Archive for December, 2010
Adding APC to MediaTemple Grid Service
Adding APC to MediaTemple Grid Service | GeekTank. I still use Media Temple’s Grid-Service to host a number of development sites as well as some daily-use applications. I happened to be working on Iron to Iron’s production server, making some optimizations to APC (Alternative PHP Cache) which I use in conjunction with W3 Total Cache. [...]
Year in Review: Highlights from 2010
A look back at the past year has become tradition around here, and 2010 is no exception. It’s been a wild 12 months, but I’d like to point out a few articles I hope you didn’t miss!
How I Use VMWare Fusion and Snapshots
How I Use VMWare Fusion and Snapshots – Snook.ca. We’re all likely very familiar with virtual machines. With each of us needing to test our product in as many applicable environments as possible, The Gauntlet, a virtual machine setup takes a bit of pain out of the equation as it adds a bit of convenience. [...]
Ten Things I Hate About Object-Oriented Programming
Ten Things I Hate About Object-Oriented Programming — The JOT Blog. It’s a rarity for me to read a post that does anything but assume the fact of OOP being the best way to approach application development and go from there. This was a nice, refreshing look at some of the frustrations I have when [...]
In a sea of Designers: My ‘best’ advice
In a sea of Designers: My ‘best’ advice. In my experience there are a lot of up-and-coming designers and developers taking the right approach: asking those that they admire if there’s any good advice to offer. Many times these inquiries can be categorized in two ways: I admire and respect the work you’ve done, what [...]
JavaScript, JavaScript
JavaScript, JavaScript. In the days of “JavaScript” equating to “jQuery” to so many people, it’s super awesome to see someone continuing to publish more technical JavaScript articles. If you’re not subscribing to JavaScript, JavaScript I highly suggest it. It may not make sense, but we should always mind the fact that jQuery is not the [...]
Matt Mullenweg on 5by5
The Big Web Show #29: Matt Mullenweg on 5by5. Admittedly, I don’t really listen to too many Podcasts. I have, however, watched a couple of episodes from 5by5 which is Dan Benjamin’s extremely high quality broadcast company. The production value alone has me intrigued to watch his episodes, but the topic matter is so spot [...]
What’s New in Firebug 1.6
What’s New in Firebug 1.6. I’ve been using Chrome exclusively for roughly the past six months, before that it was Safari. Needless to say I’m a big WebKit fan. I didn’t become one until moving to OS X, before that I was a die hard Firefox user when I ran Linux. I remember first stumbling [...]
