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Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Aug. 23, 2020
The Workshop: CakePHP - Part 1 by Joe Ferguson Welcome to the first installment of The Workshop, a column where we try out new tools and techniques to hone our craft as developers. We'll be covering frameworks, packages, tools, and exploring topics related to the PHP development ecosystem. This mon…
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Aug. 19, 2020
The Workshop: System Management with Ansible Ansible is an IT automation tool used for configuring systems and deploying applications. Ansible is open source is supported in the enterprise by RedHat. Ansible communicates over SSH so there is no need to install any extra software on the remote syste…
Written by Joe Ferguson
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on Jul. 12, 2020
I've recently spent a lot of dedicated time exploring Windows 10 as a development environment. The best part of this process has been becoming familiar with Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL. With WSL 2.0 Microsoft is shipping a complete Linux kernel with Windows 10. Getting started with WSL is a…
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 worki…
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…