Tag: programming
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PHP is pretty bad
Since I wrote "I’m perfectly happy using PHP” last week I figured I’d show the other side’s viewpoint as well. There are those out there that loathe the language. Evee goes off on PHP like no one else could: PHP is an embarrassment, a blight upon my craft. It’s so broken, but so lauded by…
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Use what works, play with the new
I had Unmark’d Kyle Slattery’s post on his company site (which I think is rather good looking; here is why) regarding why his company uses Ruby on Rails. It is a good post. Notice this bit: It’s easy to get caught up in the newest trend, and there are lots of great technologies being developed, but…
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Stripe’s API documentation
Stripe has had best-of-breed API documentation for the last several years. They’ve just made it even better with a “quickstart tour” that works wonderfully. Anyone documenting an API should look very closely at what Stripe has done. Much of their success is very likely due to them caring about their docs. /via John Collison on Twitter.
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git from the inside out
Mary Rose Cook: The essay focuses on the graph structure that underpins Git and the way the properties of this graph dictate Git’s behavior. Looking at fundamentals, you build your mental model on the truth rather than on hypotheses constructed from evidence gathered while experimenting with the API. This truer model gives you a better…
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My Web: Yesterday and Today
This "Web 2.0" that we’re all so accustomed to lately is great. Semantic, accessible, open, and dripping with fantastic design. However, there are times I reminisce about the days of old, the days of well – Web 1.0. There are several sites, some still in existence that I really do miss. I remember spending hours…