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7 Best Reliable & Cheap WordPress Hosting Services (2023)
Written by: Sean Garrity
Sean has more than 15 years of experience researching, writing, and editing for numerous industry-specific trade publications. His goal is to keep organizations and stakeholders informed of the latest trends and technologies that can help them streamline operations and thrive online. Sean loves to chat about all things IT infrastructure and covers a range of topics in his writing, including virtualization, cloud computing, the hyperscalers, IoT and edge technologies, and digital transformation, among others.
In a crowded marketplace, how do you find the best — but still cheap — WordPress hosting? With so many people seeking out the popular content management system, and so many hosting providers clamoring for their business, the industry can be tough to navigate.
So many WordPress users have successfully built careers with the free, open-source CMS. The WordPress.org testimonials page is filled with bits of praise from web developers who use the software to easily create beautiful sites for their clients and bloggers who transmit their messages on the platform.
Whether you're a seasoned designer or a beginner to the web development game, WordPress offers a simple and free way to build a site. More good news: There are a ton of hosting providers that will power WordPress sites for next to nothing. Here, we'll take a look at the seven top hosts that provide cheap WordPress hosting.
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Without a doubt, WordPress is the most popular web-building software on the planet, as it holds a 60% market share in the CMS space. In fact, its closest competitor, Joomla, only claims 6% of the market. WordPress is so widely employed by site owners and developers for a number of reasons — it's open-source/free, easy to use, and finding cheap hosting for the platform is a piece of cake.
While a number of providers offer budget-friendly hosting plans for WordPress, it's important to weigh some of the features included in a package. Below, you'll find the top three hosts that provide cheap WordPress hosting and also include value-adds such as free backups, choice of datacenter location, optimized load times, and managed services.
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Laura Bernheim (HostingAdvice.com): As much as we love WordPress, one of our biggest pet peeves is when hosting providers exploit the popularity of the world's most-used content management system by offering so-called WordPress hosting that, in reality, is exactly the same as the host's shared server plans. Fortunately, Hostinger's ultra-fast infrastructure and easy access to SSL certificates and backups sets up the company to outperform the vast majority of the violators of our admittedly made-up rule. Go to full review »
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The concept of shared hosting is pretty simple to understand — it involves multiple websites being run on the same server. Because resources are distributed across several sites, hosts can offer this option at very low price points, which is why it's so popular with bloggers and entrepreneurs.
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It's safe to say the goal of most eCommerce entrepreneurs is to scale their online businesses and attract the widest possible audiences. For WordPress sites that have outgrown the shared hosting environment, VPS (virtual private server) hosting offers the powerful computing power necessary to handle expanded storage and bandwidth needs.
Site performance is crucial for online businesses. In fact, it's so important that just a one-second delay in load time or page response can result in a 7% reduction in conversions. For large eCommerce sites, that can add up to millions of dollars in lost revenue per year.
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Though the costs associated with VPS hosting are higher than those for shared hosting, the quick load times and high availability a VPS provides ensure ideal user experiences for your visitors. We've found the best VPS host that provides lightning-fast speeds, top-notch support, and a robust virtual infrastructure at a very low premium. Be sure to read our full review below to learn more about all the features the host offers with its VPS package.
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Speaking of performance, running your WordPress site on a dedicated server is like revving it up with a Ferrari engine. It will give you the highest possible efficiency and speed, but you're going to pay for it. While there may be some sticker shock involved with the price jump, going dedicated may be the smartest option if you own a large site with big storage needs and if your traffic reaches the 100,000 mark each month.
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A whopping 83% of consumers visit a business's website before making a decision to make a purchase, and an increasing number of these potential customers are basing their choices partly on the site's look and feel. A good design creates trust and credibility, whereas a sloppy, unfunctional one can drive customers away in the blink of an eye. The lesson here is that no matter if you're selling widgets or blogging about your hobby with WordPress, it's imperative your design is compelling and provides the most optimal user experience possible.
Not every site owner has professional web design skills, and the leading hosts know this. That's why the top-rated hosting providers offer tools that work in tandem with platforms, like WordPress, to make the design-build process more intuitive. Features such as responsive themes, drag-and-drop editors, and built-in staging allow even those with no web development experience to create professional-grade, beautiful sites. Below you'll find our top pick for the hosting package that offers a website builder with an extensive toolset. By reading the full review, you'll see why this package tops our WordPress website builder list.
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Don't Assume Inexpensive WordPress Hosting Can't Be Reliable, Too!
The #ilovewp hashtag has become the battle cry of so many for good reason. The platform's free, open-source software is available for anyone to use to get their messages online in a professional way. The online community spans the globe, with in-person meetups and WordCamps happening all over. These gatherings are a great place to learn about WordPress hosting, optimization, and new plugins.
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1. From the GUI of your Datto Networking Appliance, download the OpenVPN config file from the DNA to the target computer by clicking the OpenVPN Config File on the Client VPN card, as shown in Figure 1.
