Take Time to Give Back
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No matter what you do, always take time to give back to the community that helped define you.
Eric Mann
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Asynchronous Conversations
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I keep hearing a new term from colleagues who work from home: “asynchronous communication.”
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Code Smell
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With a few notable exceptions, developers often invoke “code smell” because they don’t like an approach or pattern, but can’t articulate why.
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PHP Output Parameters
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One of the things I miss most from my C# coding days is output parameters.
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What Comes Next?
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Publishing has come a long way in the past few years. Seeing the evolution from print to digital, I continue to ask, “what’s next?”
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Why I use the MIT License
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I don’t like the GPL, so I license my code under the GPL-compatible MIT license instead. Want to know why?
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Fragment Caching in WordPress
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One of the easiest ways to optimize a WordPress installation is to selectively cache various output components. It’s not tricky, either.
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You Only Have Two Eyes
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One tool might seem like a great fit from your perspective; just remember yours isn’t the only valid view.
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Filtering Arrays in PHP
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Few PHP developers know how to manipulate arrays using PHP’s built-in functionality. Here are three powerful applications of this function set and why you should use them in your code.
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Setting a Goal
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The mistake I make the most often is getting too far ahead of an idea.