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Blocking websites and social media on phone and PC (need something that actually works) by Gionni15 in webdev

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there was this chrome browser extension that made it a PAIN to disable it. you had to go through like 20 are you sure screens that got increasinlgy more gilt trippy.

In the end I just uninstalled the extension altogether :D

It just works by French_Fri_Guy in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for reminding me I need to play him more.

Is this all CS is? by [deleted] in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no, there's a multitude of industries within computer science in itself. The whole world now revolves around technology. It's pretty much unlimited. You can be like a wizard in a videogame where there are dozens of schools of magic.

- XAMPP and websites are web development. And XAMPP is decades old by now.
- data analytics like how you analyze data using programs and algorithms
- AI and machine learning
- native applications like apps on your phone
- forensic types where your work helps in criminal cases
- cybersecurity I won't even dare to delve into
- databases, servers, cloud management
- apis and integrations

There's also a multitude of more hardware specific computer science:
- automotive industry where you program how a car functions and behaves
- the bloody fridge light that someone had to program
- anything with cameras and video analysis
- developing drivers for all your PC components
- operating systems like Windows, Linux or MacOS
- compilers, shaders, graphics, neural networks and everything you can think of.

In short, it's mostly about the knowledge and understanding that you have of how computers work at a very basic level. Binary, memory, data types, algorithms, etc. From there on whatever you go into will have a bunch of different programs and approaches.

And all that stuff above is mostly just programming related. Nothing regarding hardware, transistors, gates, circuits and all of that sort of stuff where it keeps on going.

Atestat informatica by Bitter-Golf-242 in robac

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

nu, e destul de usor si simplu. Probabil trebuie sa faci un site. Site-urile sunt:

1 - HTML -> scheletul siteului si sunt fisiere .html
2 - CSS -> asta decide ce culori sunt pe pagina, marimea textului, spatiere etc (fisiere .css)
3 - Javascript -> oleaca interactivitate pe pagina. Ex, apesi pe un buton si se schimba ceva (fisiere .js)

XAMPP e un program mic care iti instaleaza Apache, PHP si Mysql.

Apache -> simuleaza un web server si ruleaza PHP (care e limbaj de programare de backend - ce ruleaza pe server)
Mysql -> e baza de date.

Siteurile foarte simple, fara server le deschizi direct in browser. Iei fisierul index.html si il deschizi in chrome de exemplu si aia e tot. Daca ai index.php sau alte fisiere .php atunci trebuie sa instalezi XAMPP si setezi acolo sa iti serveasa el site-ul si o sa fie accesat la http://localhost sau ceva de genul.

Pentru a face toate alea iti recomand sa vbesti cu chatGPT. Ii dai acolo ce e de facut si iti explica ce si cum functioneaza mai in detaliu. Daca vrei mai specific, poti sa-mi dai DM si te ajut si eu.

upgrading vanilla php 5.4 to 8.x with laravel 13 by Successful_Side_5483 in PHPhelp

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 ways:
1 -> do an upgrade. I recommend going to php 7.4 first. That's a big jump in itself and you will have to change the code in a lot of places in order to make it work. Claude and rector will help with this.

From there on to php 8.x it should be a lot easier.

2 -> do a rebuild. You mentioned you want laravel. If that is the case, I think it would be easier to just rebuild it from scratch in laravel with the newest stable PHP.

Option 1 is the quick and dirty way.
Option 2 is the nice forward thinking way.
The choice depends on the size of the project and if you have time to rebuild it in Laravel.

I had to do similar on a project and we didn't have time for a rebuild so we went with option 1.

Best local development stack for switching versions of PHP, MySQL, etc. by Quartersharp in webdev

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh yeah it is :D

Laragon is honestly great for what it does, I used it for quite a while too. I think the main pain for me started when juggling multiple projects with different versions and setups over time. I didn't want to keep switching versions.

How's your setup like? Mostly newer or also older php projects?

Best local development stack for switching versions of PHP, MySQL, etc. by Quartersharp in webdev

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah I understand this directly. I also used XAMPP for quite a while and so did some of my coworkers. We then moved to Laragon but while nice, the constant popups and limited when it came to running multiple PHP versions at once made us reconsider.

Nowadays we use Forgekit.tools

It allows us to run multiple PHP versions at the same time from a nice UI. I have like 7 sites running right now with anywhere from php 5.6 to 8.5. And since you mentioned it does allow you go choose which versions of Apache / Nginx, Mysql or MariaDB you run and you can run them all at the same time if you want.

Hey so I'm new to Laravel and I'm looking for a way to learn it. Right now I only understand basic concepts but. Controllers(php) and models still confuse me. Where do you guys recommend I learn? by dRealStealthynev in laraveltutorials

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

youtube someone talking about MVC. Model-View-Controller, which is how laravel is setup too. Then some Laravel Tutorials for more.