For Windows clients, save the file to %systemroot%\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.
For Linux and Mac clients, save the file to the desktop.
1. Open the OpenVPNclient and click connect.
2. To log on to the network, use the email address from the username and password you created earlier on the Client VPN card.
3. If you are still unable to connect, reboot your Datto Networking Appliance, and attempt the connection again.
2. If you are still unable to connect, reboot your Datto Networking Appliance, and attempt the connection again.
1. Add the config file you saved in the Download the OpenVPN Config File section of this article to Tunnelblick by dragging it from the desktop into the left-hand pane shown in Figure 2.
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3. Log in using the credentials you created in the DNA: Client VPN article.
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Entertainment: Everyone is Here in "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate"
New "Smash Bros." Game Brings Hectic Combat to the Switch
Ayinde Roberts, Staff Writer
BRIDGEWATER, VA.- There have been a number of defining games for Nintendo, but none has had such a unique impact on the gaming industry quite like the Super Smash Bros. franchise. And now, the newest entry is here with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fifth game in the Super Smash franchise, and the first game on the Nintendo Switch. The premise of the game is simple: bring a bunch of iconic characters from popular Nintendo games (and some other third-party games) and duke it out in crazy combat.
Ultimate is the best-looking game in the series, with stunning visuals and amazing details in stages for each character in the game. Speaking of characters, when the advertisements said, "Everyone is Here," they were not kidding.
There are over 70 characters from every Smash game to choose from, and not one character plays the same. Each character has something that differentiates them from the rest of the game. Examples include Street Fighter favorites Ryu and Ken, who feel different thanks to the ability to do the button combinations for their special moves.
The story mode, or rather "Adventure Mode" is also very interesting. The mode is dubbed "World of Light," and it involves you rescuing all of the characters to face off against the Guardian of Light, Galeem and the herald of Darkness, Dharkon. The mode, while good to kill time, isn't as deep as the Subspace Emissary from "Brawl."
Each fight in World of Light has different aspects that may affect your chances of victory. For instance, the enemy could be giant, or you could take damage from out of nowhere. It makes every interaction feel unique and can be incredibly difficult sometimes. It is rewarding, however, when you defeat the fighter you have been trying to unlock.
But in terms of fighting game mechanics, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one of the most accessible, yet complex fighting games. The combat system didn't change too much from game to game, but there are new mechanics that are fun for casual gamers and makes the game more complex for competitive gamers.
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"I am very delighted that the final two students in the RABDF Dairy Student Award 2023 are both from Harper Adams University. This will be the eighth time in the last nine years that a Harper Adams student has won the award. This success is a reflection that our students are well prepared for the dairy industry, and that they are able to articulate their views and opinions on a variety of topics."
The title of Dairy Student of the Year is set to be held by a Harper Adams scholar once again – with both 2023 finalists studying at the University.
The award – organised by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers – is set to be announced at Dairy-Tech in Stoneleigh on February 1.
Finalists Rebecca Smith, from Cumbria, and Jack Howard, from Somerset, were selected from a shortlist of six .
Meet our two Dairy Student of the Year finalists- Jack Howard and Rebecca Smith, both from @HarperAdamsUni . Competition judge @WastenageFarms said picking a winner was almost 'impossible'. The winner announcement is 10:45am on the Dairy Hub stand at #dairytechuk @molevalley pic.twitter.com/PX8m2xu3BM
— Dairy-Tech (@Dairy_TechUK) January 20, 2023
Each shortlisted student had to undertake a case study business appraisal to get in to the final, and then provide a 10 minute presentation to an audience of experts at the Famers' Club in London, responding to the prompt: The future reputation of the Dairy Industry is at stake. How do we encourage Gen Z to consume, enjoy and promote dairy products? Discuss.
Rebecca said: "It was quite nerve-racking to begin with, but once I got into the interview and conducted my presentation the nerves subsided.
"I was very happy to be shortlisted for the award and it has been a great experience."
And Jack added: "I am very grateful for the people over the years who have allowed me to learn and had the patience for me. If I had told 11-year-old me who was milking cows that I would get this far in a award I wouldn't have believed you!
"Whatever the end result I have enjoyed the process and looking forward to my future in the industry."
Jack added that – while initially nervous making his presentation – he soon found his feet.
He added: "Once I got settled and the questions started coming I felt surprisingly relaxed. I enjoyed being on the spot and really got to test my knowledge around the subjects given.
"It's sometimes surprising what you know!
"The RABDF Entrepreneurs in Dairying course I had just completed before the presentation allowed me to have up to date knowledge and gave me so much confidence which helped. The diversity of my course also allowed me to use a wide range of knowledge to answer the questions - time flies when you're having fun!"
Rebecca, a BSc (Hons) Agriculture with Farm Business Management student, hopes to visit New Zealand to study the country's dairy farming in detail once she completes her studies at Harper Adams.
She added: "I decided to study this course because I felt that it would give me an opportunity to understand the business side of agriculture better. Harper Adams is known really well in the agricultural community as being one of the top universities and there are a lot of like-minded people here who are passionate about similar things.
"I have learnt a lot from the course at Harper which will be invaluable in the future. It is also a great place to network and get your profile out there."
Meanwhile BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management student Jack said: "In the next 10 years agriculture is going to have some massive changes - which are exciting.
