Easter in Cyprus

For those of you not fortunate enough to live in Cyprus, here is a glimpse at how Easter (and other major holidays like … Sundays) are celebrated in Cyprus villages. The photo comes from this article (in Greek) which (to the best of my knowledge) tries to warn people about buying meat from non-certified butchers. … Continue reading Easter in Cyprus

Bad project

CommitStrip nails one of the ways of getting into a bad project … I remember reading an interview with Matt Mullenweg (though can’t seem to find a reference now), where he said that this sort of thing happened with Automattic.  People were asking them for commercial support, but they didn’t want to do it, so … Continue reading Bad project

tus.io – open protocol for resumable file uploads

tus.io, in their own words: People share more and more photos and videos every day. Mobile networks remain fragile however. Platform APIs are a mess and every project builds its own file uploader. There are a thousand one week projects that barely work, when all we need is one real project. One project done right. … Continue reading tus.io – open protocol for resumable file uploads

Adventure in composer private repositories

First of all, I would like to take this opportunity and wish composer a happy birthday and many more years to come.  It’s been five years, and the world of PHP has changed so drastically that not many people remember how it used to be before. I would have completely missed the birthday if it … Continue reading Adventure in composer private repositories

How To Keep Your Best Programmers

I really liked this article – How To Keep Your Best Programmers.  It’s not your average three paragraphs and a link, I admit. It’s somewhat of a long read.  But it does a good job of explaining why people in general, and good developers in particular choose to leave or stay in the company. It’s difficult … Continue reading How To Keep Your Best Programmers