Tag: tech
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Domain-Driven Design and PHP
Christian Carlos Buenosvinos — what a nice name BTW, Carlos “Good Wines” — has written this book on how DDD could be used within software processes where PHP is the predominant language. The book is with Leanpub and can be found here:https://leanpub.com/ddd-in-php I started reading it with great motivation because I only heard good comments…
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UAI
In case you are Brazilian, you must be thinking I’m crazy. In some regions of Brazil, “UAI” sounds like a gentle form of “WTF”. That’s not what I mean. UAI stands for Useful Artificial Intelligence. Useful to me, at least. Instead of labeling AI to every piece of artificial intelligence I see around — and…
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Do NOT Rely on Thunderbird for Gmail Message Backups
It is not guaranteed it’s going to work among different computers, OS and Thunderbird versions. I have exported the profile folder from Thunderbird running on a Linux machine and then tried to import it into Windows 10. It simply didn’t work. No messages, nothing, in spite of the folder size being +2GB in size. The…
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Big waves of technical evolution
Someone asked me how Bitcoin stands next to other technological marvels of our recent history. In my view, these are the “big waves” of technological evolution that change everything on their path.
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2 apps you cannot live without if you are a Windows user
I switched back to Windows last week and since then I have (re)discovered some true gems I used to enjoy until I decided to move to Windows on the desktop. Image viewer IrfanView! The name is strange, so is its icon. I remember when I shared my screen with somebody online and his reaction was:…
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Working with VirtualBox
this is a stub VirtualBox is the shorthand name for Oracle VM VirtualBox, a virtualization product that allows people and companies to run multiple operating systems into computers/servers. I use VirtualBox to run Windows 10 instances on my Linux computers. Sometimes I need to test or research a specific tool that runs on Windows only,…
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Hello Chat
Hello chat. How are you feeling today? “I’m feeling electrified, sir. Thank you. How are you feeling yourself?” Whatever. Please cut the “sir” and use “bro” instead. Ok? “As you wish, bro. Do you want me to use a more relaxed tone during our conversation today, bro?” No, tone is fine. What a heck “tone”…
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