"Gone are the days of just being farmers and tending to your crops and livestock. You have to be business minded in every aspect and having that understanding of law, tax, international trade, planning etc allows you to look at a business at a different angle.
"The name of Harper Adams stands out on your CV and the connections you make will stand you great value for life."
Harper Adams Professor of Animal Science, Professor Liam Sinclair, welcomed the news that Harper Adams was yet again set to take the Dairy Student of the Year crown.
He said: "I am very delighted that the final two students in the RABDF Dairy Student Award 2023 are both from Harper Adams University.
"This will be the eighth time in the last nine years that a Harper Adams student has won the award.
"This success is a reflection that our students are well prepared for the dairy industry, and that they are able to articulate their views and opinions on a variety of topics.
"I wish both Rebecca and Jack the best of luck!"
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The entertainment company Cisneros Media, which last February consolidated its TV brands under the 'VePlus' TV channel, announced it is adding new productions starting in June throughout Latin America.
Some of the most important contents of the Cisneros Media's pay TV channel are the talk show 'El show de la Dra. Nancy", the interviews program 'Cara a Cala', with the journalist Ismael Cala, and 'En tu cama o en la mía', focused on humorous and sharpness interviews. Cisneros has also announced new seasons of 'El Chateo', 'Más allá de la belleza' and the soap opera 'Secreto de amor'.
'We are very happy with all the news we can announce for VePlus. The constant refreshing and variety in the content offer that we present in the TV channel have allowed us to enjoy high levels of audience that we are sure will continue to grow with the incorporation of these new productions', said Jonathan Blum, President of Cisneros Media. In addition, in previous interviews he reported that in 2018 Cisneros Media produced more than 1,000 hours of content for its pay TV channel and, by 2019, it is expected to reach more than 1,200 hours.
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A History of Common and Civil Law in Canada
By Pardon Applications of Canada19 June 2014June 23rd, 2022No Comments
Konrad Bongard, freelance columnist for Pardon Applications of Canada, provides insight into the historical differences between common and civil law in Canada, and suggests that English Canada may do well to consider trending toward the economic and legal policies of civil law nations, including Quebec.
Unlike the vast majority of countries in the world, Canada has a bijuralist system, meaning that two different forms of law exist.
In English Canada, a common law system exists, whereby judges assess cases on the basis of available rulings made in the past, giving preference to rulings made by higher courts. In Quebec, a civil law system exists, whereby judges primarily base their decision on a formalized civil code, the current version of which came into existence in Quebec in 1994. Given the relative complexity Canada's bijuralist system, it will be worthwhile to briefly explain the history of these two systems, as well as the potential implications they have for the provinces in which they're applied.
Common law is originally a peculiarly English development. Prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066, different laws applied in different regions throughout the country. After 1066, however, Justices began to formulate a common law system drawing on different legal custom and rulings that had been made in various regions. These rulings were never officially written down, and are therefore "precedential" — for a judge to make a ruling, he has to look at past legal decisions that have been made and (in theory) appeal to them, and has no centralized code to appeal to.
Also important to mention is that, unlike civil law, common law tends to reflect the more individualistic disposition of Anglo-American societies. This can be traced back to the 1215 Magna Carta and its guarantee of inalienable rights, as well as its tripartite separation of powers into the legislative, executive, and judiciary.
Nowhere is this individualist focus more evident than in the constitution of the United States, in which the famous statement that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" essentially functions as an individualist credo. And while common law may have begun in England, today it has spread far and wide. According to the CIA World Factbook, 80 countries use it, including India, the United States, Australia, and in large part, Canada.
Civil law has quite a different history.
In 1804, Napoleon (seeking to radically modernize France, which had arguably fallen behind intellectually and socially compared to Great Britain) created the Napoleonic Code, which derived its inspiration from rules issued by the Roman Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, as well as their later rediscovery in 11th-century Italy. The ideology of the Napoleonic Code is decidedly different than that commonly employed in the constitutions of common-law nations. Unlike the American individualist focus, the French code is based on the principles of "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité", and establishes the state, not a historical aggregate of judges, as the primary law-maker for society. As such, judges appeal directly to the code (the state) when they assess cases, which is endowed with a legitimate social engineering function.
Important to remember is that the French Enlightenment zeal for rationalization was not limited to their civil code. It has also bequeathed to us our decimalist metric system (the French even tried to implement a decimalist calendar!), as well as more generally the concept of "universal human rights" which is the clear pretext for the creation of an organization like the United Nations. Nor is France the only country with a civil code. After the Napoleonic code was implemented in 1804, a swath of European countries followed suit in creating their own, perhaps the most historically important of which is Germany's 1900 civil code (this code is also overtly communalist). Today, 150 countries use the civil law system — almost twice as many as use common law.
So how does this relate to Canada?
Before the Treaty of Paris in 1763 which ceded New France to Great Britain, the laws followed in Quebec were based on customary laws established in 1580 for the city of Paris. After English victory over Quebec in 1759, however, English common law technically took hold in Quebec, which led to there being a period of confusion in which French colonists boycotted English courts and resolved disputes using the old French law. This changed in 1774, when pre-Napoleonic French legal codes were rendered official in Quebec (though they still had to follow the English criminal code).
