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Choosing an Advent of Code Language
Today is the first day of “Advent of Code”. You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the different programming languages that people love coding in. The Advent of Code is a good time to try out a new language, but how do you decide? Here’s are some thoughts. Aesthetics is an important part of code. … Read more » Choosing an Advent of Code Language
Create Git repo with an empty commit
I wanted to know why developers on Twitter were talking about starting git repos with an empty commit, so I did a bit of web searching. I created a bash function to make the solution easier.
Attracting Developers to PHP Core
How can we attract more developers to PHP Core development? Why am I talking about this now? Well, PHP core has a bus factor problem, and I had a couple of thoughts
PHP Array Functions
With all the great features being added to PHP, it’s easy to forget that the PHP Standard Library contains a wealth of functions. This article will discuss some of the array-related functions, and their gotchas. Exploding Strings When you want to break a string into a parts, use the explode function. The explode() function takes … Read more » PHP Array Functions