May 30, 2018
PHP Sort Algorithms
A play to implement some sorting algorithms PHP.
Not built for speed. Built to understand functionality. You would better off using internal sorting algorithms for speed.
Building a Business: A Metaphor
A metaphor.The platform we are building has a footprint, think of it like a street in a small town. As we add to our main product, we build it higher. Adding more program developers adds floors to the building - for they are working on...
April 28, 2016
Bridging Legacy Session Storage with Silex and PHP
A legacy application in PHP. It is a monster. It has the php looping inside database until all the data has loaded. No primary keys on the tables. It is scary. It is going slow, and there is no other way than to continue building.Over...
April 14, 2016
Let’s Talk About CORS
During my time working on the 48 hour startup I got caught in DCD (Developer Complusive Disorder). It was about CORS, and how I would handle requests to the API.Solutions suggested *, but I felt that was an easy way out of the issue. Also,...
March 25, 2016
in Development
Dependency Inception: Composer Running NPM and Bower
What a pretty little world we have created for ourselves. Dependency Injection and Package Management are the basis for development in the modern era - I am feeling poetic today. What happens if we can have one package management solution, running another package management solution,...
March 21, 2016
in Start-Up
The Biases of an Unsuccessful Entrepreneur
Startups are hard work. Trying to find the right idea to build, to fit into a market. In the trenches, working and trying to be successful. My projects have never made a profit, never made any money. I have been at the failed-end of start-ups,...
March 8, 2016
The 48 Hour Startup: Time Just Ran Out
It is done. Finished. Time has run out. 48 Hours after I started working on my small start-up idea, I am done. I am not complete, but I have run out of my allotted timeThe stash of files in my repository, that have not been...
March 6, 2016
The 48 Hour Startup: Day Two
Last time while taking a break - like I needed one of those - I thought that a name change was in order. This whole thing, I am calling The 24 Hour Startup. Changing the name of the challenge seems like a nice iteration to...
March 6, 2016
The 48 Hour Application: Day One
Time 08:40Trying to decide what type of storage engine to use. I thought I was going to use what I know, and what is easy to deploy onto my servers - MySQL. Considering I have been using this because I have a few bundles that...
March 6, 2016
The 48 Hour Application: The Start
Today I start the 48 Hour Application. A project idea, and a time-limited application.You may wonder why I am tightening the deadlines, rather than extending them. Tight deadlines can mean a mismanaged project. Tight deadlines could mean that somewhere along the line either a task...