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If you've got a completely static site and it's being served out of a CDN, the underlying hosting shouldn't really be an issue.

The majority of users/web requests aren't going to be hitting your hosting; they'll stop at the CDN.

Perhaps a better question is "fastest CDN?".

You're correct on 3; I actually did this in a large system I wrote and worked on at my last job.

It wasn't quite dynamic (it required an engineer to set new values for how many workers you wanted..) but we could do this via a GUI.

For (1) what do you do with the persistence? A web request, in general, is not important after a few seconds.

For (2) how does Polyglot accept multiple responders for a single request, and how would it join the responses?

What makes this a problem? The initial request to Polyglot is also "push".

The rest of the web works on "push" too; pull in this case would only help if you don't care that a request could take a long time (seconds) to resolve.

I didn't see mention of it, but what happens if a message is not responded to? How does Polyglot handle time outs?

I had to do the same thing from NameTerrific but got my migration code from the top-level.

The worst part is that I was "in contact" with the owner via Twitter, and he assured me that he would totally look into things at some point in the near future..

Mainly because the checksum is a very good source of truth. Not every file you get is named correctly, or the same as originally intended.

Regardless of the checking method, will there be an API to add episodes to a personal list, regardless of check sum or filname checking?

Next feature: notification of new episodes, particular by collecting group?

These are pretty much the 2 killer features I personally use AniDB for. The back end code for me is less important, because everything I need it to do, is being done. :)

What does this have over AniDB? I'm seeing MyAnimeList mentioned in the comments, but not AniDB?

Do you guys have an API checking file hashes/fingerprints against episodes to add to your list etc? That's one of the biggest draws for AniDB (for me).

Answering the question specifically: Yes. Same as if you were in say, construction, and you were expecting crane operators to bring their own cranes. A dentist their own drill. A chemist their own centrifuge.

In terms of the debate: Eventually you'll need to have policies in place around ownership of work produced, and while there's nothing preventing an employee from copying files to a personal device, having everything they work on stored on hardware owned by the company makes it significantly easier for the company to enforce those policies.

If you supply standardised equipment (a particular model, operating system, etc) it will also help for the setup of any new employee, and any interoperability that may be required. Everyone will get the same; troubleshooting requires a focused spectrum of knowledge and experience rather than knowing how to troubleshoot Windows, Mac, Bootcamp, Ubuntu, CentOS, on desktops or laptops.

I'm dubious as to the worth of these as a specific kitchen utensil; most how-to videos I've seen include a jumper as the sole "equipment" required. Maybe two rubber bands on either side to help prevent movement would make it even easier.

> The design process took months of careful exploration and testing. We did loads of sketches and built functional and aesthetic models by hand and on the computer.

The resulting product is quite nice aesthetically, but is it worth $18?

If they want to travel more, they can work to get the extra income required to do so above/beyond the basic income.

Which would act as an incentive for them to work.