Wombat Mobile I should be coding or sleeping instead of this...

I've praised my web hosting company, Kattare, on this blog before, but I'm going to do it again.

When I first found them, I was looking for a JSP/Servlet hosting service where I had my own private tomcat, ssh access, and a mysql database to use, and they've really shined there. It's essentially like having my own server, but I don't have to deal with the maintenance and updates. I like to have lots of control and be able to develop in my own little sandbox without having to contact someone for every little configuration tweak (tomcat settings, DNS config changes). And their performance is rock solid, they had no problems handling a massive surge in traffic I had when I was slashdotted.

But for my latest project, I was having a tough time deciding whether I should do it in Java or PHP. Luckily, PHP support was already included with my hosting plan, so I could tinker around and experiment with both options side by side. Kattare rocks!