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…
Advent of Code 2023 programming language decision
After giving some thought to my Advent of Code 2023 programming language options, I've made the decision to use Go again, as I did in 2022. I eliminated all the…
Advent of Code 2023 programming language options
Every year, I participate in (and financially support, though not enough for sponsorship) Advent of Code, a series of daily coding challenges from 1st December to 25th December. I'm intending…
Security support for PHP 8.0 ends in November 2023
Security support for PHP 8.0 ends in November 2023. If you're running a web application on 8.0, you need to update to 8.1 (supported until November 2024) or 8.2 (supported…
Developing Large Scale Web Applications
This review was originally printed in the June 2010 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Developing Large Web ApplicationsAuthors: Kyle LoudonISBN: 9780596803025 This book claims to…