September 28th, I'll be in Austin speaking at Joomladay Texas. My topic is "Scaling Joomla", and I'll be going over the types of scaling (vertical and horizontal) as well as myths surrounding "the cloud".
I'll be using a portable cluster in the presentation to illustrate some of the benefits of horizontal scaling, as well as the pitfalls.
It should be fun. I'm bringing cookies for my audience.
I was watching a YouTube video from Anton Petrov about the Hubble Legacy Field image that crashed his computer, and I thought it might be nice to provide a version that can be browsed and zoomed and won't break your computer.
Read more: Hubble Legacy Field (without crashing your computer)
Some fun stuff I found on TeeSpring - enjoy!
I've been writing Joomla extensions for a long time; something like 10 years. I'm no stranger to extensions that I write having their functionality absorbed into the Joomla core. I expect it.
Independence Day is important to me, and many Americans. I thought I'd write something patriotic and non-programming related today.
An upgrade to JApplicationWeb::setHeader/sendHeaders behavior which brings Joomla into current HTTP header standards compliance puts RicheyWeb into the Joomla credits for version 3.7
Transition to a new website was long overdue. Like the anecdotal carpenter, my house was often neglected and never complete.
I've been busy, if you hadn't noticed. GDPR compliance is a looming threat that will affect not only EU businesses, but potentially any business that has users in the EU. Staring down the barrel of a 20 Million Euro fine is incentive enough for me to do something to protect myself and my customers, especially the ones I host. Search for GDPR in the box above to get an idea of what I've been working on.