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Understanding the Problem
At work, we’ve been talking about how we need more specs. Spec all the things! I admit I was a little slow to get on this train, but a few months of subcontracting for some other companies has helped me … Continue reading
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PHP 5.4
Remember when I was complaining about the state of PHP? I think congratulations are in order, because it’s time to retract some of that criticism. Oh, not all of it, but this is a really promising release. Let’s run over … Continue reading
imagecolorallocate in PHP 5.4
So, I know you’re supposed to call imagecolordeallocate and create new colors when you create a new image object. And test that your colors are created successfully. But really, who can be bothered? But, if you’re running the latest PHP … Continue reading
SelectMultiple
I really don’t like javascript, so when I tell you I hate HTML select multiple even more, I want you to understand my full meaning, because I’m about to unveil a Javascript library for a select multiple control that doesn’t … Continue reading
Javascript at it again
So if you’re not convinced yet that Javascript is a bad idea, perhaps a case study will help. It’s a good article, and the highlights are no surprise: ✓ Language with a syntax that makes it really easy to introduce … Continue reading
Looking beyond PHP
I saw this article the other day on HN, and it’s something I thought I’d blogged about, but apparently not. Unfortunately, Laurie has a point – although “PHP needs to die” is a bit of a strong statement. The more … Continue reading
ARC is coming!
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer. No seriously, ARC is coming! In case you haven’t already heard, iOS 5 is introducing a new memory management paradigm called ARC. This is … Continue reading
So you want another partition…
Background With the advent of Mac OS X 1.7 Lion, Apple has made some wonderful upgrades to how FileVault works, and I for one am quite happy. However, it does complicate some things… For example, our linux friends have been … Continue reading
Hacking together PHP Properties
Some of you are probably aware that there’s an RFC for PHP to get property support. Man I want that… but I just discovered how to fake it AND keep autocomplete support in my favorite editor – Komodo Edit! This … Continue reading