Superproductivity at Room Temperature

Handy tools, insights, and life hacks for software engineers and other professionals.

Employees form two different buildings communicate using a tin can phone

Ways to facilitate communication and coordination between departments

A very brief introduction to the concepts of horizontal and vertical linkage.

Subway map that shows a network with several routes to Web browsers. One of the routes is highlighted by the Choosy app icon.

How I separate my private and professional online browsing

My work-life balance is practically non-existent, but at least my browsing is completely separated…

An OpenShift-branded hanging mobile with an orange and PHP, Java and Docker mascots

Deploying apps on OpenShift: a stupid comparison between PHP, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and GraalVM

Spoiler alert: they’re not the same.

Process manager shows off their “World’s best process manager” cup

How do you use htop in Linux?

The htop utility lets you view and manage running processes from a terminal. But how do you use it?

People on a running track. One person is lying on the ground.

How to run PHPUnit tests in PhpStorm

A tutorial for people who keep forgetting how to run PHPUnit tests using PhpStorm.

How to fix MySQL Workbench 8 for Mac

MySQL Workbench 8 contains a bug that prevents it from starting on Macs. Don’t worry: it’s easy to fix!

Tux stares at you through Windows

Should you use Docker with WSL2 to develop large PHP apps on Windows?

Spoiler alert: no.

It’s the Village People

Join the ACM for the magazine, stay for the books

Why an ACM membership is totally worth the money, even if you’re not an academic.