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.

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