Author Archives for vlucas

Don’t Transpile JavaScript for Node.js

April 14, 2016 2:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Don’t Transpile JavaScript for Node.js

Transpiling JavaScript on the client is pretty much required for wide browser support, but transpiling JavaScript when running it server-side with... View Article


Disabled Comments

April 13, 2016 2:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Disabled Comments

After switching back to WordPress from a static blog that did not have any comments, I left comments on out of... View Article


Countism

December 31, 2015 3:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Countism

Countism is a mobile app idea that I have been working on and thinking about for a long time. Even... View Article


Year of Making Stuff

April 17, 2015 9:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Year of Making Stuff

Well, the rest of the year, anyways. Better late than never, right? Inspired by Justin Jackson and his Build and... View Article


SoundingBoard

April 14, 2015 3:40 pm Published by Comments Off on SoundingBoard

I just re-launched SoundingBoard as a new blog to help non-technical people learn how to evaluate their app ideas. During... View Article


Working For The Man

March 5, 2015 5:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Working For The Man

After almost exactly one year being fully on my own after shutting down Brightbit, I have decided to stop doing... View Article


A Modern PHP OpenX API Client

November 19, 2014 9:58 pm Published by Comments Off on A Modern PHP OpenX API Client

I released a new OpenX REST API Client that works with the newest OpenX v4 REST API. It uses Guzzle... View Article


An API is a Competitive Advantage

September 29, 2014 5:18 pm Published by Comments Off on An API is a Competitive Advantage

In this increasingly inter-connected world, APIs are becoming more and more important as time goes on. This is especially true... View Article


module.exports All The Things!

June 5, 2014 4:38 am Published by Comments Off on module.exports All The Things!

One thing I find myself doing a lot in javascript files for node.js, or any other CommonJS-based system is typing... View Article


Future Anticipated Questions

May 30, 2014 7:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Future Anticipated Questions

I was recently part of a project where, upon asking for content for the requried “Frequently Asked Questions” page, I... View Article


Funemployed

March 20, 2014 1:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Funemployed

After running Brightbit with Joshua Ogle and Eric Boehs for nearly fours years, it officially came to an end a... View Article


Oklahoma PHP User Group Reboot

March 3, 2014 5:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Oklahoma PHP User Group Reboot

Our first Oklahoma PHP User Group meeting in a few years happened on Thursday, February 20th 2014, thanks to the... View Article


SkiPHP Conference 2014

January 22, 2014 5:07 pm Published by Comments Off on SkiPHP Conference 2014

It’s always fun to be a part of a conference’s first year. This year, I was lucky enough to speak... View Article


New Year, New Blog

January 4, 2014 4:57 am Published by Comments Off on New Year, New Blog

It’s a whole new year, and I’ve got a whole new blog. This time around, I knew I wanted a... View Article