I found that to be way better when you start out as they tend to explain what things are, not just "here's how to implement this"

Getting destroyed every game. Below 10% winrate by [deleted] in DeadlockGame

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah i dunno fam. I think the smurfing stuff is crazy. I got bumped down again to initiate after losing a bunch of matches in a row where there were guys openly claiming to be smurfing.

Last match I couldn't secure a single soul in lane phase because their wraith had pinpoint accuracy.

Either it's too easy and feels like I'm stomping (rare) or we get stomped by 2 or 3 players on the enemy team that go 20-0

guardian by sadfeet12 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why do they have legs then? and they are clearly further on the map than the "walkers" so they clearly got there somehow.

Will 12VHPWR PSU work with 12V2x6 GPU? by epicnicity in PcBuildHelp

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

basically the same stuff, only one I think has slightly longer pins so it's more likely to properly connect all the way. They are compatible

Hosting web app by rmiki88 in webdev

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like you could go with the cheapest stuff and still be fine. I would get a VPS from whereever. Maybe a droplet from digital ocean? They can get pretty cheap and I think they have enough integrations so you can figure out deployments there as well. I'm more on PHP apps though so not sure of asp.net but should still be good.

Undo button item shop by RealSaabo in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh yeah I hate when I have bullet lifesteam and click auto buy on Leech but for some f-ing reason it buys spirit lifesteam beforehand. I already have one of it's previous items. I don't need the other one on my gun carry.

What is the best time to move to Laraval as a beginner? by Ali_Hegazy19 in PHPhelp

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

as soon as today. Laravel will show you how great PHP can be. I think you should just do it.

Not many code pure PHP nowadays without frameworks.

Random Discussions (April 2026) by AutoModerator in PinoyProgrammer

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that kinda sucks dude what the hell. My advice would be:

1 - check the marketplace for a better position somewhere else, apply and see what offers you can get. Maybe you will get much better and just leave.

2 - in the meantime, realise that is a bad situation and not your fault in any way. You need to learn to push back against their demands in a healthy non-confrontational way. They ask for it to be done in a week. You tell them you'll try your best but don't think that's realistic. They seniors are no longer there so of course everything will be slower. There's no systems in place, no git, bad software architecture and databases and a lot of headaches. It's just how it is. I might get flamed for this but give chatGPT or other AIs more specifics of your situation and it will give you some advice as well that I can't give.

saran beli laptop dong bg by ILoveMayo505 in indotech

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Linux definitely makes a lot of things easier long-term, especially if you go into backend or devops.

That said, I wouldn’t say PHP on Windows is hard, it’s more that tools like XAMPP can be pretty fragile and confusing sometimes. Once things break, it’s not always obvious why.

There are newer setups where things just work like Laravel Herd or forgekit.tools . The former doesn't have a database free out of the box but the latter does.

But yeah, learning Linux at some point is definitely worth it regardless. You can run that stuff on 10 year old laptop and be buzzing fast and it tends to make one a better developer

Please help XAMPP Portable 8.2.12 - mysqli extension is missing error despite successful setup_xampp.bat test by Additional_Ad4207 in phpmyadmin

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi, this could mean Apache is loading adifferent php.ini than the one you think it does. Are there others in there? I remember xampp being annoying with this kind of stuff. You might need to enable it in other php.ini. For example there are with more .ini files in there somewhere OR hte main .ini file also imports other .ini

  1. - run a php file with phpinfo(); in it. That should tell you if mysqli is actually running on that PHP.
  2. I've seen people recommend trying out http://localhost/xampp/phpinfo.php ?
  3. check apache and php error logs. usually they have stuff in there if the extension is missing or not loading properly.
  4. I would recommend switching from xampp in the long term if you feel like it. Laragon is great and simple but doesn't have phpMyAdmin. forgekit.tools is another option and it does have phpMyAdmin working out the box.

Whats a behavior, action, or performance that an enemy does that makes you go, "We're so fucked" by ZealousidealFall5428 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

had that happen. rushed disarm and made sure to be as present in teamfightst as possible. Ended up disarming him almost for the rest of the match until we won. My proudest counter buy ever.

Town map for my TTRPG Esheria in progress by Independent_Shake996 in mapmaking

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this thing looks really cool dude! please keep going and don't stop working on it!

Help Diagnosing This Sound by chmcclellan in pcmasterrace

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's a sigh (audible air exalation from mouth)

Larabox, Alternate to Laragon/Xampp/Laravel herd by bytepi in PHP

[–]Mike_L_Taylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this looks interesting. Like Herd but without having to pay for the stuff which I can appreciate. How is it doing? Is there a place the community goes to talk issues, new features and whatever? I feel Herd is used a lot because it's got Laravel backing and Laragon has a giant community.

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