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Jan
20
Optimize Magento Performance
It's no secret. No one can hide from it, nor deny it. Magento requires a lot more resources than most web applications. A lot more.Dec
01
Return of the programmer. Self-employed this time!
I'm saying goodbye to the mobile development industry as I'm returning to be a webprogrammer. But not for another employer, oh no. Self-employment for the win!Oct
19
Encapsulation, DB Abstraction: Performance vs Scalability
Database statements getting in the way of your perfect object-oriented design is a real hassle. Having your application depend on the implementation details of the underlying data storage is no pretty sight either.Oct
18
Got a new job! In the Mobile Development market
I have been working as a PHP developer / sysadmin / serveradmin at Fast Company for 3.5 years now. At Fast company I was responsible for developing all underlying code of every back-end (sometimes front-end as well), as well as manage all physical and virtual servers, internal servers and workstations.Jul
31
URL Shorteners for All of Your Malicious Intent
Long URLs are simply hard to pass along. Very long links tend to break in emails or in any other system where there isn't much room, like your basic comment systems and services like Twitter. However its also a huge security risk.Jun
08
Android versus fragmentation
I ran across a rather interesting article on Ars Technica today, about how Android is handling fragmentation. Fragmentation is well known for being a major challenge for both the Linux/Unix/BSD platforms as well as the mobile software systems of today. Considering Android is Linux based, they're in a tough spot.Jun
07
Entity Tags: Friend or Foe?
The last few weeks I dived into the world of website speed optimization. My current knowledge about speed optimization wasn't sufficient anymore as one of the websites I manage the servers for became slower and slower as the number of visitors per second increases. I stumbled upon ETags; though it has it's catches.Jun
