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PHP: A case for Zephir

Zephir is an open source, high-level language designed to ease the creation and maintainability of extensions for PHP, with a focus on type and memory safety.

(Ze)ndEngine / (P)HP / (I)nte(r)mediate

Express route param regex validation

Recently, I came across some confusion in the Express 4.x API documentation regarding how to use regex to validation route parameters. It seems there’s been an update and the method to accomplish this differs from version 4.11 and 4.12.

MPC Knight Rider KITT build

This is my second attempt at putting together any model car. My first attempt didn’t go as well as I initially…

Node.js HTML5 Websocket Example

Below is a very simple example of how to create a basic websocket using node.js. Websockets are great for maintaining a server/client relationship without as much of the overhead of HTTP web traffic. Today, websockets are used to build a magnitude of browser-based real-time…

Dynamically change URL using Push and Pop state

This practice is becoming more common throughout sites (such as Twitter and Facebook) for changing a URL within the address bar without reloading another page. One of the most common use cases, allows users to bookmark or share URLs when sites are…

My SportsCenter Commercial debut

So I was an extra in a SportsCenter Commercial. We shot this a few months back and it’s just been released today!

I was impressed that ESPN actually flew out all the mascots from their respective colleges. Thanks to Erik Haddad for getting me…

My name on ESPN’s Christmas Credits

Every year during Christmas, ESPN has a tradition to rolls TV credits for everyone behind the scenes. 
 This year, I’m listed as a Web Developer II :)

Migrating nodes from Drupal 6 to 7

(attow) Sadly, there doesn’t seem to be a straight forward method for importing content nodes from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 without installing a module. Albeit, this isn’t the “best” method but hopefully, this snippet will at least assist in filling the void. There are a…

PHP: Simple Pagination

This is a simple pagination snippet I wrote for a Drupal module I was working on. I’ve “unDruaplized” it and now it’s completely independent.

The function will calculate the number of pages to display based on $total and $shown. In addition, it'll append the…