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by vital101 16y ago
At work: Trying to make our Google Search Appliance play nicely. On the side: Email campaign analytics done right. There are already companies in this sector, but I feel I can do better. For fun: I run http://www.re-cycledair.com (PHP
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PHP Dark Arts: Sockets(re-cycledair.com)
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From the readme file on GitHub. If you're someone that runs an enterprise-level website (>100 hits per day), you've probably had to deal with the pains of scaling and maintaining your code. Enterprises have dealt with these problems fo
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This is how most talented people get jobs. I have a resume on a two job portals, and (not to toot my own horn) I get job offers several times a week. I'm already happily employed, but the point is that I never look for work yet it still c
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It's Not Enough(re-cycledair.com)
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Introductory Guide To Startup Funding [2007](instigatorblog.com)
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PHP Dark Arts: GUI Programming with GTK(re-cycledair.com)
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In Short: This made me chuckle.
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Avg Time On Site: HN (1:56), Reddit (0:27)(re-cycledair.com)
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Document Your Code(re-cycledair.com)
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PHP Dark Arts: Semaphores(re-cycledair.com)
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In fairness, PHP provides other methods of IPC as well. http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.sem.php
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It's when people write solutions like this that I realize that PHP is very undervalued as a general purpose language. Sure, as a web language there is a ton of bad code out there because it's easy to learn. But for writing more advanced C
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True. Although each new process is a new thread of execution right?
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PHP Dark Arts: Multi-Threading(re-cycledair.com)
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Im my opinion (Michigan resident), the best part about this map is that it illustrates that Michigan was already in a recession well before the rest of the country was.
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Wordpress 3.1 Features(re-cycledair.com)
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College does so much more than teach you how to code. In a good CS program, you're going to get exposed to ideas and concepts you'd probably never encounter in your own studies. There's also that thing about going to college to become a m
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Wordpress Shortcode API Tutorial(re-cycledair.com)
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Securing Your Wordpress Plugin: Nonce(re-cycledair.com)
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Google's HTML Ball Logo: Now with images and custom text(removablefeast.com)
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I would go with Python as well. If you want to play with Web applications, there's Django. If you want to do desktop apps, there's TK. It has a fairly vibrant community, so getting help won't be hard.
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Import Nerdsort(smbc-comics.com)
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The Clever Digg 4 Error Page(re-cycledair.com)
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As consumers, our biggest problem is living well within our means.
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Full List: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29...
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It's really depressing. I still have a hard time deciding which is worse: bad paved roads or washboarded dirt roads. Decisions decisions...
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I live in Michigan. It's no secret that Michigan is having severe budget problems. In fact, there are several counties in Michigan (38 comes to mind) that are actually UN-PAVING roads because they are too expensive to maintain. I often w
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Go is not a language to write a massive enterprise level program in. It's meant to be used at the system level, and it excels at that. He was right, he really doesn't "get" Go.
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You need to find something that interests you and that you can care about. When you do, find a company that does it and try to work for them. If there isn't a company, make one. Obviously this is easier said than done, but it always take

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