My largest claim to fame in the Open Source software just got merged in – a pull request to the phinx project, adding support for MySQL’s LONGBLOB (as well as TINYBLOB and MEDIUMBLOB). Â Phinx is the PHP tool for database migrations. Â It’s used, among others, by the CakePHP 3 framework. The patch itself was rather … Continue reading Claim to fame : phinx LONGBLOB
I came across this interesting opinion on software liability.  Just to keep them here for the context, the suggested software liability rules include the following: Consult criminal code to see if any intentionally caused damage is already covered. If you deliver software with complete and buildable source code and a license that allows disabling any functionality … Continue reading On software liability laws
I spent a large chunk of yesterday experimenting with Vagrant on my Fedora 21 laptop.  I’ve used it before of course, but a friend asked for help with something I was planning to play with for a long time, so it unexpectedly lead me into a journey. Let’s start simple.  If you want the least possible … Continue reading Vagrant adventures on Fedora 21
In additional to the video I posted yesterday, here are some comparison images of Berlin in 1945 and today, in 2015. And this is just a single city from the World War II. Â I’m pretty sure most of Europe and half of Russia looked like that. Â And these are cities, which survived. Â Think of hundreds … Continue reading Berlin in 1945 and today
My great-grandfather was there.  My grandfather was there.  My mother was there.  And last year I was there.  Standing in front of the Reichstag building was very moving and emotional.  As was visiting war memorials. This colored footage of Berlin just three month after the World War II has ended is amazing.  The areal shots at … Continue reading Berlin in July 1945