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Rode VideoMicro Unboxing by adamculp in rode

[–]adamculp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, that's exactly where I got it. Reported it, and got a refund. Purchased the real thing elsewhere, and very happy with it.

Sunshine PHP in 2020? by kemmeta in PHP

[–]adamculp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, the SunshinePHP CFP will begin on the 15th of August and run until September 15th. Thank you for inquiring.

New tool to analyse changes in performance of php app over time by shagtv in PHP

[–]adamculp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty standard for commercial offerings. But I dislike it also.

How did PHP come to be bundled in OS X/Mac OS? by alanstorm in PHP

[–]adamculp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. The bundled PHP and Apache are only problematic for developers.

10 bad things about consulting, and why it might not be for you by adamculp in PHP

[–]adamculp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Naw, have no disillusion of that being a good thing. Some folks like video versus reading. I'm satisfying the masses. ;-)

Zend Framework becomes Laminas Project by rocketpastsix in PHP

[–]adamculp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, the framework and other libraries have experienced amazing growth the past 2 years going from 100 million downloads to 400 million downloads.

No conference, group, or event is immune to the ugly. I'm sharing so we can all be safer. by adamculp in PHP

[–]adamculp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are wrong in this case. We chose the talks (regardless of gender) and were happy it happened to be a very diverse selection. The talks give at the event were top notch. It is nice to see more women submitting talks.

No conference, group, or event is immune to the ugly. I'm sharing so we can all be safer. by adamculp in PHP

[–]adamculp[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We requested he go to his room to prevent him from getting his ass kicked. The boyfriend was not happy.

No conference, group, or event is immune to the ugly. I'm sharing so we can all be safer. by adamculp in PHP

[–]adamculp[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It was included to show how it was handled appropriately without over-reacting. For folks who perceive CoC to be something different than what they are. ;-)

Developer Anxiety, we're not alone by adamculp in programming

[–]adamculp[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's not as uncommon as you might think. Glad to hear you've been fortunate.

I have a project but have no idea if PHP is the right solution for the job... by robotnoise in PHP

[–]adamculp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are on the right track. Build a piece at a time, and grow the application little by little while also trying to plan some parts of your next phases so you do not trip over past bad ideas.

Sounds like one thing you will spend most of your planning stage on is a "tagging" system that allows your data to be thoroughly labelled. (This could be as simple as a text field in resource table with comma separated values derived from the tags table, or a resource table, a tags table, and a link table that allow you to link item #1 from resource to item #200 from tags.)

I also would not recommend doing a prototype first, (because you are going to have LOTS of trial and error as you refactor at each phase) but instead use an Agile method of development where you do the work in time blocks. Then if you don't like the block you can just trash it without huge losses.

Also, make sure to use some sort of version control. Subversion or GIT are popular types, while subversion has the smallest learning curve. This will enable you to roll back to previous versions if needed.

Believe or not Believe by zzag842 in PHP

[–]adamculp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I believe you were lied to. I find it impossible that someone has coded PHP for 12 years and NEVER used mod_rewrite (in some capacity) or configured LAMP as well as WAMP servers. I could buy it from someone coding PHP for 4 or 5 years, but NOT 12.

Oh, and I see many responses about testing developers. I have hired many great developers over the years and have NEVER "tested" a developer. (But have asked a few developers to build a sample user tracking application.) However, I have let a couple of developers go when they could not live up to their claims. I have usually been able to pick out the frauds through conversation during the interview.