Unix Digest - Articles

I have previously written a small article called Trying out Arch Linux, first in 2008, then revisited in 2009, approximately a year later.

This is a small article that takes an objective look at the PSR-0 autoloader "standard" implemented by PHP-FIG.

A small article about PHP frameworks, design patterns, and the art of programming with a passion.

I honestly believe that many people who use template engines in PHP use them because it's the hip thing to do.

This is a benchmark test of the performance of PHP with and without APC (Alternative PHP Cache).

This is a benchmark test of the performance of MySQL Cache.

This is a benchmark test of the loading speed of dynamic pages vs. static pages vs. pages stored in Memchached using PHP.

Real social value is experienced when we physically get together, when we pay real attention to each other, and when we care and help each other, not when we use Facebook, X/Twitter, Slack, Discord, YouTube or something else!

I just finished reading the book Pro PHP Refactoring by Franvesco Trucchia and Jacopo Romei.

Too much commenting makes the code difficult to navigate.

When going into extremes in using a specific programming style or a specific design pattern the result is always bad code - even if it looks nice.

What constitutes a strong password, let's take a look from the attackers point of view.

In the world of Linux (also called GNU/Linux) there currently exist a lot of distributions and while most of them look great, only a few of them are worth paying attention to.

I have been using GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD exclusively since about 1999 and I spend time with Linux and BSD every single day both at home and at work.

Ubuntu GNU/Linux has grown to become the most famous Linux distribution in the world.

One day back in 2007 I was dribbling down some notes about programming languages and compilers with a special focus on the use of C, C++ and Ada.

This is a small article on how to choose a good book on programming.

In connection with some corrupted files in CVS I decided that it was time to take a look at some other revision control systems.