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Phil Sturgeon

Phil Sturgeon

Software Engineer gone ferril. Digital nomad since 2018 (bike/van). Now dedicated to woodland creation and restoration, as co-founder of UK climate chairty Protect Earth.

Anger and Guilt in Open-Source

In the tech industry far too many people pretend that everything is O.K. We pretend that sexism isn't rife. We pretend that startup failures are a "success" in some way. We ignore negative feedback and only publish success. We pretend that our work is amazing

I was an Extraordinary Alien... For a Week

The last seven months have been a weird time. I started off the year with the knowledge that the startup I worked for was running out of money. This was not huge in itself as most startups are defined by their time to live, or their "runway." It

The Neverending Muppet Debate of PHP 6 v PHP 7

Update 12/12/2014: The answer is now of course PHP 7. There are a few major, important conversations happening in the PHP internals mailing list as we speak: * The Facebook lot heading up a specification based off of PHP 5.6 * Should phpng be moved into master to be

The Pocket Guide to Sexism in Tech

Today I had somebody explain to me that they just didn't believe there was a problem with sexism in tech. They flat out said it is not a thing. I explained things I have seen and heard with my own eyes and ears in various jobs and events

RESTful API Deletions, Restorations and Revisions

Two weeks ago I posted RESTful URLs: Actions Need Not Apply which was all about how the only action/verb to appear in the HTTP Request should be the HTTP Method itself (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, etc). This was figured out as myself and others were working on complex

Heroku and PHP Sitting in a Tree. K.I.S.S.I.N.G

Heroku was - as far as I remember - the first (mainstream) PaaS on the market. It was Ruby-only but it was that symbol of modern web development at the time, with the whole "slinging code", "getting shit done", make a Git repo and start shipping

The Tale of Tom, Dick and Harry

This article describes three fictional characters as they all learn how various tools and methodologies work in the world of technology, internets and programming. Tom Tom works with some massive clients these days and has been in the industry for 10+ years, seeing various tools, frameworks and methodologies come and