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5 Standout Comparisons of PHP 7.0 with WordPress & More

December 10, 2015 1:25 pm Published by

Last week PHP 7.0 was officially released. This much anticipated release includes dozens of bug fixes and some impressive new features. See more about the new features here. Most of all we’re excited about performance enhancements. How BIG are the performance enhancements? Zend showcases the comparison between older versions of PHP and PHP 7.0 for popular applications. Their results were amazing.  Magento can serve up 3x requests on the same hardware WordPress around 2x requests Drupal runs an astonishing 72% faster Frameworks like Zend and Larvel also receive substantial gains Performance comparison with PHP 7.0 is 2-10 x faster than Ruby,...
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Becoming A Developer With Purpose Greater Than Money

December 4, 2015 2:54 pm Published by

This is a Flashback Friday mashup. Supporting your stack and approaching development with a purpose greater than money. This might sound like an appeal to create for your favorite charity. But it’s not. We’re talking about the ethereal experience when how you do things is buzzing nicely. Tools, Tricks & Hack Your Way Happy The first time I saw someone using emacs (a living text editor) my heart skipped a beat. Did I learn how to use it? No. But it looked unreal when used by a knowledgeable developer. The same thing happened with Vim, and lately markdown (text styling) and Sublime...
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Factoring In Growth To Cloud Hosting Plans

November 24, 2015 2:28 pm Published by

Unless you’re required to use an ensemble of unique services to power your app, planning for scale doesn’t have to be complicated. But without understanding the options available with the development tools you’re using there’s questions: What “easy” options exist to accommodate growth? What happens when “easy” options aren’t enough? For occasional tasks that are cpu intensive, is it beneficial to scale up and back down? Are there structural tweaks that could resolve complications from rapid growth? Prepare To Discuss Scaling Your App The first step to understanding the possibilities is discovering potentials that already exist. These are features of your...
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The Benefits & Myths of Lucee Hosting

November 19, 2015 3:14 pm Published by

When someone brings up the conversation of trying Lucee as a supplement to their Adobe ColdFusion development there’s some awkwardness. They’ve heard about Lucee, want to try it but it’s also mysterious and new. They aren’t convinced yet. And I don’t blame them. Lucee Hosting can be a shortcut to overcoming those barriers. Usually if someone get’s a chance to get familiar with Lucee, they are hooked (PS: Lucee Hosting makes this easy vs a worrying about local environment). You can get a pre-setup Lucee VPS much less than a equally equipped Adobe ColdFusion VPS. Or shared Lucee Hosting plan for $5. Debunking...
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