I agree about keeping dependencies low in small projects! When I hop between multiple projects, I can feel the context switching cost if there are setups involved.
# Launch a development web server$ php -S 0.0.0.0:1234
# View production build$ open http://localhost:1234
# View test build$ open http://localhost:1234/?test
# Build static site$ php index.php > index.html
And it kind of blew my mind because I'd kind of forgotten all about php in a way. It doesn't scross my mind how damn useful it can be if used for the right purpose.
I am more than happy to hear this from you! Maybe a bit out of context, but this reminded me a conversation between Adam Wathan and Pieter Levels here
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@levelsio Of course you just use dialog() for this 😄 you’re an inspiration to all of us wasting time on pointless BS instead of shipping useful stuff ❤️
It was joy when I read your post about building an SSG then I was like: What would people say about @ben building an SSG when there are "solutions" out there?.
I scrolled down to read the comments and the first comment I read was the one included in your comment, and I was like this is simple and interesting as it gets.
I did not bother to read the remaining comments. With Backspace or Ctrl + W, I was off.
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I agree about keeping dependencies low in small projects! When I hop between multiple projects, I can feel the context switching cost if there are setups involved.
By the way, this looks like a great use-case for…
And it kind of blew my mind because I'd kind of forgotten all about php in a way. It doesn't scross my mind how damn useful it can be if used for the right purpose.
I am more than happy to hear this from you! Maybe a bit out of context, but this reminded me a conversation between Adam Wathan and Pieter Levels here
It was joy when I read your post about building an SSG then I was like: What would people say about @ben building an SSG when there are "solutions" out there?.
I scrolled down to read the comments and the first comment I read was the one included in your comment, and I was like this is simple and interesting as it gets.
I did not bother to read the remaining comments. With
Backspace
orCtrl + W
, I was off.