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Want to Charge Existing Users for Features that Used to be Free? Erm…

Posted on January 6, 2013 by mariya — No Comments ↓

I’m a runner, a stats junkie and a geek – so of course I track my runs using Android GPS apps. I’ve used RunKeeper and Endomondo, both of which offer web apps for reviewing your running stats. It’s delightful to Continue reading →

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Does Drupal Still Suck?

Posted on October 24, 2012 by mariya — 30 Comments ↓

It’s been more than three years since I published my post Drupal Sucks, igniting a flame war of epic proportions. The sweet irony is that I’ve been doing almost nothing but Drupal development since. The post got so much traction Continue reading →

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How to Monetize Your Blog: A Really Dumb Recursive Formula

Posted on October 9, 2009 by mariya — 3 Comments ↓

Sometimes I’m stupid enough to subscribe to some online marketing newsletter. I got two this week from different “marketers” whose content was almost identical. They went something like this: Want to make money off your blog?? I make $100000000 a Continue reading →

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“Drupal Sucks” Followup: Drupal Alternatives

Posted on October 6, 2009 by mariya — 36 Comments ↓

First of all, thanks to everyone who read and commented on the original post. If nothing else, I got some (angry) tips for how to improve my Drupal experience when I do have to use it. It reminds me of Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Technology | 36 Replies

Run IE6, IE7 and IE8 on the same machine

Posted on October 5, 2009 by mariya — No Comments ↓

Need to test your site in multiple versions of Internet Explorer? I just downloaded DebugBar and was beyond impressed. With a couple clicks, you can open a url in a single tabbed window with all IE versions 5.5 through 8. Continue reading →

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Drupal Sucks

Posted on October 4, 2009 by mariya — 289 Comments ↓

Edit (October 26, 2012): This post is out of date. Please read and comment on my latest post Does Drupal Still Suck? Are you choosing a Content Management System for your next site? Allow me to throw in my two cents Continue reading →

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What are your shortcomings as a programmer?

Posted on October 1, 2009 by mariya — 3 Comments ↓

What embarrassing shortcomings do you have as a coder? I find that I often need reference material when dealing with: File permissions (chmod) Regular expressions (Apache rewrite rules, Ruby regexes etc) Does anyone else feel the same way? Do you Continue reading →

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This Week in Brief

Posted on September 23, 2009 by mariya — No Comments ↓

I’m all over the web except here these days. Two highlights of my week: Working with the awesome JuicyOrange to launch the Global Debt Clock for the Economist.  Fun to play with, but it will depress you if you are Continue reading →

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Upgrade to Symfony 1.2: Have your layouts stopped working?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by mariya — No Comments ↓

I had a Symfony 1.0 app and I finally decided to make the leap to 1.2. Lo and behold, this mysterious error cropped up: Notice: Undefined variable: site in /path/to/myproject/apps/site/templates/layout.php on line 10 If you’re upgrading from 1.0, you may Continue reading →

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RubyOnRails.org Parked

Posted on April 23, 2009 by mariya — No Comments ↓

Remember to pay your domain fees, folks: RubyOnRails.org actually showed this for a good few hours. TechCrunch has the full story.

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