Friday, April 4, 2025

Representative Line: Get Explosive

Sean sends us a one-line function...

Social Media Engagement in Early 2025

A few years ago, whenever I...

Representative Line: Get Explosive

Sean sends us a one-line function that is a delight, if by delight you mean "horror". You'll be shocked to know it's PHP. function proget(){foreach($_GET as $k=>$v){if($k=="h"){$GLOBALS=1;}$p=explode(",",$k);}return($p);} //function to process GET headers Based on the comment, proget is a shorthand for process_get_parameters. Which is sort...

Analytics Are A Full Stack Problem – Communications of the ACM

“I need a dashboard” says the stakeholder. Just get the data and dash it. Put it on the board. Up-lines should be trending up and the down-lines trending down. Add some graphics for sizzle. It should...

The Download: Dethroning SpaceX, and air-conditioning’s energy demands

SpaceX is a space launch juggernaut. In just two decades, the company has managed to edge out former aerospace heavyweights Boeing, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman to gain near-monopoly status over rocket...

Representative Line: Get Explosive

Sean sends us a one-line function that is a delight, if by delight you mean "horror". You'll be shocked to know it's PHP. function proget(){foreach($_GET as $k=>$v){if($k=="h"){$GLOBALS=1;}$p=explode(",",$k);}return($p);} //function to process GET headers Based on the comment,...

An Engineering Perspective — Smashing Magazine

In this article, Edoardo Dusi shares the engineering and architectural choices made by the team at Storyblok and how real-world migration challenges were addressed using modern PHP practices.Content management is evolving. The...

Warhol Arts: A Digital Playground of Pop, Pixels, and Pure Motion

This project’s been turning heads—and for good reason. Warhol Arts isn’t just visually striking; it’s packed with clever interactions, refined motion, and a...

Social Media Engagement in Early 2025

A few years ago, whenever I published a new article here, I would just announce it on Twitter, which seemed to help attract readers who would find the article worthwhile. Since the Muskover, Twitter's importance has declined sharply. It now doesn't take very much time at all for me to check posts of people I follow on X (Twitter), since most of them have left. Instead I'm looking at other social sites, and posting there too. Now when I announce a new article, I post on LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, as...

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Representative Line: Get Explosive

Sean sends us a one-line function that is a delight, if by delight...

An Engineering Perspective — Smashing Magazine

In this article, Edoardo Dusi shares the engineering and architectural choices made by the team at Storyblok and...

Representative Line: Get Explosive

Sean sends us a one-line function that is a delight, if by delight you mean "horror". You'll be shocked to know it's PHP. function...

Analytics Are A Full Stack Problem – Communications of the ACM

“I need a dashboard” says the stakeholder. Just get the data and dash it. Put it on the board. Up-lines should be trending up and...

Social Media Engagement in Early 2025

A few years ago, whenever I published a new article here, I would just announce it on Twitter, which seemed...