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I'm Saying "Nope" to Node.js

2 Oct 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Great White Snark

"Yesterday it worked.Today, it is not working.Windows is like that."— GNU Joke Haiku error messages [1] A number of weeks ago, I Installed node.js and npm on my computer, using the official repository packages for Ubuntu (Plucky Puffin). I then pro...

How to Host Your Own Podcast/Vlog (and why it Might be a Bad Idea)

18 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

As some of you may know, I have been putting in time and effort, on and off, to create, edit and upload video content to YouTube for a vlog. Recently, a potential business client/employer asked me to make a short (approximately two minute) recording...

How to Fetch NFT Transaction Logs Using PHP

3 Jun 2023 4 minute read 1 comment xmrrabbitx

You may have experienced entering an NFT market and wanting to find out the number of people who have transferred a specific NFT. Some markets put the transaction history information of each NFT on the website, but some do not. Perhaps one of the re...

How to install Nginx+PHP+Mysql on Windows Powered by Linux with windows side files

6 Apr 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Chainable.it

Hi!   This time we will go with a more twisted topic, especially for people who have not done this yet. At least I hope that others do it too and not just me doing such messed up things xD What will we be doing today? Silly question, the title gave i...

Why is PHP so Weird?

15 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

PHP is a very weird language, particularly with all its callback functions, reflection and magic method features. It tends toward stringly-typed code, making JavaScript look sensible and straight-forward. (It really isn't.) What's the point of imple...

PHP, Laravel and WordPress Career Opportunities

11 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

One of the two companies that gave me a job interview on Friday wants to give me a month's probationary employment, to see if I'd be a good fit for the job and the company environment. I haven't even done a technical assessment yet. For nearly two ye...

PHP 8: Idiosyncrasies, Oddities, Obscurities and Updates (Part 1)

2 Sep 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

I originally intended to write this in three parts (beginner, intermediate and advanced). However, my notes are more extensive than I realised that they would be, so that's not going to happen. There will be substantially more than three parts, so as...

Why Should You Hire Me for Your Next Web Development Project?

2 Dec 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

Quite simply, I'm awesome. No, seriously, I'm awesome! Exceptional grasp of Language: Above and beyond being a fluent and native speaker of my mother tongue (English), I also know some Spanish and am attempting to teach myself German and isiZulu. No...

So you want to be a “Web Developer”

4 Jun 2021 2 minute read 2 comments baohx2000

This started as a reply to a post on reddit r/phphelp. I’ll likely add to it as I find new things or think of bits and pieces to add. Do not think you have to be a “full stack” developer. Unless you dedicate many years, you will be a jack of all trad...

Composer Monorepo Without Plugins

4 Jun 2021 2 minute read 0 comments baohx2000

The problem: You have multiple services you want to build/ci/deploy. You want them all to have consistent dependencies between them all (one of the big reasons to utilize a monorepo). It’s not difficult, you just have to think of your project as bein...