David Walsh shares some thoughts on an impostor syndrome. I’m sure anyone in the tech industry can relate. I certainly do. “Impostor” is a powerful word but that’s how I have felt during all of my career as a professional web developer. I feel like I’ve learned every day of the ride but I feel … Continue reading On Impostor Syndrome
For a large project at work, we need to integrate or develop a workflow engine. I worked a little bit with workflow engines in the past, but the subject is way to big and complex for me to claim any expertise in it. So, I am looking at what’s available these days and what are … Continue reading Getting started with workflows in PHP
GitHub added Open Source license descriptions. This is a tiny, but very useful feature, especially for those people who are not very well versed in the differences between GPL, MIT, BSD, and other licenses. I wish there was a way to have something like this proprietary applications. Maybe then people would pay attention to the … Continue reading GitHub adds Open Source license descriptions
GitHub blog is “Announcing Open Source Guides“: we’re launching the Open Source Guides, a collection of resources for individuals, communities, and companies who want to learn how to run and contribute to open source. […] Open Source Guides are a series of short, approachable guides to help you participate more effectively in open source, whether … Continue reading GitHub starts the Open Source Guides
In the last few days my attention was unfairly distributed between a whole lot of tasks. The fragmentation and constant context switching affected my productivity, so I briefly revisited my toolbox setup, in hopes to find something that I didn’t know about, forgot about, or have greatly underutilized. One of the things that came (again) … Continue reading i3 – tiling window manager