Moving Slim Skeleton to PHP 8.3
Although I support clients on a wide range of PHP versions (everything from 5.x to 8.x), I'm gradually moving my personal projects to track the latest stable version of PHP.…
Intermediate Perl
This review was originally printed in the December 2012 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Intermediate Perl (2nd edition)Authors: Randal L. Schwartz, brian d foy, Tom…
Safe C++
This review was originally printed in the September 2012 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Safe C++Authors: Vladimir KushnirISBN: 9781449321369 Given the relatively low level at…
Larger input date and time fields on iOS
Struggling to get any browser on iOS devices (iPhone + iPad) to render input date and time fields properly? I managed to fix it with the following CSS: input[type="date"], input[type="time"]…
Maintenance contracts availability
I'm reducing my hours with one of my regular clients from 1st July 2024, which means I'll have spare capacity for new maintenance contracts of 3-10 hours per month per…
Fix stack smashing detected on Steam with Proton
Recently I found that all my Steam games using Proton (which lets you play Windows games under Linux) crashed on launch with the following error: *** stack smashing detected ***:…
Masterminds of Programming
This review was originally printed in the June 2009 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Masterminds of ProgrammingAuthors: Federico Biancuzzi, ChromaticISBN: 9780596555504 Masterminds of Programming is…
Essential PHP Security
This review was originally printed in the June 2006 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Essential PHP SecurityAuthors: Chris ShiflettISBN: 9780596006563 As a PHP developer of…
2023 review of the year
2023 was a tough year, and my turnover fell considerably (down 25% on 2022, though that was a record year). On the plus side, I'm now spreading my income over…
DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide
This review was originally printed in the September 2010 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: DocBook 5: The Definitive GuideAuthors: Norman WalshISBN: 9780596805029 DocBook has been…