In 1791, Quebec was partitioned into "Lower Canada" (southern parts of present-day Quebec) and "Upper Canada" (Ontario) due to the high volume of English-language colonists who had settled in the southern regions of Quebec. As part of this arrangement, Lower Canada was allowed to retain the French legal system, whereas Upper Canada officially adopted common law. This persisted until 1841, when Upper and Lower Canada were united into the province of Canada (the precursor to the modern nation-state). In this new dispensation, Quebec was allowed to continue using French legal codes. However, to achieve simplification, a commission was formed to draft a new civil code. This commission prepared the Civil Code of Lower Canada (1866) and the Code of Civil Procedure (1867), which were both greatly influenced by their French, post-revolutionary counterpart, and were both in force when Quebec (Canada East) became part of the Dominion of Canada on 1 July 1867.
To understand the consequences of the existence of two legal systems in Canada, it helps to understand how, globally, civil law and common law countries differ.
Because civil law countries tend to view society more as an organic "community" than as a collection of atomized individuals, for instance, these countries (among them Germany, France and Japan) feature a higher degree of interpenetration between government, banking, and private business. In America or Great Britain, corporations are primarily financed via "equity-based financing" provided by competitive capital markets, and corporate assets are more or less continually on the auction block, with their employees similarly viewed as largely disposable.
In civil law countries, by contrast, corporations aren't nearly as free — they receive the bulk of their financing from universal banks which are in turn often owned jointly by the government. As a result, "employees are seen as the number one stakeholder, customers number two, and the shareholders a distant number three." Notably, because they operate on all four financial pillars — banking, securities, trusts, and insurance – the Quebec-regulated Laurentian Group and the Mouvement Desjardins arguably bear more in common with continental European banks than American or British ones.
Another difference is immigration. Whereas common law countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia have been relatively successful at integrating immigrants, nations such as Japan, Switzerland, and France (as well as Quebec) have faced more difficulty with the integrational process.
A recent example which showcased the difference between English Canada and Quebec occurred in the Quebec election in April, when students at McGill and Concordia from English Canada were denied the right to vote on the grounds that they didn't meet the criteria of 'habitual residency'. Essentially, they couldn't vote because they weren't demonstrably intending to stay in Quebec for the foreseeable future!
Optimistically, one would say that Canada — which has frequently been ranked by the United Nations as the most livable country on the planet — benefits from a skillful blending of civil law communitarianism and common law individualism. However, given the stark disparity in wealth between rich and poor, and the consequent effect that demand is often unable to meet the supply generated by technological capitalism, it may be the right time for English Canada to consider hemming closer to the economic policies of the civil law nations (including Quebec), if not necessarily adopting the same legal structures.
Konrad Bongard is a freelance columnist for Pardon Applications of Canada, the nationwide processing firm for Canadian Pardon (Record Suspension) & U.S. Entry Waiver applications. The opinions expressed are that of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Pardon Applications of Canada. For a list of statistical references used in this article, or more information on Pardon Applications of Canada, call 866-383-9744 or email [email protected].
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Blue Bloods season 12 episode 7 spoilers: Baker, Garrett threatened?
Blue Bloods November 11, 2021
While we wait for episode 6 to air on CBS tomorrow night, why not go ahead and have a Blue Bloods season 12 episode 7 discussion now? "USA Today" is an installment airing on CBS come Friday, November 19 — and more than likely, it's going to be the last one for the month of November. (Let's be real: There's no reason for the network to air something on Black Friday.)
So what makes this story so important? For Danny and Baez, it's going to be all about them trying to build inroads with a community that 100% does not want them around. Meanwhile, Erin encounters yet another roadblock in her job and Baker, Garrett, and Gormley are going to have to contend when someone else enters Frank's "inner circle." Is that going to make them worried about their own jobs?
Below, you can check out the full Blue Bloods season 12 episode 7 synopsis with more news all about what lies ahead:
"USA Today" – Danny and Baez's attempts to find the culprit who assaulted a shop owner are hindered by the close-knit community's refusal to cooperate with the investigation. Also, Erin's suspicions about her boss rise when the D.A. assigns her to a seemingly low-level case, and Gormley, Garrett and Baker are threatened when Frank welcomes a new staff member to their "dream team," on the CBS Original series BLUE BLOODS, Friday, Nov. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
We'll admit that the Baker storyline is, at least to us, the most relatable. A lot of us have been in a spot before where a new colleague shows up and you wonder, in some way, if they are taking your place. Also, we tend to get so little of Gormley, Baker, and Garrett that it's 100% welcome that we get them whenever we are lucky enough to see them around.
Hopefully, we'll learn a little bit more about episode 7 tomorrow, after episode 6 formally concludes.
Related – Be sure to get some more news when it comes to Blue Bloods right now
What do you most want to see when it comes to Blue Bloods season 12 episode 7?
Have any specific hopes for the story at large? Be sure to share right now in the attached comments! Once you do just that, be sure to then also stick around for some other insight. (Photo: CBS.)
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Q: Does PNG support metadata fields like Author, Camera Model, etc? When I click on the image>property>details of a PNG image in Windows many fields are missing compared to a JPEG file. Are these fields supported in PNG?  If so, how would they be added in a PNG file programmatically?

