The US national parks have many canyons that offer spectacular views and amazing hikes. They offer a wide range of ways to experience them. During 4-5 days we decided to explore some of the most famous canyons: The Grand Canyon (Arizona), Angels landing (Zion, Utah), Narrows (Zion, Utah) and Bryce Canyon (Utah). Below is the itinerary we followed from San Francisco.
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Day hike Half Dome, Yosemite
Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor.
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Two years have passed in San Francisco. Full of memories and full of wonderful encounters! The city moves fast and you never get bored. I tried so many different things and discovered new hobbies. A true life changing experience.
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First you need to define the type of data you are dealing with. Do you have multiple long and complex transactions? Do you need scalability? Is a traditional RDBMS product the perfect solution? What do you know about NoSQL databases?
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Nginx (pronounced “Engine-X”) is an open source Web server and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols, with a strong focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. In this example we are going to use Nginx as a Reverse Proxy.
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Varnish is a web application accelerator. You can install it in front of your web application and it will speed it up significantly. For example Varnish can receive HTTP requests for various production web servers, then caches those requests with a specific TTL to reduce load on the production servers.
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I knew very little things about Korea but that it shares one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. It was also my first time in Asia, making it an even more interesting trip!
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