Bryan's thoughts on web design and development

Windows Tools: 7-Zip

There are a lot of Windows unzip utilities out there, but 7-zip outshines the rest by far. The shell commands (right click a file to zip or extract), the multitude of supported formats, and the speed of extraction make it a star. And it definitely beats out XP’s standard unzipper for UI.

Deploy PHP like a Starfleet Commander

Ruby on Rails brought with it a lot of good practices in regards to code structure and maintenance. At least for me, my experience with RoR two years ago was the first time I’d used subversion and deployed my code (via capistrano).
Even though I use PHP on my day-to-day, there’s no reason why PHP […]