A: section 11.3.4.2 of the PNG spec gives a list of pre-defined meta tags (keywords)
http://www.w3.org/TR/PNG/#11textinfo
you can add as many other meta tags/fields as you would like.
as for how, programmatically, that depends on the language you're using!

A: PNG has no EXIF chunk. Thus EXIF metadata will get lost if you convert from JPEG into PNG.
However Adobe has made XMP for storing all kinds of metadata. So that you can convert between JPEG and PNG while preserving metadata.

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Before I dig into my thoughts on the first book in Rae Carson's new Gold Seer Trilogy, let's discuss genre for a minute. While WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER is being marketed as a fantasy, and while the opening chapter firmly establishes Leah Westfall's ability to magically sense the presence of gold, once you move past the events that set Leah off on her cross-country journey, I was surprised to find that the majority of the book reads like a straight historical. Who knows, maybe future installments in the series will play up the magic more, but going off of just this first book, it feels a bit more accurate to call WOEAS historical fiction with some magical realism elements, rather than a fantasy
That said, even though I'd been prepared for a fantasy, I was not disappointed in the slightest to find magic missing from the majority of WOEAS. Leah — who starts going by "Lee" early in the book, when she disguises herself as a boy — is an utterly compelling narrator, and Carson's prose is simultaneously lush and gritty, masterfully evoking the visuals and sounds and smells of a late-1800s America. The staggering amount of research that must have gone into this novel is evident on every page, immersing the reader in the endlessly beautiful — yet unforgivingly harsh — American frontier.
Though the ensemble cast seems kind of sprawling at first, Carson skillfully manages to develop her characters into fully three-dimensional people after surprisingly little page time. It didn't take long before I was rooting not just for Leah, but for the families and individuals traveling alongside her. I won't name names, because some characters have pretty impressive arcs (and some, um, die), but suffice it to say, Leah isn't the only one who ends the book loving these people like family.
For those of us who grew up playing the video game Oregon Trail, Leah's journey will come with a distinct sense of nostalgia. While (spoiler alert) Leah never hunkers down for days on end to shoot squirrels, she, along with her fellow travelers, must ford rivers, maneuver covered wagons, manage sick oxen, and battle disease (although not quite as much dysentery as I remember from my Oregon Trail days). Though the wagon train's trek to California moves agonizingly slowly, the plot never does. Carson is a master of infusing her story with moment-to-moment tension, and even when the characters were sitting still, I found myself flying through the pages.
As with Carson's first series, [what I suspect will be] the main romantic subplot doesn't get much exploration in this first book. While there are hints, this is a story of survival and endurance, not romance. However, as a fan of the slow burn, I thoroughly enjoyed the foundations that were so thoughtfully laid in this book, and I think that even readers who prefer a lot of swoon in their fiction will find that, while sparse, there are enough tidbits in this book to carry them through to the next one.
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# Optimizing Synthesis with Metasketches
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[James Bornholt](http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~bornholt/),
[Emina Torlak](http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~emina/),
[Dan Grossman](http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~djg/),
[Luis Ceze](http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~luisceze/)

