Linux is my primary operating system. I used it on the servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, and even mobile phones since approximately 1997. I’ve tried a number of distributions over the years, and even created a couple myself. I still look around sometimes to see what others are up to. But most of my machines are running some sort of Red Hat – either a quick and easy Fedora Linux, or a stable and secure Red Hat Enterprise Server, or a cheaper CentOS alternative.
And while by now I am very comfortable in the Linux environment (both graphical and command line), I still discover a lot of new and interesting things about it. When I come across something worthy, I usually share it with the rest of the Open Software world, using this category.
HTTPie – command line HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement.
Main features:
- Expressive and intuitive syntax
- Formatted and colorized terminal output
- Built-in JSON support
- Forms and file uploads
- HTTPS, proxies, and authentication
- Arbitrary request data
- Custom headers
- Persistent sessions
- Wget-like downloads
- Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.x support
- Linux, Mac OS X and Windows support
- Documentation
- Test coverage
unix-history-repo – a git repository representing the Unix source code history
As many of you already know, I’ve spent most of the last week in Berlin, Germany, attending the International PHP Conference 2014. Here’s the short story: it was another great event (yes, I’ve attended this conference before). The conference seems to grow and mature. There were plenty of engaging speakers and insightful topics. If you haven’t been to one of these yet, and you are involved with web technologies in general or PHP in particular, you definitely should attend. It’s worth every dime.
Now, for the long story.
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Today at 16:53:20 GMT, it’ll be 1,400,000,000 in Unix time.
