Some interesting PHP framework comparison benchmarks done with three frameworks. The author has more experience with CodeIgniter than with the other frameworks. The testing is done with httperf and the winner is CodeIgniter, followed by Zend framework and last but not least cakePHP.

Now this is more like it! Great tests, full transparency, multiple environments, with layouts even! I’m surprised that it came out so close to your original assertion, but your methods seem bulletproof. The only better request/sec…

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A look at the recent times where engineers are starting to prefer working at Microsoft more than Google.

On one hand, there are beneficial effects - it is easy to ship software quickly?On the other hand, I was using Google software - a lot of it - in the last year, and slick as it is, there's just too much of it that is regularly…

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14 hours of usage and over 1 million data points help the author benchmark 5 popular browsers–Safari, Firefox 3, Flock, Opera 9.5, and Internet Explorer 8. Firefox 3 has some impressive new numbers.

Many people load hundreds of web pages, sometimes at the same time, often over periods of 3+ hours. Users complain about the memory usage of Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer, and we need a way to identify which browsers are better at…

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A well-written article on the design, philosophy, and culture of Linux, written for the Windows convert struggling with his new operating system.

A motorbike driver who tries to corner a car by leaning over is going to run into problems very quickly. And Windows users who try to use their existing skills and habits generally also find themselves having many issues. In fact, Windows…

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The idea behind Glassdoor is simple: You tell me your salary, and Ill tell you mine. The stealth startup, which raised $3 million from Benchmark Capital last March, just went live. The site collects company reviews and real salaries from employees of large companies and displays them anonymously for all members to see.

The use of self-reported survey data is an established protocol for putting together survey reports. But it’s used in part to ease the process of collecting information so that enough data can be collected to have something…

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“By this time next year, Google’s search business will be larger and more profitable than the most profitable and legendary monopoly in history–Microsoft Windows.”

And then there's the most depressing comparison (from Microsoft's perspective). After 13 years of heavy investment, frequent doubling down, and–until recently–a browser monopoly, here's how Microsoft's…

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“Hello World” is the traditional first program you write when learning a new language, first appearing in K&R’s “The C Programming Language” book in 1978. Since then it has been implemented in almost every programming language on the planet. This collection has it in 366 coding languages (even LOLCode!) and 58 human ones! Is your favourite here?

Hello World in BIT. No comments possible. LINENUMBERZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONELINENUMBERONECODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROLINENUMBE RONEZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEONELINENUMBERONEONECODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEZEROZEROLINE…

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The following software supports Getting Things Done (GTD) on many platforms.

These have been suggested or advertised as GTD apps but DO NOT meet our basic GTD capability criteria. We do not recommend them for GTD-like time management for the reasons given below. We monitor these products for changes. See a mistake? We…

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