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Author: Rick Hurst
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Web developer tools of the trade
I’ve had to change machines a few times recently, and each time I wish I had a decent checklist of what I need to be able…
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eatStatic demo site online
Shhh.. don’t tell anyone but i’ve quietly launched the eatStatic demo site, which now runs from the master branch of the github repo. This is still…
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Macbook air 13 inch as primary machine
When I first saw the macbook air I was awe-struck by it’s design and portability, and like many people I was wondering if it would be…
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eatStatic is Dead, long live eatStatic
I was pleased to see people recently enthusing on twitter about text-file based blog and CMS tools – nesta CMS, Kirby and scriptogr.am, as it validated…
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More text file based CMS and Blog tools
If you were interested in my eatStatic text file-based blog engine, but thought it was a bit techie/immature to consider using yourself, you may be interested…
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Mobile Claustrophobia
Just before xmas I installed the Path app out of curiosity, as I had noticed that a few of my friends were using it. It’s a…
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The life of a software engineer
I can’t remember where I saw this (twitter probably) a few weeks ago, but I can’t help laughing about this whenever I start a new project…
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The basics of git (or at least how i’ve been using it)
A while back I wrote about how I use subversion (SVN) version control as part of my workflow, when working alone and as part of a…
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2011 retrospective and plans for 2012
These retrospective posts are annoying aren’t they – kind of like the xmas round-robin letters?! However, I wanted to do one again, because it helps me…
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Notes on deplying django with virtualenv mod_wsgi and apache on ubuntu
As i’ve exclusively been using app engine in my day job at Potato, I haven’t yet had to deal with deploying a django site on my…
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Setting up apache on osx lion
For general website/ PHP development, I like to have multiple local sites running from my Sites folder using virtualhosts. Up until now i’ve usually done this…
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mysql_config not found osx
This always gets me when I try to install mysql-python on osx using pip:- Googling round finds that most people suggest editing a line in MySQL-python/site.cfg…