Reading this blog post ranting on PHP No corporation supports PHP’s growth & maturity like Sun & Google do for Java, Google (Guido van Rossum) for Python (jnc Django framework), Ruby (inc RoR) by 37 signals etc… 37Signals & Ruby? … Continue reading
Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. I received an interesting question the other day from a recruiter: Would you be open to moving away from PHP? My answer: First, by analogy. I’m a photographer, most of … Continue reading
I found this comment amusing: Finally, [Megan McArdle] as an approximately 6’ tall, moderately attractive woman — who likes guns — libertarian, objectivist, and conservative fan-bois glommed on to her like a million sperm all trying to fertilize the same … Continue reading
A friend asks whether they should use MacPorts or Homebrew. What these are, are ways of installing Unix (Linux or BSD) software on your Macintosh in a way that they get updated. This is useful if you need to customize … Continue reading
Notes from the Webinar. 2011-05-16. Leo Babauta with Louis Haus(?). Marie was listening to it, so I decided to take some notes to practice using QuickCursor, MacVim, and MultiMarkdown. The Habit Course: Create New Habits For Life Reasons trouble having … Continue reading
I submitted a couple talks for PHP Community Conference last month, of which one was accepted. Unfortunately, it was the one I hadn’t prepared at all. The title was “living without your linemen” and was supposed to be about cloud … Continue reading
Seen in a brochure at PayPal X: LinkedIn uses Joyent infrastructure to run the largest Ruby on Rails app with over 2 billion monthly pageviews. I thought LinkedIn was Java, when did they switch to Rails? 2 billion monthly? When … Continue reading
If you are attending confoo this year, I’ll be giving a talk at the beginning of the conference. Even if you aren’t a PHP developer, I think you’ll find the talk useful—as there is no language religion in it. I’ll … Continue reading
[This post is in progress. There may be a number of errors. Please comment below with corrections and I’ll update this article.] Facebook announced the release of HipHop for PHP today. Haiping Zhao Facebook, Palo Alto, California Sony DSC-WX1 1/80sec … Continue reading
Received this yesterday: So I’m thinking of starting a new web project and was wondering if I could seek your advice. My tendency is to use PHP since that’s what I know and have used most in the past. Though, … Continue reading