Example: Who’s Online with PHP and Memcached
I figured it best to give an example to back up my last post entitled “Who’s Online with PHP and Memcached.” First, let’s look at the WhosOnline class itself. This class is meant to be a Singleton, so...
View ArticleZendCon 07: “Mobilizing and Sharing: How Zend Framework Builds Community for...
On October 9, 2007, Ben Ramsey and I spoke on how we used Zend Framework in building Nokia MOSH at Schematic. I also touched on some of the architectural details as well. The talk went great! A link to...
View ArticleRobust Batch Processing with PHP (part 1/2)
I submitted a proposal for php|tek 2008 entitled “Robust Batch Processing with PHP.” Granted, the schedule has not been posted yet, so I don’t know if my talk has even been accepted, but I wanted to...
View ArticleSpeaking at Atlanta PHP, 3/6/2008!
For you Atlantans that may read my blog, I’ll be speaking at this week’s Atlanta PHP meetup. Specifically, I’ll be presenting on “Robust Batch Processing with PHP,” which I’m also slated to present at...
View ArticleSlides from php|tek 2008
For those of you interested, I’ve made the PDFs of my slides from php|tek 2008 available below: The Grown-Up Company’s Guide to Development Robust Batch Processing with PHP If you have any questions or...
View ArticleSlides: ZendCon 2008, “Rickroll To Go…”
It’s the first day of ZendCon 2008! I’m giving my new talk, “Rickroll To Go With WURFL, PHP, and Other Open Source Tools” today at 4:00 PM PST. The slides are below in a variety of formats: PDF (no...
View ArticleMySQL replication and the sync_binlog option
Recently I’ve been focusing on MySQL replication for a project at work. On this particular project, I’m acting in a Solutions Architect role and have been since about September of 2008. Because of my...
View Article“Rickroll To Go…” ZendCon Session audio posted!
My ZendCon 2008 talk, “Rickroll To Go With WURFL, PHP, and Other Open Source Tools”, was just released at Zend DevZone as ZendCon Sessions episode #23! If you’re just now finding my blog from there,...
View ArticleOn to CrowdTwist
TL;DR: I’m making a move to CrowdTwist, a New York City-based startup providing social and loyalty services for some of the world’s biggest brands. I worked with their co-founder and CTO, Mike...
View ArticleTop Ten List + CoderFaire Atlanta 2013
Back in March, I gave a new talk at Atlanta PHP: “Top Ten List: PHP and Web Application Performance”. This talk is a culmination of my ~14 years of experience primarily as a web application developer,...
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