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GHgrant horwoodingbhorwood.hashnode.dev·Feb 20, 2025 · 13 min readphp: writing command-line applications with macrame. pt 2in this series, we've been looking at how to write command line applications in php using macrame. in the previous installment, we covered the basic structure of macrame scripts, getting user input both as text and from interactive menus, parsing com...00
GHgrant horwoodingbhorwood.hashnode.dev·Feb 20, 2025 · 12 min readphp: writing command-line applications with macrame. pt 1php doesn't get a lot of attention as a command line scripting language. which is a shame, since php has a lot of features that make it a good choice for writing terminal apps. in this series, we'll be going over writing interactive command line scri...00
GHgrant horwoodingbhorwood.hashnode.dev·Sep 30, 2024 · 7 min readvim: five tips to become a more mediocre vim useri am a mediocre vim user. sure, i've been using vim for over twenty years, have handcrafted a custom vimrc, and even written a syntax file, but for my day-to-day usage, my skills are resoundingly and undeniably mediocre. this is a good place to be. p...00
