Trend of Focusing on Software Performance & Efficiency
You are hearing blazingly fast, faster, at the speed of thought, lightning fast, wicked fast,.. and too many similar phrases. This trend of performance optimization is not just in words and projects …
Should I use `mb_strlen($text, 'utf-8')` or `strlen($text)` in PHP ?
In most cases, you should use mb_strlen($text, 'utf-8') in PHP. Here’s a breakdown of the reasons: Why mb_strlen is the recommended? 🔗 Accuracy for Multibyte Characters: mb_strlen is designed …
Don't Communicate by Sharing Memory, Share Memory by Communicating: A Go Approach
This concept, a core principle in Go’s concurrency model, can be confusing at first glance. Let’s break it down with practical examples in Go, highlighting the difference between unsafe …
How I improved Kartbusiness.com page loading speed from 52 to 94
I used PageSpeed Insights , to detect the performance bottlenicks so I can analyze and fix the performance issues. Here are all optimizations I did on KartBusiness.com to improve the PageSpeed …
Execute a command once per line of piped input?
How to execute a command once per line of the piped input? or how to pipe each line at a time in linux terminal? is the same question. There are two main ways to achieve this. Using a while loop with …
Ed Line Editor for Beginners: A Practical Cheat Sheet
ed : The original Unix text editor. ed is a line editor for the Unix operating system. It was one of the first end-user programs hosted on the system and has been standard in Unix-based systems ever …
Awk: A Swiss Army Knife for Text Manipulation
What is awk ? 🔗 awk is a powerful programming language for working on text files. It’s particularly handy for extracting specific data from files, manipulating columns, and performing …
sed: Stream Editor for Text Manipulation
sed (Stream Editor) is a powerful command-line tool used for manipulating text streams. It’s like a search-and-replace tool on steroids, allowing you to modify text files in various ways. sed is …
Git Subtree: Managing Subprojects Within Your Git Repository
What is Git Subtree ? 🔗 Git subtree is a powerful Git technique that allows you to include an entire separate Git repository as a subdirectory within your main project’s repository. This is …
Git Cola: A Friendly GUI for Git
What is Git Cola ? 🔗 Git Cola is a free and open-source graphical user interface (GUI) for Git. If you find the command-line interface of Git a bit daunting, Git Cola provides a user-friendly way to …