Josh Sherman

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  • Closed sourcing an open source project

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    Most of the time, folks are talking about making projects open source not closed. Companies use it as way to get some press and to position themselves as being altruistic by giving back to the community. I used to be that guy. Recently, I came to realize that one of…

  • The soundtrack to your feelings

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    I’ve heard it many times before, “this album is the soundtrack to my life”. That’s not me, or at least the album that I feel that way about has yet to be produced (or I’ve yet to composure it myself? ;). That said, there are a few songs that just…

  • Making a house a home

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    Last Tuesday I flew back to Austin, Texas from Chicago, Illinois. During the trip I came to realize that Austin simply isn’t home, not yet. It became unbearably apparent during the flight home. Quality of life is up, but we’ve yet to settle into our new house. We lack a…

  • Get the day of the week from a date in PHP

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    Typical of PHP, it’s very easy to get the day of the week from a date, but they also provide the data in multiple format. Three in fact. The first, and arguably the most straight forward is to get the textual name of the day of the week. <?php echo…

  • Calculate time left in day in PHP

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    Before PHP 5.3, finding the difference between two dates was a bit of a pain. Convert the date strings to UNIX timestamps (if they weren’t already), subtract them, and then divide the result until you had each of the components (seconds, minutes, et cetera). As of PHP 5.3+ you can…

  • $10 Showdown: Linode vs. DigitalOcean (July 2016)

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    Been a minute since my last $10 Showdown. Since then, Linode has turned thirteen and doubled the RAM offered on all of their servers for new and existing customers. This means that Linode is offering twice the RAM as DigitalOcean at the ten dollar price point! Here’s the plan overview:…

  • How to pull from git

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    Had a peculiar request on one of my posts asking for a tutorial on how to pull from git. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure if the comment was just trolling or what, but figured may as well do a post on it. Cloning a repository If you want…

  • How to make sauerkraut

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    Sauerkraut is one of my favorite things to make. Incidentally, it’s one of the easiest things to prepare. It’s always an exercise in extreme patience. As they say, “it’s ready when it’s ready”. Before we talk about it being ready, let’s talk about how to start your journey. To begin…

  • How to read more

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    I never completed a single assigned book while in school. Up until a few years ago, I averaged reading only two books per year. This year, I’m on track to read at least thirty-five. Double what I read the year prior. And I am fully intent on reading fifty plus…

  • Leveraging the power of the right-command key in OS X

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    Not too long ago I was singing the praises of creating hotkeys to switch between apps, a method I consider to be far superior to using CMD+TAB and having to cycle through open apps. I mentioned taking things a step further by utilizing the right-command (and/or right-option) key to reduce…