• Air Travel and Elitism

    I’m not going to pay $300-1000 more for a first class ticket just to experience a handful of perks. What does that imply about my worth to airline employees?

  • Remote and Secure

    A “virtual private network” is a way to keep your data secure, whether your on a dedicated 4G tether or connected to Starbuck’s free wireless. Traffic from your machine is encrypted at the machine, sent to a remote (trusted) server, decrypted, and proxied to the real network target.

  • Network Dependency

    I’ve been without reliable Internet for 2 days; it’s been a hugely revealing experience.

  • Smallest Unit of Work

    Whenever I try to explain unit testing to another developer, I refer to the “smallest unit of work” that’s possible to test.

  • WordPress and Password Hashing

    WordPress’ password creation/verification system is pluggable (meaning you can replace it with your own implementation). Before you do so, though, you should understand what’s already implemented and why.

  • Be Real with Yourself

    Today is a great opportunity for me to sit and reflect on whether or not my attempts at integrity, intentionality, and honesty have paid off.

  • Entrepreneurial Energy

    I’ve worked with a fair number of start ups during my career. An entrepreneurial founder is an amazing individual.

  • Monkeys in the Machine

    Is JavaScript capable of powering more than just websites?

  • I submitted a WordPress patch no one asked for; you’ll never guess what happened next!

    Do you have an unrequested patch lying around somewhere? Put it on Trac; you might be surprised by the response!

  • Gracefully Handling Too-large Files in PHP

    What if a visitor uploads a file that’s too large for your system to handle?