API resilience.

A technical walkthrough of building a Rails-based map experience that combines SoundCloud playback, Instagram photo submissions, and API-driven content to accompany an album.

A detailed post-mortem of the May 5, 2011 API outage caused by a migration bug and a memory-consumption issue, outlining rollback steps, token data reconciliation, and lessons on rigorous migration testing.

A technical post-mortem of a May 5, 2011 API outage caused by a buggy deployment and migration, a memory surge that brought app servers down, rollback to a stable state, and a subsequent token data inconsistency, with actionable lessons to improve migration testing and prevent API disruption.

A technical walkthrough of an interactive map-driven experience that pulls SoundCloud and Instagram content into a Rails-based UI using Polymaps, jQuery, CSS3, and APIs to highlight Moby's Destroyed project.

A Rails-backed, map-driven audio-visual experience that integrates SoundCloud playback, Polymaps-based geospatial imagery, and Instagram-sourced user photos to accompany Moby's Destroyed album.

A post mortem analysis of an API outage that occurred on May 5th, 2011, caused by a faulty deployment and migration.

A firsthand account of assisting Moby in premiering his new record on SoundCloud and the unexpected outcomes

A practical overview of the Large Hadron Migrator, a Rails gem for online, zero-downtime ActiveRecord migrations that copy data to a new table, capture changes with triggers into a journal, and swap tables atomically to keep the live site running.

A practical guide to no-downtime online migrations with the Large Hadron Migrator, using a copy table, journal, and triggers to evolve schemas while the system stays live.