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Hi, my name is Lars Strojny, I am working as a senior software developer for the Media Ventures GmbH. This blog is mostly about software development and -architecture, design patterns, music, culture and politics.

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Testing PHP 5.3 alpha1

2008|08|03

Finally Johannes Schlüter baked a first alpha-tarball for PHP 5.3. The new version contains a huge amount of new features , like closures, …

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Specific env vars for Gentoo packages

2008|08|02

Since Gentoo Portage introduced the package specific configuration in /etc/portage there was one thing I always missed: specifying environment …

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Antipattern: the verbose constructor

2008|07|31

Constructors are often used to shortcut dependency injection and parameter passing on instantiation. This is a valid practice and often leads to …

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Still a dog

2008|07|16

But the fact remains: even if no one knows you’re a dog, you’re still a dog. A fantastical online identity never impresses readers. …

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Jabber for portage 0.0.5(.1)

2008|07|05

portage-mod_jabber is a small elog module for Gentoo’s portage which provides Jabber notification for portage. It basically allows to receive …

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Over abbreviated

2008|06|30

© Giant Ginkgo Matthew Weier O’Phinney announced Zend’s naming scheme for the Zend Framework from the point where PHP 5.3 …

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Sound on a 3rd generation MacBook

2008|06|10

Thanks to the heros on the Mactel list I have sound again. If you use Linux on a MacBook of the third generation and your soundcard has been …

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Join us

2008|06|04

You were a bit bored lately: you wanted to have time and infrastructure for unit tests and continuous integration but it was “too …

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Security "to go"?

2008|05|20

I’m a huge fan of PHP-IDS . Mario Heiderich and Christian Matthies did an incredible job polishing this tool, adding new features and trying …

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PHP Unconference Hamburg - Day 1

2008|04|27

The first day at the PHP Unconference in Hamburg was quite nice. The day started with a slightly confused registration, followed by the notorious …

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NOWDOC + double quotes = HEREDOC

2008|04|12

PHP 5.3 introduces a new syntax element, NOWDOC . If you know HEREDOC , NOWDOC is easy to understand: it is in fact HEREDOC taken literally. …

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Best practice: Convenient notifications

2008|04|08

Community websites often notify users about events taking place on a website. These notification, may it classically be an email or may it try a …

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Anderswo erschienen

2008|04|06

»Die letzte Instanz« und dafür oder dagegen in der Philtrat 83 .

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XHR request signatures and Dojo

2008|03|25

Recently I discussed Zend Framework’s XHR integration . As a result of my research I’ve filed a bug to let Dojo send the …

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Tango icons for Liferea

2008|03|09

The Liferea trunk has got another update. Jeff Fortin created a nice set of application icons based on existing Tango icons. The old icon was a …

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