Shared Hosting Git Deployment
HostGator has been my registrar of choice since I first registered my first domain; however, I have also register a few domains with GoDaddy and (far fewer) with Domain.com. Initially, my needs were simple: give me an easy WordPress or Joomla install and I was happy...
My Open Source Initiative
I’ve been looking at some of the older code I’ve had sitting on my various hard drives and Dropbox accounts and realised something: a lot of this code is not that novel. There is nothing wrong with it, but a lot of just solves problems that I find myself having to...
Crisis Coding: Stop The High-Res Madness
As someone who lives less than five miles from the Atlantic ocean in NJ, I’ve been having a bit of a bad time recently due to Hurricane Sandy. Luckily, I was not harmed nor were any of my loved ones in the crisis. I did, however, notice something important: even my...
Pricing: We’re Doing It Wrong
Like many of you I am an independant software developer and have found some success leveraging the App Store. Many developers, myself included, have bought into the low price / high volume business model and we’ve had some mixed results.... I’ve been considering the...
The Magazine Review
Much has been made in the last few years about the death of paid content and how the traditional publishing industry is in a bit of a bind in today’s web connected and increasingly mobile world. I’ve long felt that the rumors of the death of paid content have been...
The Javascript Problem
Earlier this week Microsoft unveiled its brand new web programming language Typescript. If you don’t know what Typescript is or what features the language has, please take a look at Anders Hejlsberg’s great introductory video. Also, take a look at the Typescript...
About Me
Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
