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- 8 Reasons Why MySQL's ENUM Data Type Is Evil
The pros and (mostly) cons of MySQL's ENUM data-type (as compared to reference tables), as well as when it is okay to use and how to use it if you must. - Encoding Entities to Work with CKEditor 3
How to best integrate CKEditor 3.5 to handle code snippets, problematic entities like left angle brackets, and pre-formatted text. - Why Your Ideas Just Don't Matter (Much)
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt. - Audre Lorde Why your idea doesn't matter nearly as much as how you make it felt. - Per Directory PHP Error Reporting
How to set the PHP error reporting level for all files in a given directory via its .htaccess file. - Escaping CDATA
How to escape the literal ]]> triad in CDATA sections of XML documents. - Parsing Hierarchical Data Structures
Brief discussion of the 4 methods of parsing hierarchical data structures. - Code Style
Why the Whitesmith indent style of code formatting is so readable, and why you should develop a brief code style document for your own programming efforts. - A Case Study in Spam Management
A look at one multi-tiered approach to managing and filtering junk email.