Saturday, March 31, 2018

Atlas Quest is on the cloud!

For months I've been working on the next big update.... moving Atlas Quest to the cloud! I know that means nothing to some of you, but this is HUGE! Cloud computing, also known as on-demand computing, is a kind of internet-based computing, where shared resources and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources.

Previously, Atlas Quest was hosted on a single computer. If something happened to that system, or a surge of activity overloaded the server, the website would essentially crash. In a nutshell, moving to the cloud makes the server faster, cheaper and more reliable! It's a win-win-win for everyone!

To celebrate this monumental achievement, I changed the primary font used on Atlas Quest to a cloud-based font. I'm not sure if I'll leave it there permanently or eventually go back to the old font, but let me know what you think!

3 comments:

Krafty Kat said...

You think you're funny, don't you. ;)

Okie Dog said...

(Cloud computing, also known as on-demand computing, is a kind of internet-based computing, where shared resources and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand.)

Oh, wonderful, now you are opening us up to hackers, or it sounds so...right? The word Sharing scares me, any one else?

Cute April Fools joke, Ryan. :-)
OD

Ryan said...

Krafty Kat: Yes

Okie Dog: Cloud computing doesn't necessarily open things up to hackers. Dozens (if not hundreds) of hackers already try to get into AQ on a *daily* basis. But depending on how it's set up, the security might even be better than I can do on my own. The risks are *different*, but not necessarily worse. But I didn't really move AQ to the cloud so it's a moot point anyhow.