Gary Kovar's Incomplete Thoughts

Note Tag: funInternetThing

  • GrumPHP

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    gkovar

    I have terrible code habits on my personal projects. PHPStorm is configured for formatting, but I’ll do lazy things like omit return types and only run tests right before I’m done with a session. If a test fails I’ll leave it for next time (sometimes). So, I’m revisiting and old friend – GrumPHP. Essentially, it…

  • Haiku Fish

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    gkovar

    Twenty seven Gary’s ago I built a php-ish site called Haiku Fish. It was in the early days of facebook login API. Back then the API wasn’t refined for extracting the most PII without also sharing user names. This meant people posting on Haiku Fish could see names of other users that they weren’t yet…

  • The fun internet

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    gkovar

    Recently I was chatting with a dev friend about “the old internet” and how it used to be fun. But, it’s still fun in some places. People are still doing silly things as a way to learn, express themselves, and entertain. My criteria for a “fun internet thing” would exclude sites with: #funInternetThing