Writing some systems integration stuff to allow US ecommerce companies to sell to Latin America.
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#42trying to fix few issues and add some features to my web app ( http://onlineqrlab.com ); also looking for a PHP script to decode Qrcodes, any idea?
Doesn't seem like it. Here is a workaround:
http://www.andrewmkane.com/blog/2009/04/16/parsing-qr-codes/
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#43Working on a new iteration of Forrst's Rangers algorithm.
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#44The most mind numbing bugs that probably don't matter. At night and in the early mornings I work on personal projects that matter.
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#45Drew my first webcomic on the interaction between programmers and recruiters yesterday: http://bit.ly/bx1vi5
Thinking about a follow-up.
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#46Working on a Silverlight app for my employer. I inherited this app from previous contractors and some of the stuff they did is pretty scary, so last night was the tipping point and I've decided to start ripping out all the bad stuff. I'm also torn on Silverlight in general and seriously considering rewriting the app from scratch in an HTML framework (debating between Rails and ASP.NET MVC, even if that debate may see…
If you have the flexibility to rewrite the project in Rails, absolutely do it :)
I totally have the flexibility in that if I showed up with a Rails version of the app my boss would be all for it. But I don't have the flexibility to do it on company time. I am currently studying Rails 3 and getting a feel for how long I think it'd take to do this. I think a clean, well written Rails version of the app would make my life so much easier in the long run.
Silverlight is an interesting beast. All in all I am finding it feels like writing a webapp in C# and a very strange "version" of HTML :) Especially when you use the Navigation Framework, the app becomes so website like it's ridiculous. I hate to think Microsoft wasted all that money, but I'm having a hard time coming up with Silverlight's strengths. Especially considering we are having issues with the Mac plugin, the promise of "write once" seems to not be met either. Granted it's two plugins versus half a dozen browsers (we don't support Moonlight at all), but still, if I'm going to be fighting how different platforms render my app, I might as well take advantage of the most ubiquitous and open platform there is.
I can admit XAML was well conceived for layout flexibility and visual effects. But at the end of the day, that benefit is so small it's hardly worth considering.
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#47I'm working on promoting/marketing my cheatsheet site - http://devcheatsheet.com/
I'm also just starting development on a new site - a directory of tech events and conferences. Hope to have a very basic alpha version by next week.
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#48Two games, 3 apps, and finding a new house to rent for me and my DJ
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#49Drew my first webcomic on the interaction between programmers and recruiters yesterday: http://bit.ly/bx1vi5 Thinking about a follow-up.
Some feedback: the stick figures are slightly confusing. It took me 10 seconds before I figured out they weren't talking on the phone while hunched over on a seat.
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#50The same thing I do every day, try to take over the world---okay, not really, currently work on SWIX, working on updating some payments stuff, and setting up redis to prototype some new features.