End Point Team

Our team, headquartered in New York City, has developed, maintained, and hosted ecommerce and other web solutions since its founding in 1995. We combine web application development, database and hosting expertise with understanding clients' objectives to excel in client satisfaction.

Ethan Rowe

Ethan Rowe

Director of Engineering

With End Point Since: 2004
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Ethan Rowe has a wide range of experience developing n-tier business systems using Interchange and Ruby on Rails, working in Perl, PHP, Visual Basic, C/C++, and Tcl, as well as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL database development. He's particularly skilled at developing complex, multi-functional projects.

End Point Camp System. Built a generic, configurable, flexible development environment management system out of highly-specific scripts and utilities; add support for Ruby on Rails, MySQL, and Git, to extend the services to which the camp system can be applied.

MVC in Interchange. Designed and implemented a new MVC subsystem for Backcountry.com within Interchange using Moose as an object system and Rose::DB::Object as the "model" (object-relational mapping layer), designed to coexist with standard Interchange processes but to add a state-of-the-art framework for further application development; extended the framework to include advanced caching control and full-page caching for high scalability.

BS, Computer Music, Summa Cum Laude, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1998.

Ethan is a modestly accomplished pianist and sings tenor. He enjoys running, making music with his wife, and spending time with his two daughters.

Recent Blog Posts By Ethan Rowe

Getting Started with Unit Testing

June 23, 2010

So, you're not writing tests. And it's not like you don't want to, or think they're a bad idea. It just seems so hard to get started. The hurdles to clear feel like such an impediment. It Just Cou... (Getting Started with Unit Testing cont.)

Cassandra, Thrift, and Fibers in EventMachine

May 8, 2010

I've been working with Cassandra and EventMachine lately, in an attempt to maximize write throughput for bulk loading situations (and I would prefer to not abandon the pretty Ruby classes I have fronti... (Cassandra, Thrift, and Fibers in EventMachine cont.)

NoSQL Live: The Dynamo Derivatives (Cassandra, Voldemort, Riak)

March 12, 2010

For me, one of the big parts of attending the NoSQL Live conference was to hear more about the differences between the various Dynamo-inspired open software projects. The Cassandra, Voldemort, and Ri... (NoSQL Live: The Dynamo Derivatives (Cassandra, Voldemort, Riak) cont.)

Quick Thoughts on NoSQL Live Boston Conference

March 11, 2010

I'm back home now from the Boston "NoSQL Live" conference organized by 10gen.com (the MongoDB folks). It was a good event. A lot of stuff covered, a broad range of topics. I have a fair amount to s... (Quick Thoughts on NoSQL Live Boston Conference cont.)

Riak Install on Debian Lenny

March 4, 2010

I'm doing some comparative analysis of various distributed non-relational databases and consequently wrestled with the installation of Riak on a server running Debian Lenny. I relied upon the stand... (Riak Install on Debian Lenny cont.)