2014
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Rethinking Email Subscriptions
Jul 9
For the past several months, I’ve been very happily using Jetpack’s email subscription system to power notifications on this site. There has to be a better way.
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Don’t be that guy: A Lesson in Conference Etiquette
Jul 5
Be respectful when you go to conferences. Speakers invest a lot in presenting, and other attendees have paid a chunk of money to be there.
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The Effect of Privacy Violation
Jul 3
The passage of legislation requiring all Internet-based data about Russian citizens to be hosted on servers physically hosted in Russia is both inspiring and terrifying.
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How Local Development has Failed
Jul 2
I’ve discovered that many of the tools and tricks we’re using to optimize websites are making it impossible to work truly offline.
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Why Comments Matter
Jun 30
Comments are just as valuable as the original article, post, thought, rant that inspired them. Comments matter immensely, and there are several reasons why.
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Varying Vagrants Evolved
Jun 27
I’ve cleared out my old Mac virtual machines and started with Varying Vagrant Vagrants anew. Here’s how!
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Multi-Instance Factories in PHP
Jun 26
I advocate the proper use of Singletons, but that situations where Singletons are appropriate are few and far between.
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Why the Debate on Net Neutrality Dooms us All
Jun 24
Whatever the outcome, the debate on “net neutrality” is doomed to leave us worse off than before.
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Measuring Productivity
Jun 22
A few months ago, I read an article about Automattic’s highly-unorthodox view on productivity that really rubbed me the wrong way.
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How the GPL Limits Freedom
Jun 18
I value my ability to contribute to the work of others far more than my ability to mandate how they use my contributions.
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Net Neutrality: Crowdsourcing Data
Jun 14
Network throttling is a dick move on the part of ISPs. According to some, though, it’s already happening.
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PHP: Read Only Attributes
Jun 13
Like in JavaScript, sometimes you want an object property in PHP to be read-only. This is pretty easy to set up!