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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I have always liked small projects.
Small projects in my opinion:
Small, focused idea, no junk/waste.
Small team, no extras, all team members have leading roles.
Time constraints: couple of hours, 24h, 48h, up to a maximum of 1-2 weeks.
Why do I like them so much? Because you get down to the bare essentials and try to eliminate any [...]