Programs / Software

Package Release Announcement: Normie

Community, Composer, PHP, Programs / Software
2018-08-182018-12-26

Announcing the immediate beta release of my most recent PHP package: Normie.

5 PHP Tools to make your life more enjoyable.

Automated Testing, Community, JetBrains Products, PHP, Programs / Software
2018-08-022018-08-03

Tools; they can make your life amazingly productive or hellishly frustrating. Over the past decade I have had the privilege to use a wide range of tools. From CLI… Read More »5 PHP Tools to make your life more enjoyable.

Great article on Pull Requests

Community, General, Git, Programming
2018-07-03

`Anatomy of a perfect pull request` over at opensource.com is a great article that touches on what it is that makes a PR a good PR, or a pile of… Read More »Great article on Pull Requests

Want to host your own Git service? GitLab a bit to heavy weight? Checkout Gitea.

Git
2018-05-07

Came across this self hosted Git service today. Yes GitLab is amazing but also very complicated and large. Requiring a 4Gb RAM system to operate properly. Gitea may not have… Read More »Want to host your own Git service? GitLab a bit to heavy weight? Checkout Gitea.

`git stash` magic

General, Git
2018-05-03

Srebalaji Thirumalai over on dev.to has a nice write up covering git stash and the many amazing things it can do. Check it out.

PHPSTorm, once again showing why it’s the best PHP Editor.

Community, JetBrains Products, PHP, Programs / Software
2018-01-29

EAP 2018.1 will include loop refactoring to use SPL array_* functions. Nice! Refactor your code to functional style with PhpStorm 2018.1

Top development tools of 2017 from StackNews.

Community, Programs / Software
2018-01-25

One of my favorite tech news sites StackShare has releases there annual Top Tools list of 2017. From New Tool of the Year to Business Tool of the Year to Top Developers of the Year the… Read More »Top development tools of 2017 from StackNews.

OWASP end of year round up

Community, General, Programs / Software
2017-12-22

Excellent article discussing the top 10 application vulnerabilities. Given this year has seen Equifax, US Military, and a number of other organizations fail there job at use security; 2017 is… Read More »OWASP end of year round up

Package release announcement. Auto-Gourcer (Repository visualizer)

Community, General, Programs / Software
2017-10-01

I’ve always had a soft spot for visualizations. Info-graphics, animations, the the like. One specific tool I came across years back is Gource. Finally got around to writing a wrapper… Read More »Package release announcement. Auto-Gourcer (Repository visualizer)

PHPStorm 2017.3 EAP New feature: In editor REST client.

JetBrains Products, Programs / Software
2017-09-22

If you happen to be anything like me, you spend a lot of time with APIs. JSON is a on your resume as a second language and you know the… Read More »PHPStorm 2017.3 EAP New feature: In editor REST client.