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Why Git ? Fresh perspectives

There are already lots of articles and even books on using Git and why it’s better than other source version control solutions. One of the things I recommend is reading the Git Community Book.
Now, I’m still a newbie in using Git, but I did use CVS and SVN over the years. I won’t bore you [...]

The GeekMeet24 Experience

To sum it up in one word: awesome
Now for the longer version..
So this past weekend ( 26-27th of February ) I participated at GeekMeet24. Everyone gathered, teamed-up, and did their best to end up with a good web application at the end of the weekend.
I was involved in the Freeconomy project, meant as [...]

IP Authentication: the good, the bad, the future

At work I usually work on applications which will be used by groups of users. Groups like companies, university libraries and so on.
These groups are usually tied to a geographical location or at least a specific network, so a useful feature of the applications they use is IP authentication.
Why would a company want to use [...]

XML, Speed and how NOT to ask questions

var post = { post_id: 55, text : “This post partially addressed to some coworkers/people who don’t know how to ask questions.
Some questions sounded like: “I’ve got this xml processing thing I need to do, what would be faster?” and then enumerating SAX,DOM,etc…but mostly SAX versus DOM.
Of course they are VERY vague about the processing [...]

What motivates me

The same as with other people, there are a lot of things which motivate me.
Money, fame, fortune(not the same as money), the opposite sex, tough challenges, even good Karma.
But one that really stands out for me as a software(web) developer is this: The Users. I really care about the users.
I often found myself doing these [...]

Pentru ro

Pentru ro ca sa nu o stresez din ora in ora si apoi sa adorm chiar inainte de miezul noptii.
La Multi Ani!

PS: Pe cand la un vin/bere?

Una scurta, despre ROTLD

Și surprinzător și pentru mine, e de bine.
Mi-am amintit că aveam și un domeniu .ro, deathy.ro și am zis să văd dacă pot să-l recuperez și folosesc la ceva.
Nu mai știam nici de unde exact l-am cumparat dar m-am dus direct pe site la rotld. Văd acolo administrare online a domeniului ceea ce nu exista [...]

What have you been reading?

As I said to a lot of friends, I don’t expect privacy and I value openness.
In the spirit of sharing all my recently read/bought books you can find on My Shelfari Page. And I also added a shiny widget to the sidebar
Just this evening I started by change to read a story from [...]

Random ideas

A random idea is just something that pops into your head, maybe while doing something completely different, and for the moment you just think it’s the most awesome thing ever.
What do most of us do with those kind of ideas?

You either completely forget about them or ignore them for their insanity
You write them down in [...]

Go ahead, I’m listening

If you’re a spammer, please go ahead, spam me for I am listening at bit-bucket@deathy.info
Even added as mailto for your parsing convenience.
Yes, it’s an experiment and the only failure would be to not get any spam. Like that could happen for any publicly displayed email address
The interesting bit is how fast and much [...]