Tag: essay
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Failure of Imagination
It’s an accepted fact that all code will, at some point in time, break. The Open Source community is plagued with this problem, but…
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Blocking IPs – Don’t
The short-short version of this is “No, I’m not going to re-write my plugins to BLOCK IP addresses. It doesn’t help.”
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Don’t Fear Wandering Off Topic
Bill Engvall’s wife commented that he wanders off topic, and sometimes you have to suffer through ‘Bad Weiner Day’, but eventually he’ll get to…
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When to Code
My high school had, as it’s primary lesson, a goal of teaching us the difference between wants and needs. I continue to apply that…
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Basic Troubleshooting Is Still a Must-Have Skill
Are we lowering the bar too much for people with self-hosting? Where do we draw the line?
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CAPTCHA Isn’t Accessible
The concept was great. Make a way for people to easily prove they’re people and stop bots! The problem is it’s no longer ‘easy’.…