PHP and large CSV’s…

After looking around a bit I have yet to find a way to read a specified line from a file without doing one of the…

PHPStorm 2017.1 released…

I’m sure many of you know this already by JetBrains has released PHPStorm version 2017.1. The improvement list looks nise and Im eager to try…

Quick little thing.

Was sad to see Yii2’s getOldAttributes() did not have to ability to limit based on a provided array; whereas getAttributes() does take an array to…

emoji as variable names…

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…during a short discussion today with a peer we found this little tool: https://mothereff.in/js-variables . I was all like AHA! I have an idea! Sadly though…

PHP str_word_count’s and validating base64 strings…

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Recently I had to validate a string that is was indeed a base64 string and it was indeed an encoded allowable image type. Between str_word_count’s…

Local user groups: get out more than you put in.

Here in the Tampa bay area we have user groups. Some are small, some are large, some are new, some are long running. But no matter…

The pain with AWS Lambda…

…I realize I am a bit new the AWS platform and some things are just impossible, but here is the desired work flow: POST/PUT image…

How I got linux SSH to work on windows 10…

So one of the biggest issues I personally have had with windows is the in-ability to emulate a decent Linux terminal. Sure I could dual…

On productive days and how to have one.

Over the course of the better part of the last decade I have worked in start ups, corporate office parks, small but good profit businesses,…