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Publication dates
I knew Kernighan and Plauger were forward-thinking, but hadn’t realised they were 22 years ahead of their time! (Oh, and for my own future reference: How to tear in Gimp.)
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Sorry, Apple Inc., I’ve met something I like more than you
I first used a Mac in about 1993 — a Quadra I think it might’ve been, or a Performa. I’d come from DOS and Amiga and didn’t really know anything about anything — I didn’t even know there was anything...
View ArticleContributing to Github-hosted projects
Some projects provide information about how people should fork and contribute to them. This is my general approach (included here, obviously, for my own edification): Fork a project: Github...
View ArticleDon’t Write Code (write descriptions of things)
I wish I didn’t know how to code. For a programmer, the solution to every problem is to write more code. But sometimes, all that is needed is to write proper words. To explain things and explore them...
View ArticleWriting Plugins
I want to help to write plugins for things. Not these full-blow, stand-alone applications with requirements and scopes that change and change and are never finalised! Far nicer to work on a small part...
View ArticleStop inventing new ways of doing things
Every so often I write this same thing. It’s Monday (any Monday) and so it’s time to write it again. The solution to very few problems is to write more code. Usually, it is better to write things in...
View ArticleStop inventing new ways of doing things
Every so often I write this same thing. It’s Monday (any Monday) and so it’s time to write it again. The solution to very few problems is to write more code. Usually, it is better to write things in...
View ArticleWordPress (not Laravel) as an app framework
Is it a good idea to develop full-blown applications as plugins inside WordPress (or an other CMS)? I sometimes feel like it’s a silly thing to do. Especially if the application is not really doing...
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I’m redundant
This week is the first time for seven years that I’ve not had a job to go to (and not been on holiday). So of course I’m sitting at a computer working on some code, drinking a coffee. The location...
View ArticleSorting duplicates in Piwigo
Piwigo has a duplicates-search feature, which allows you to search for duplicate photos by original filename, MD5 checksum, creation date & time, and/or image width & height. It’s slightly...
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