Marx n’avait encore rien vu
Les réseaux sociaux donnent l’illusion que nous participons à la vie publique pendant qu’elle se déroule ailleurs, là où nous ne la cherchons plus. C’est une drogue dure et nocive, sans doute plus...
View ArticleGrid Pie for Renoise
I added a feature to a Lua script I wrote for Renoise ~13 years ago: Indicator lights. I got a new AKAI MPK mini so I am playing around with it again. Download Grid Pie here.
View ArticleSkateboarding in 1991
Myself in 1991, with a bit of 92 and 93. Soundtrack from 1994. Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Guelph, Kenogami (Timiskaming).
View ArticleL’ Ordre secret
Tous les frères ont un esprit identique. Sa force réside dans son ensemble. La doctrine du sacrifice personnel. Aimer son peuple d’un amour véritable, l’aimer objectivement sans intérêt personnel, sans...
View ArticleThe Kenny G of PHP
Nickname idea: The Kenny G of PHP Free as in beer idea: The FAANG acronym could use another A for Automattic: FAAANG! Or maybe: FWAANG! for WordPress? Sounds less predatorial.
View ArticleShie Kasai
Shie Kasai has launched a new blog! I’m a fan! (and her husband) The blog used to run on sux0r, software I wrote and hosted myself, but it was getting too old and becoming difficult to maintain....
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Pcov Is Better than Phpdbg and Xdebug for Code Coverage
Since the last time, I changed from phpdbg to pcov. Results? pcov is faster, uses less memory, is more accurate than phdbg. Phpdbg Time: 4.09 minutes, Memory: 3.32 GB Pcov Time: 3.48 minutes, Memory:...
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Razer Keyboard and macOS
I bought myself a Razer Cynosa V2 keyboard. At work I use macOS. Here’s how I tweaked it to make it usable. Step 1 System Preferences, Keyboard, Modifier Keys… Swap: Option & Command. Step 2 This...
View ArticleLe chat
I’m sharing this animation my 12 year old daughter made for her big elementary school graduation ceremony. It was supposed to be projected in front of a 150+ audience. Imagine how thrilled she was....
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Install Upgraded GNU Bash on a Macbook Pro
When you get a new Macbook Pro with M1 chip you get an old version of Bash. Bash isn’t old. It’s still being maintained. It has millions of Linux and Windows users. Here’s how to put the newest version...
View ArticleA Book of Generative Poetry
reiterations is an electronic-book containing 24 sonnets. Depending on the e-book reader that is used, each time reiterations is opened, or each time a page in the book is turned, a JavaScript software...
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Compile a Custom Roadrunner Plugin for Laravel Octane
Laravel Octane lets you use Roadrunner. But, instead of using the provided rr binary why not compile your own? Compiling Roadrunner lets you extend your app by writing Go plugins and middleware. The...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Inside Windows 11
Running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on Windows 11 is a breeze. First, install Windows Terminal and Ubuntu from the Microsoft store. Next, in Ubuntu, setup your .bash_aliases hacks and sudo apt installs. Finally,...
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PHP and Go, Together at Last!
PHP and Golang, together at last! This blog post is about Spiral Framework and Roadrunner Server. I’ll briefly talk about what they are, then show how to compile a custom Roadrunner server, start...
View ArticleGit Squash at the Command Line with a Bash Script
Useful if the commits on your branch are sloppy, and you want to clean them up, and you don’t mind that your new commits will be file based instead of time based. What does that mean exactly? Let’s say...
View ArticleGet Your Type On
A nice article about type safety in PHP 7+ on performance enhancing drugs when using Psalm (whoops, I mean Psalm): https://psalm.dev/articles/php-or-type-safety-pick-any-two If you don’t want to...
View ArticleMachine Learning and AI using PHP
Montrealer’s who won’t let PHP go (pun intended), get in on that sweet venture capital? Here are two fantastic PHP options for doing machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and...
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Pcov Is Better than Phpdbg and Xdebug for Code Coverage
Since the last time, I changed from phpdbg to pcov. Results? pcov is faster, uses less memory, is more accurate than phdbg. Phpdbg Time: 4.09 minutes, Memory: 3.32 GB Pcov Time: 3.48 minutes, Memory:...
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Refactor Your Slow Form Using PHP Generators and Event Streams
Your form will still be slow but the user experience will be better. They will see a progress bar and see status updates in real time. The idea is to refactor something like this: /** * A task that...
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Howto Fix Headset, Headphones with a Microphone, on a Dell Laptop
This was annoyingly unobvious, but when you plug your headset into your audio jack and the MaxxAudioPro popup appears: One of these rows is not like the other. Click the word “Headset” (because it’s a...
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