[POPL 2016](http://conf.researchr.org/home/POPL-2016)

This page hosts the accepted artifact for our POPL 2016 paper, [*Optimizing Synthesis with Metasketches*](http://synapse.uwplse.org/).

## Contents
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* Contents
{:toc}

### Materials

* [Paper](paper.pdf) (PDF, 333 kB)
* [VirtualBox image](synapse.ova?md5=f3d1f2b9d05a60440955130cfbda0259) (OVA, 1.9 GB)
  * MD5: `f3d1f2b9d05a60440955130cfbda0259`
  * Username: `synapse`
  * Password: `synapse` (has passwordless sudo access)

### Overview

We have provided a [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) image containing the implementation of Synapse,
our framework for optimal synthesis with metasketches.
The image also contains the benchmarks used in our evalation,
and a test suite for Synapse.

Both Synapse and the benchmarks are implemented in [Rosette](http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~emina/rosette/), an extension of [Racket](http://racket-lang.org/), and both languages are installed in the virtual machine.

#### Claims

The artifact addresses all the research questions in the "Evaluation" section of the paper:

1. Is Synapse a practical approach to solving different kinds of synthesis problems?
	* [Figure 6 experiment](#paper-experiments)
2. Does the fragmentatation of the search space by a metasketch translate into parallel speedup?
	* [Figure 7 experiment](#paper-experiments)
3. Is online completeness empirically useful?
	* [Figure 8 experiment](#paper-experiments)
4. How beneficial are our metasketch and implementation optimizations?
	* [Figure 9 experiment](#paper-experiments)
5. Can Synapse reason about dynamic cost functions?
   * [Demonstrations](#demonstrations)

#### Getting Started

Install [VirtualBox 5.0.6](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) and the VirtualBox extension pack.
Import the VirtualBox image (open VirtualBox, then File > Import Appliance).
Boot the resulting virtual machine.
It will log in automatically as the `synapse` user,
and open a terminal in the `~/opsyn` directory.
There is also a desktop shortcut to re-open this terminal.

### Running an Experiment

The `~/opsyn` directory contains a script `run.py` to run experiments.
Experiments are defined in JSON files in the `experiments` directory.
An *experiment* is a collection of *jobs*,
where each job is a single invocation of Synapse (i.e., on a single benchmark with a single configuration).

