Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Feb. 12, 2020
Users who reply to threads about $technology with comments such as:OMG! Why are you still using $technology when $new_tech exists!These replies offer nothing of value and should be moderated or down voted into oblivion.Go forth and stop telling people to buy an orange when their pear isn't working …
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Feb. 10, 2020
I've noticed a trend lately where people who report issues on open source projects are seemingly using throwaway accounts to post issues and receive help. One case in particular was last month I solved an issue for a user who's GitHub account was brand new. They created this account just to post th…
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Jan. 27, 2020
I started the edx course "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python" last Thursday. I learned Python way back in the late 90s early 2000s as I was learning Linux as well at the time. I'm ~8 months into my Python focused day job and I want the guided newbie approach. I even spent …
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Jan. 20, 2020
It's taken me 7? 8? months to write this blog post. It's the "how do I explain to blog readers I'm no longer working where I've spent the past year and a half? and I signed documents so I can't talk about it" blog post. So yeah, if we haven't spoken in the past 8 months, there's a good chance you'r…
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Jun. 17, 2019
Explaining Laravel SettlerIf you view the readme.md of the Laravel Settler repository you’ll likely notice the not so inviting “You probably don’t want this repo”. While I try to be as inviting as I can across all open source repositories this one has always been a bit of the exception. The reason …
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on May. 28, 2019
Homestead Fifty Six was an amazing learning experience for me. gitstore.app was an invaluable tool that allowed me to spend more time building my project rather than building out invoices and card processing. I also want to thank the sole customer who subscribed. The support from them was huge.Wh…