victorstanciu

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by victorstanciu 5y ago
The title of the post is addressed to everyone who reads it.
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Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me(github.com)
178 points by victorstanciu 5y ago|82 comments
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by victorstanciu 5y ago
I might be an outlier here, and I know it's not cool to like anything Google, but YouTube has been a huge positive influence on my life. I've learned so much from it. I've trained the algorithm so that my interests overlap wi
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Serendipity(tegowerk.eu)
4 points by victorstanciu 5y ago|0 comments
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by victorstanciu 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by victorstanciu 5y ago
Daily reminder that "carbon footprint" is a marketing term that BP invented back in 2005 to shift the responsibility away from themselves and onto the consumer. There's absolutely no change that you can make to your website (
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by victorstanciu 5y ago
> Too much navigation and baloney. I'm looking for something simple. Static site generator (I like Hugo) + Github. Use Github Actions to build it, and Github Pages to serve it. Cloudflare on top if you want a custom domain (for the
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by victorstanciu 5y ago
The generator meta tag says it's made with Hexo: https://hexo.io/
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by victorstanciu 5y ago
I build and repair bicycles: https://tegowerk.eu/posts/bicycle-repair/
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A programmer's love letter to bicycle maintenance and repair(tegowerk.eu)
5 points by victorstanciu 5y ago|0 comments
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by victorstanciu 8y ago
> forcing paranoid error levels and converting all errors to exceptions is the only safe way to develop Oh, absolutely. That's how I do it too. Unfortunately, warnings and notices are still a thing in PHP 7. So the best practice is
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by victorstanciu 8y ago
Hmm, I haven't given it that much thought yet. Maybe I should start writing integration guides for the major frameworks. You are more than welcome to open a GitHub issue about this, and I'll get to it.
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by victorstanciu 8y ago
Exceptions are clearly superior to error codes in most cases. Easier to maintain, easier to handle, and you can attach much more contextual information to them. Shameless plug for my open source PHP error handler: https://github.
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by victorstanciu 11y ago
Hi iDemonix, Sorry for the late reply, I just came back from vacation. I currently apply any updates manually, yes, I don't have an auto-update solution in place. Furthermore, sometimes a customer will ask for some custom feature that
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by victorstanciu 11y ago
Well, I'm a web developer, so I rolled my own. I built a reusable framework for SaaS projects with just the kind of features you mention, and I've been using it both for myself as well for freelance clients. Basically it's a
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by victorstanciu 11y ago
Ditto. And since akg_67 didn't link to one, here is a great disposable email domain list: https://github.com/ivolo/disposable-email-domains/blob/maste... New domains are added to the list via pull reques
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
I used to be very worry-prone too in the past. Stoicism (the philosophy) changed my life. This book provided a very clear introduction, and I make it a habit to reread it every year: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show&
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
I live in Romania. It's pretty much impossible to obtain a gun, and the overwhelming majority of burglaries are perpetrated when the owners are not home. Burglars usually stake a place out before hitting, and make sure that the owners
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
Not what I said :)
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
I don't. I own nothing I would cry over if I lost it. My wife doesn't own expensive jewelry, all our money is in the bank, and all my work is backed up to external servers, so losing the laptops would only cause me some delay. We
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
I use a simple personal Wiki that I made: http://wikitten.vizuina.com
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
I know it's supposed to be a check mark, but your logo is awfully similar to the Steam logo: http://store.steampowered.com/
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
LinkedIn and personal recommendations mostly. I have absolutely no "name brands" on my resume (I stay well away of large companies actually), but have a somewhat productive network I've nurtured over the years, which is where
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
There's nothing wrong with self employment in and of itself. I've been self employed for many years now, and this hasn't stopped me constantly receiving jobs offers. Of course, I've also been employed for many years befo
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
Thanks a lot for the reply! would it be possible to generate labels for other regulatory bodies (eg. for countries in the EU)? Hmm, it appears I have to make this feature a little clearer, because I have already implemented two of the mos
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by victorstanciu 12y ago
After years of working for various web agencies and software companies, and then more years working as a full-time freelancer, I finally took the plunge and launched my first SaaS, newtrien.com. While developing the website was time-consumi
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Show HN: Newtrien – nutrition facts labels for recipe blogs(newtrien.com)
6 points by victorstanciu 12y ago|5 comments