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SkippyZAon Poll: HTML 5 or Native mobile development ?

Native will always perform better.

I personally use Cocos2dx HTML5 which then can be compiled to native iOS and Android code, and can be run in a browser.

SkippyZAon Goread - Open Source Google Reader clone in Go

Great job. I have been working on a similar Google Reader replacement using Ruby and Ember.

SkippyZAon Poll HN: POP or IMAP?

IMAP is great. I am now having all my email address forward to Gmail and then use the Gmail app on iOS.

The more that is in the cloud, the happier I am

SkippyZAon Our SQL interview questions

I have just been on the job market looking for a senior PHP position. There were so many companies that requested tests from me. Either in the form of online tests, or tasks which I had to complete and return. While I do understand the need for them (having had to hire other developers), some of the requests were quite outrageous.

1 particular company basically wanted an entire application to be developed in an evening, and I was giving strict instructions to focus on security and not allowed to use external libraries. After submitting this elaborate task, I was still criticized on using PDO (which is standard with PHP...).

IMHO, sometimes the lengths employees go through to find a developer are so ridiculous that they actually drive away people.

SkippyZAon How mitmproxy works

mitmproxy = Malcolm in the Middle Proxy?

SkippyZAon PHP Commandments

Couldn't agree more with E_ALL|E_STRICT.

The current legacy system I am maintaining took me 2 weeks to clear up 90% of the NOTICE errors for using undefined variables etc.

Dirty code is dirty, and it is because of this that PHP has received so much negative publicity.

SkippyZAon Favorite Unix Commands

Ctrl+l is my most used command. I need a clean terminal

SkippyZAon Build it with me: Hacker News Reader App

Choose to go HTML5 + Phonegap and we could possibly talk

SkippyZAon Whatever It Takes: Visualizations in E-mail with d3.js

Like you say, it's normally just for eye candy

SkippyZAon The real reason why no one should use PHP

The lack of internal documentation may turn away a small bunch of people, but definitely not a reason to discredit the language.

SkippyZAon Bitmit - Buy and sell goods with Bitcoin

This works well for those who spend their life on /r/girlsgonebitcoin (NSFW)

SkippyZAon Google Translate Beatboxing (click on the speaker icon)

Mind == blown

SkippyZAon The 501 Developer Manifesto

In my opinion, people who love programming and spend they free time programming as a 'hobby' are normally a lot better developers with a thirst to better themselves. I see this at work. Plenty of our devs program as a job, but those who have a genuine interest in programming are capable of a lot more.

SkippyZAon Evernote Hello

Nice idea, but when I meet somebody I am not going to take photos and log who I was with etc. It seems a little overboard.

SkippyZAon Anonymous Threatens To Shut Down Internet Next Month

I will believe it when it happens. They made a promise to bring down Facebook in November last year, which as I had assumed from the beginning, was just them blowing hot air.

SkippyZAon Game Developer Gives 7-Year-Old Best Birthday Present Ever

Lovely story. If I were a kid and that happened to me, I would be ecstatic!

SkippyZAon Programmers' Day

Didn't get cake...

SkippyZAon Programmers' Day

Happy Programmers' Day. I mentioned it to our Directors yesterday. Hoping we get cake at least.