This post is about Antecons, a product recommendation engine, now part of Conversio. Antecons is no longer commercially available, but I have kept my developer diary on my website with permission. Yesterday, I found out exactly what it means when Google warns about their experimental App Engine features: Your code might eventually break. Let me… Continue reading Experimental features
Unix tools on Windows
The other day, I set out on a journey to get many of the wonderful Unix tools running on Windows in something that resembles a terminal. In case you did not know, you can come a very long way by installing msysgit. It includes a terminal called Git Bash and all the common Unix tools… Continue reading Unix tools on Windows
Ubuntu — so ready for developer time
In my previous post, I said that Ubuntu is not ready for primetime. I still think this is the case for most people. However, since writing the post I have acquired a Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed (they call it a “developer edition“). Let me tell you, it is an absolute joy to… Continue reading Ubuntu — so ready for developer time
Ubuntu — not ready for primetime
I wanted to install Ubuntu on my Dell XPS 15 to try out Steam for Linux. This was not the enjoyable experience I had hoped for since a lot of things did not work perfectly out of the box. Below are some steps I had to take to get the system going. Fixing the graphics… Continue reading Ubuntu — not ready for primetime
An SMTP server for testing
Today I needed to send some test emails from my application and I searched around for a very simple SMTP server that can save outgoing emails to a folder instead of actually sending them. This is nice for debugging and testing email functionality in an application. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to find something useful.… Continue reading An SMTP server for testing