Nice Quote: The major development language for Etsy is PHP. I asked Denker, the continuous deploy framework lead, if it’s cheaper and easier to hire PHP developers. She was a little incredulous: “Oh, no,
I’m thinking about posting a poll in a couple of days about software communities and I’m looking for some input on some of the responses. I have my set of possible responses, but I’d
Ugh. I didn’t want to write a blog post about this, mostly because I intend to stay away from political issues on this blog. I hate politics and I really hate that send enough
Today is NOT binary day. It is not 11/11/11 11:11:11. It is 11/11/2011 11:11:11. The number two is not a binary number. The last time we had a binary day “like this” the Crusades
Earlier today, more for my own interest, I asked the question on Twitter “What programming rules should you ALWAYS follow, regardless of the scenario you’re working in?” In other words, are there programming rules
Eli White posted an article by Eric Paley. It’s called The Curve of Talent and I’m posting it because it’s, simply, really good. I get asked, quite frequently, about how people can be better
“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Hans Gruber Perhaps I am more contemplative when I wake at 3:00 and can’t get back
Today on twitter there was a conversation going on about the responsiveness of the core PHP developers to PHP users. The conversation went as follows (I believe that all the tweets here were in
The best developers hit “Refresh”? No. Well, yes, but that’s not what I was referring to. F5 is what you hit in Zend Studio/PDT to “Step Into” during a debug session. A LOT of
I watched the movie Pollock, not to be confused with Potluck, and I came away with an interesting impression. In the movie Jackson Pollock, portrayed by the under-estimated Ed Harris, was a starving artist