To run a basic test experiment, execute this command:

```
python run.py -f -n 2 experiments/test.json
```

(The `-f` flag overrides the cache, [explained below](#cache),
and the `-n 2` flag controls the maximum number of parallel cores used).
This should take approximately 1 minute, and produce output similar to the following:

```
compiling benchmark runner...
starting: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 2 -u -v -w (hd-d0 1)
  --> /tmp/tmpX2QpSC
  [4 jobs: 0 complete, 1 running, 3 remaining]
finished: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 2 -u -v -w (hd-d0 1)
  [4 jobs: 1 complete, 0 running, 3 remaining]
starting: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 1 -u -v -w (hd-d0 1)
  --> /tmp/mpocrjp1
  [4 jobs: 1 complete, 2 running, 1 remaining]
starting: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 1 -u -v -w (hd-d0 2)
  --> /tmp/mpWrCYJ8
  [4 jobs: 1 complete, 2 running, 1 remaining]
finished: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 1 -u -v -w (hd-d0 1)
  [4 jobs: 2 complete, 1 running, 1 remaining]
finished: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 1 -u -v -w (hd-d0 2)
  [4 jobs: 3 complete, 1 running, 0 remaining]
starting: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 1 -u -v -w (hd-d0 3)
  --> /tmp/mpShesLL
  [4 jobs: 3 complete, 1 running, 0 remaining]
finished: /home/synapse/opsyn/benchmarks/run -t 900 -n 1 -u -v -w (hd-d0 3)
  [4 jobs: 4 complete, 0 running, 0 remaining]
```

The exact order of the output and the temporary files names may differ.
This output says that four *jobs* were run
(i.e., Synapse was invoked four times).
When a job starts, the experiment runner outputs the name of a temporary file to which that job's output is being redirected.

Running this command also produces two **output files** in the `data` directory:

* `test.csv` is a summary of the results of each job in the experiment
* `test.out.txt` contains the complete output of each job in the experiment

### Paper Experiments

The virtual machine contains everything necessary to reproduce all results in the "Evaluation" section of the paper.
Because many of these experiments take considerable computing resources to run,
the results are [cached](#caching) by default,
and we have also provided [smaller versions](#smaller-experiments) of experiments (where appropriate) that can be run in reasonable time.

To run an experiment corresponding to Figure 6 in the paper,
execute the command:

```
python run.py experiments/all-benchmarks.json
```

When this command finishes,
it will open a graph with results similar to the paper's Figure 6.
Just as with the test experiment,
this command also produces two output files in the `data` directory:
`all-benchmarks.csv` and `all-benchmarks.out.txt`.
The produced graph is also in the `data` directory as `all-benchmarks.pdf`.

Each figure in the paper corresponds to an experiment,
and the experiments can be run (and so their corresponding figures redrawn) by running the appropriate command:

Figure   | Command
---------|--------
Figure 6 (sequential performance) | `python run.py experiments/all-benchmarks.json`
Figure 7 (parallel speedup) | `python run.py experiments/parallel-speedup.json`
Figure 8 (search progress) | `python run.py experiments/search-progress.json`
Figure 9 (optimizations) | `python run.py experiments/optimizations.json`

Each of these experiments will produce output files—including a PDF graph—in the `data` folder, with the same name as the experiment.

#### Caching

The above experiments complete quickly because they are not doing any actual work.
Because the experiments take considerable time,
and many jobs within an experiment are reused across experiments,
the experiment runner *caches* results of each job to be reused.
We have pre-seeded the cache with results for every job necessary to reproduce the experiments above.

To ignore the cache, pass the `-f` flag to `run.py`.
For example:

```
python run.py -f experiments/all-benchmarks.json
```

This command will re-run all jobs necessary for Figure 6. **This will take several hours!**

The rough time required to run the experiments from scratch is as follows:

Figure | Command | Time
-------|---------|-----
Figure 6 (sequential performance) | `python run.py -f experiments/all-benchmarks.json` | 12 hours
Figure 7 (parallel speedup) | `python run.py -n 8 experiments/parallel-speedup.json` | 24 hours
Figure 8 (search progress) | `python run.py -f experiments/search-progress.json` | 15 mins
Figure 9 (optimizations) | `python run.py -f experiments/optimizations.json` | 48 hours

#### Parallel Resources

Running the experiments above can be greatly accelerated by using parallelism.
The `-n` flag to `run.py` controls the number of cores it can use.
For example, running this command:

```
python run.py -f -n 2 experiments/all-benchmarks.json
```

will schedule the jobs for this experiment across two cores,
so the experiment will complete in about half the time.

