How my cookies became a one way street
I’ve been playing with CakePHP’s session code lately and ran across an interesting (read: nerdy) problem with cookies on AMO.
When is a TINYINT(1) not a TINYINT(1)?
When you're using CakePHP!
Frameworks that start sessions for every visitor make me sad
I might have played the devil’s advocate when Lars was hating on frameworks at the barcamp last weekend, but that doesn’t mean I don’t see his point. The latest in a series of frustrations with frameworks kept me up until 3am last night. What better way to cap it off than complaining on the internet?
Turns out greylisting is awesome
I used to get several hundred spam emails a day on micropipes.com. I wasn’t thrilled with having a four or five digit message count in my spam folder, but I deleted the few that slipped through each day and didn’t think about it much more. Someone else running a domain on this server got enough initiative to do something about it though and installed a Grey Listing filter.
Ignite Portland was a huge success
I took the afternoon off work so I could drive to Portland to attend Ignite Portland. The introduction didn't start until 6:20pm - I drove past the theatre at 4:45pm and there was already a line. The 500 person seating limit was filled while there were still people waiting in line. I slipped in with the 250 people that were allowed to stand around the edges before they had to start turning people away.