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  PHP: a fractal of bad design

Preface I’m cranky. I complain about a lot of things. There’s a lot in the world of technology I don’t like, and that’s really to be expected—programming is a hilariously young discipline, and none of us have the slightest clue what we’re doing. Combine with Sturgeon’s Law, and I have a lifetime’s worth of stuff to gripe about. This is not the same. PHP is not merely awkward to use, or ill-suited for what I want, or suboptimal, or...

   PHP,Design,Analysis     2012-04-11 13:46:57

  The Unexplored Potential of Text Messaging for Nonprofit Organizations

Communication is a cornerstone of any organization's success. For nonprofits, communicating effectively with donors, volunteers, and communities can spell the difference between furthering their missions or fading into the background. As technology progresses, so do the means of communication, and text messaging for nonprofit is quickly becoming a crucial tool in maintaining conversations and fostering relationships with key stakeholders. In this article, we will delve into the benefits of this ...

   TEXT MESSAGING,NON-PROFIT     2023-12-19 23:59:49

  How to check when an API is introduced in GoLang

Normally people would not pay much attention to which GoLang version is being used as lots of functions are backward compatible. However there are cases where GoLang version does matter as some functions may not be supported by old version of GoLang. For example, strings.Builder is introduced in Go 1.10, but below code would fail to be compiled on Go 1.10. package main import ( "fmt" "strings" ) func main() { var b strings.Builder b.WriteString("polarisxu") fmt.Println(b.Cap()) } The ...

   GOLANG,API VERSION,GO TOOL     2021-02-07 00:43:24

  Chinese Developers Release CEC-IDE, Claimed as First Independently Developed IDE

China witnessed the recent launch of a new IDE called CEC-IDE, which boldly claims to be the first IDE independently developed by Chinese developers. Initially, this release was anticipated to be a moment of pride for the country, as it marked the availability of a homegrown IDE. However, the situation quickly took an embarrassing turn, and the entire narrative soon became a subject of ridicule. It has come to light that the so-called independently developed IDE, CEC-IDE, is actually built upon ...

   CHINA,CECIDE,CEC-IDE     2023-08-27 00:43:31

  IBM acquires Ustream to propel its cloud business

On January 21, 2016, IBM acquired Ustream, a leading live and on-demand video solution company, to propel its cloud service business. This acquisition will make IBM capable of providing enterprise live video stream service to the world. With this, a new member joining the IBM cloud service family. Ustream provides cloud-based video streaming to enterprises and broadcasters for everything from corporate keynotes to live music concerts. The company streams live and on-demand video to about 80 mil...

   IBM,CLOUD,IBM CLOUD,USTREAM     2016-01-23 06:18:36

  First impression of Github Copilot

It has been some time since I heard about the new generation of AI powered coding assistant -- Github Copilot. Don't get chance to experience it until obtained the tech preview access recently. So this post will document some first impression while using it. For now, this tool is only supported in VSCode and it can support various different programming languages. To enable it, just need to search and install the Github Copilot extension within VSCode. Once that is enabled, you will find that whe...

   GITHUB COPILOT,FIRST IMPRESSION     2021-08-13 22:45:31

  How to check a port is taken by which program on Linux

Lots of you may have encountered some error message stating that the port has been taken by another program while trying to start a program on Linux. And you would want to know which program takes the port you want to use. This post will provide some feasible ways to check out which program is taking a specific port. lsof -i:[port] lsof is the command to list open files on Linux. And if you know more about Linux you should get to know everything on Linux is a file even including networ...

   LINUX,PORT,NETSTAT,LSOF     2018-08-12 04:27:57

  Find where the start up page is set in Firefox

Recently I encountered a weird behavior where a strange webpage showing up every time when I launched my Firefox. The first thought came into my mind is that my homepage of Firefox had been tampered. It might be changed because some software changed my browser settings to promote something. So the next immediate thing I went to check was to see my Firefox browser settings. To my surprise, the homepage setting was not touched. It would still open the Momentum screen which would display some beaut...

   WINDOWS,FIREFOX,HOMEPAGE,STARTUP PAGE,HAO123     2021-10-02 02:28:53

  Fix SSL 'alert protocol version' issue while git clone remote repository

Git provides ways to securely connect to remote repository and clone remote repository to local machine. This post will teach you how to fix the "SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert protocol version" issue while cloning a remote repository. The issue would look like: If this error occurs, it is most probably caused by out of date git version being used.To improve its security awareness, some weak cryptographic algorithms have been disabled and all git clients should upgrade to latest ones to acc...

   GIT,GIT CLONE,GIT SECURITY     2018-07-08 05:41:39

  Install and use GSpace to install apps from Google Play on Huawei Harmony OS

Huawei has released its own branded mobile OS Harmony OS sometime back and some Huawei device models now support installing or upgrading to use Harmony OS. Since this OS is Huawei's own OS and it doesn't come with Google Play by default which most of the current Android apps are hosted on. In this case, how can someone install the apps from Google Play on Huawei Harmony OS or use GMS services like Google Play, Google Maps? The solution provided by Huawei is to install GSpace which is an APP cont...

   HUAWEI,GOOGLE PLAY,HARMONYOS     2021-08-01 04:23:58

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