Craig Koster
Solving Large Scale Web Operations
What is DevOps? – Blog – dev2ops – Solving Large Scale Web Operations and DevOps Problems
DevOps is, in many ways, an umbrella concept that refers to anything that smoothes out the interaction between development and operations. However, the ideas behind DevOps run much deeper than that.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Tags: Development
A Beginner’s Guide to Design Patterns
A Beginner’s Guide to Design Patterns | Nettuts+
Design patterns are optimized, reusable solutions to the programming problems that we encounter every day. A design pattern is not a class or a library that we can simply plug into our system; it’s much more than that. It is a template that has to be implemented in the correct situation.
Pretty good article for beginner’s on using design patterns in PHP and how they can make your life easier.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Tags: Development
I Can’t Believe It…
I’ve been a Blackhawks fan my entire life and I never thought I’d see this day. Unbelievable. Incredible. Awesome.
Screenshot from ESPN NHL front page:
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Tags: Sports
No Smoking Sign
Here’s a quick “No Smoking” sign I made up. It has a grunge background with some layer styles applied. The icon in the middle is actually the letter ‘z’ in Wingding font.
Friday, May 7th, 2010
Tags: Design
Simple Button
Just messing around with Photoshop and made a button for PDF download. Here’s the result:
Pretty simple using a rounded rectangle and layer effects. Nothing too complex but I just saw a similar button on a different site and wanted to see if I could reproduce it.
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Tags: Design