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# Simon

@simonhrd · Zurich · Joined September 2023

Data Nerd

### [From XAMPP to Docker: A Better Way to Develop PHP Applications](https://simonontech.hashnode.dev/from-xampp-to-docker-a-better-way-to-develop-php-applications?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

All code and resources for this post are available on GitHub. You can follow along by cloning the repository! Last semester in my Computer Science studies, we built a small backend with PHP. To get started, we used XAMPP — just like I did more than ...

17 min read · [simonontech.hashnode.dev](https://simonontech.hashnode.dev/from-xampp-to-docker-a-better-way-to-develop-php-applications?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-xampp-to-docker-a-better-way-to-develop-php-applications/6833117f1c3e522a33c3d40d) [May 25, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-xampp-to-docker-a-better-way-to-develop-php-applications/6833117f1c3e522a33c3d40d)

### [Exploring Python 3.13: Hands-On with the GIL Disablement](https://simonontech.hashnode.dev/exploring-python-313-hands-on-with-the-gil-disablement?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

All code and resources for this post are available on GitHub. You can follow along by cloning the repository! For years, Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) has been the bottleneck for CPU-bound tasks such as machine learning, data science tasks,...

14 min read · [simonontech.hashnode.dev](https://simonontech.hashnode.dev/exploring-python-313-hands-on-with-the-gil-disablement?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Jan 30, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/exploring-python-313-hands-on-with-the-gil-disablement/679b861015707a94fcaa5ed7)