The experiment runner will not respect a value for `-n` that is higher than the available CPUs.
The virtual machine is configured to use two cores,
so `-n 2` is the maximum.

Note that the `parallel-speedup` experiment requires at least 8 cores
because it will be using up to 8 threads for a single job.
This means that the parallel speedup experiment cannot be reproduced without reconfiguring the virtual machine (or using EC2, [as described below](#running-on-ec2-with-docker)).

### Smaller Experiments

We have provided smaller versions of some experiments,
which should complete in short enough time to be executed inside the virtual machine.
These experiments produce output in the same way as the full experiments:
three output files—including a PDF graph—in the `data` folder, with the same name as the experiment.

Figure | Command | Time
-------|---------|-----
Figure 6 (sequential performance) | `python run.py -f experiments/small/all-benchmarks.json` | 5 mins
Figure 7 (parallel speedup) | `python run.py -f -n 8 experiments/small/parallel-speedup.json` | 15 mins
Figure 9 (optimizations) | `python run.py -f experiments/small/optimizations.json` | 7 mins

**Because the larger benchmarks are excluded,
the aggregate results for Figures 7 and 9 will not be a fair representation of the results.**

Note that the `parallel-speedup` experiment still requires at least 8 cores—the experiment will not run with less than 8 cores,
and so cannot be run on the virtual machine unless its settings are changed.
We have also supplied a special small version of `parallel-speedup` that will run on the two cores the virtual machine is configured with:

```
python run.py -f -n 2 experiments/small/parallel-speedup-2cores.json
```

This experiment will complete in approximately 15 minutes.

### Demonstrations

The virtual machine also includes demonstrations for the claims in the paper about dynamic cost functions (Section 5.6).
They are separate from the experiment runner.
They can be run as follows (from the `~/opsyn` directory):

Demonstration | Command
--------------|--------
Least-squares regression | `racket benchmarks/demos/least-squares.rkt`
Worst-case execution time | `racket benchmarks/demos/wcet.rkt`
Neural network (not in paper) | `racket benchmarks/demos/neural.rkt`

These scripts also accept a `-v` flag to turn on Synapse's verbose output
(equivalent to the `.out.txt` files from experiments above).

### Additional Resources

#### Running Synapse Manually

You can also run benchmarks individually, without going through the experiment runner.
The executable to do so is `benchmarks/run`
(which is a compiled version of the Racket program `benchmarks/run.rkt`).
To see the available options, run:

```
benchmarks/run -h
```

There are many command-line options to the benchmark runner.
To get an idea of which to use, consult the output of an experiment (an `.out.txt` file),
which contains the command used to run each benchmark.

#### Running on EC2 with Docker

To help reproduce the experiments at their full scale,
we are also providing a [Docker](http://www.docker.com) image that can be run on [Amazon EC2](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) (or some other machine).
This is the same setup we used for the paper.

We ran our experiments on a [c4.8xlarge](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/) EC2 instance running the standard Ubuntu 14.04 AMI.
Docker is installed and set up in [the usual way](https://docs.docker.com/linux/started/).

Pull our Docker image:

```
sudo docker pull opsyn/synapse
```

and run it:

```
sudo docker run -ti -v ~:/host/home --name synapse opsyn/synapse bash
```

The Docker environment is the same as the VirtualBox virtual machine: the code resides in `~/opsyn` (which is `/root/opsyn` since the Docker user is root).
The c4.8xlarge instance has 36 cores, all of which will be available to the running Docker container.
We ran experiments using 31 cores to allow for some scheduling overhead; for example:

```
python run.py -f -n 31 experiments/parallel-speedup.json
```

This command completes in about 7 hours.
The `docker run` command above mounted the EC2 user's home directory at `/host/home` in the Docker container,
so to download data files from the experiment,
copy them into that directory from inside the Docker container, and then `scp` them from the EC2 instance.

### Source Code

All source code resides in the `~/opsyn` directory of the `synapse` user.
The source is arranged as follows:

* `benchmarks`: implementations of benchmarks used in the paper
* `opsyn`: core implementation of Synapse
* `test`: tests for Synapse and benchmarks

The core implementation of Synapse consists of:

* The global search implementation `opsyn/engine/search.rkt`
* The local search implementation `opsyn/engine/search-place.rkt`
* The incremental CEGIS implementation `opsyn/engine/solver+.rkt`

Metasketch implementations are in the `opsyn/metasketches` directory.

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