2008|10|14
Having a number of hosts following the same naming scheme is good, defining them is repetitive and boring. Maybe we could patch SSH to achieve …
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2008|09|24
As we all know, HTTP is a stateless protocol. We do all sort of hacks to add state, like ext/session in PHP . While such hacks work great for a …
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2008|09|19
Have a continuous integration solution in place. Really. If you don’t, you just burn money by writing tests. I would go so far and say, if …
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2008|09|13
The scenario: my RAID crashed because I’ve messed around with the partition table of one of the disks in there. This results in a RAID …
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2008|08|03
Finally Johannes Schlüter baked a first alpha-tarball for PHP 5.3. The new version contains a huge amount of new features , like closures, …
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2008|08|02
Since Gentoo Portage introduced the package specific configuration in /etc/portage there was one thing I always missed: specifying environment …
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2008|07|31
Constructors are often used to shortcut dependency injection and parameter passing on instantiation. This is a valid practice and often leads to …
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2008|07|16
But the fact remains: even if no one knows you’re a dog, you’re still a dog. A fantastical online identity never impresses readers. …
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2008|07|05
portage-mod_jabber is a small elog module for Gentoo’s portage which provides Jabber notification for portage. It basically allows to receive …
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2008|06|30
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Matthew Weier O’Phinney announced Zend’s naming scheme for the Zend Framework from the point where PHP 5.3 …
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2008|06|10
Thanks to the heros on the Mactel list I have sound again. If you use Linux on a MacBook of the third generation and your soundcard has been …
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2008|06|04
You were a bit bored lately: you wanted to have time and infrastructure for unit tests and continuous integration but it was “too …
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2008|05|20
I’m a huge fan of PHP-IDS . Mario Heiderich and Christian Matthies did an incredible job polishing this tool, adding new features and trying …
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2008|04|27
The first day at the PHP Unconference in Hamburg was quite nice. The day started with a slightly confused registration, followed by the notorious …
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2008|04|12
PHP 5.3 introduces a new syntax element, NOWDOC . If you know HEREDOC , NOWDOC is easy to understand: it is in fact HEREDOC taken literally. …
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