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Disqus guest posting via API 12 Jul 2013 | 08:13 am

While evaluating the Disqus API for things like posting and flagging as a guest, I was baffled by this non-descript error: After checking the obvious things (like enabling guest posting and checking ...

Send mail() using PHP on Mac OS X 20 Apr 2013 | 03:21 am

Thanks to Benjamin Rojas, Andy Stratton, and a tip from Jasper, I was able to successfully send email from my home-brewed MAMP environment. Here’s the summary. Add the following to your /etc/postfix/...

Write tests, you might learn something 6 Apr 2013 | 12:43 am

Writing unit tests for your code is widely regarded as a best practice. There are many excuses for not writing tests: time, cost, and the fun factor. Excuses aside, there are some Good Reasons to writ...

What Employers are Looking For 4 Jan 2013 | 06:40 am

Employers looking for high-quality software developers are plentiful. At the January meeting of the Atlanta PHP user group Ari Waller shared some useful notes on what employers are looking for in 2013...

Video: Multi-tasking in PHP 20 Dec 2012 | 10:26 am

My Multi-tasking in PHP talk at the Atlanta PHP User Group December 2012 meetup. Hope you can join us sometime! Presentation link bundle (includes slides): http://bitly.com/atlphpm

Scaling Your Website: Three Stages 17 Dec 2012 | 10:55 am

So, you have A Big Idea that will Revolutionize The World. Naturally, people will flock to your site and engage with it. Naturally, you are concerned about whether your infrastructure can handle succe...

What Is Wrong With PHP’s Semaphore Extension 9 Dec 2012 | 10:27 am

Lack of a true Semaphore sem_release() releases the semaphore if it is currently acquired by the calling process, otherwise a warning is generated. http://php.net/manual/en/function.sem-release.php ...

Multi-tasking in PHP 7 Dec 2012 | 09:00 am

I was honored to deliver this presentation to the Atlanta PHP User Group‘s December 2012 meetup. Enjoy! Presentation link bundle: http://bitly.com/atlphpm Multi-tasking in PHP from Jonathon Hill

Announcing ShareMyUrl.co 6 Dec 2012 | 10:34 pm

Any task that needs to be done more than once is worth automating. The Grumpy Programmer Enjoy!

Roll your own MAMP development environment 29 Nov 2012 | 10:54 pm

Pre-packaged MAMP, LAMP, and WAMP stacks have been common on developer’s computers for years. Such packages are convenient because they provide a single-step install process, with all components in th...

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