WIB on the Web

Where have we been? On the news wire, that's where. Where I've Been has been on the upswing after we struck a partnership with Joyent Cloud, the host of our MySQL database, in March 2008, and we've got the block quotes to prove it:

Since then, the Whereivebeen.com application has completed 47,921,072,680 queries to its MySQL database without a single reboot and with no downtime.

Accomplishing nearly 48 billion of anything is probably some kind of an achievement. But in simpler terms, this means that any time a user on our site posts a review, uploads a picture, adds a friend--interacts with our site in any way, really--a query is sent to Joyent Cloud, our MySQL database host, and they get a response. In that span of over a year, the nearly 2 million-plus users of our Where I've Been Map application never faced a second of server downtime. Boo-yah. Here's our very own developer Craig on the matter, who knows more about this kind of thing than any of us ever will:

"We were particularly brutal to that server, at one point we were doing well over 7000 queries per second. It is impressive how well one machine handled that much load," said Craig Ulliott, Where I've Been Founder and CTO.

This news is particularly exciting for us in that despite our rapid growth and our re-launch of a more powerful site in late April, our users haven't faced any unnecessary headaches when they indulge their desires to share travel stories, write reviews, connect with friends, plan a trip, use our special Travel Bucks to donate to a cause, or utilize any of the other countless features on Where I've Been. Where I've Been is the world's leading travel application, allowing you to find places you want to go, travel to those places, and share all you've found and learned when you get back, pinpointing your travels on our map and interacting with other friends and travelers.

But since we're still in our beta version, this is where you come in: What do you want Where I've Been to be? We want to grow with the user in mind, and thus hearing any and all input that can make our site experience more enjoyable for you makes it much more enjoyable for us. What are we doing wrong? Right? What should be added or subtracted? If you have any questions about how to use our site, what we're all about, or any feedback at all, do not hesitate to fire up your email client and drop us a line at support@whereivebeen.com.

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter today! http://www.twitter.com/whereivebeen