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Stories by jphpsf

PonyDebugger: Remote Debugging Tools for Native iOS Apps (corner.squareup.com)
Very cool tool from Square to debug native iOS apps. Get insight into network performance and such.
Improved HTTPS Performance with Early SSL Termination - Filepicker.io (blog.filepicker.io)
How do I land on Mars? (mars.jpl.nasa.gov)
This is a nifty parallax implementation detailing the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars.
Linux TCP/IP tuning for scalability (lognormal.com)
Good post on TCP tuning on Linux.
From a logfile to a histogram with a few lines of R - Andy Davies (andydavies.me)
Good post from Andy Davies. 3 simple lines of R can get you a nice visualization of performance data extracted from a log file.
Tracking iOS Web App Usage - Ravelrumba by Rob Flaherty (ravelrumba.com)
Good post from Rob Flaherty showing how to leverage Google Analytics custom events to track usage of web apps/websites opened from the home screen of iOS.
Web Performance Testing With PhantomJS (wesleyhales.com)
Neat way to leverage PhantomJS :)
DRYing up your JavaScript Jasmine tests with the data provider pattern - JP's blog (blog.jphpsf.com)
A quick tip where I show a technique to eliminate redundancy Jasmine tests.
Cut your iPhone bill from $107 to $45 (iamnotaprogrammer.com)
As my contract is up, I've been thinking about doing the same as explained in the blog post. Does anybody have any good experience with MVNOs?
Alex Payne — Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup (al3x.net)
This is an older post from Alex Payne about his life style working for startups. This is an older article from 2010 and I had it save in my Instapaper. I read it yesterday and found it very interesting. Some of the advises were not new to me (exercise, eat well) but some other are things I'd like to...
Running Jasmine tests with Phantom.js or Webdriver - JP's blog (blog.jphpsf.com)
I wrote about the setup I use to run Jasmine tests using Phantom.js or Webdriver.
Test your responsive design implementation with The Responsinator (responsinator.com)
Just came across this. It's a pretty cool tool. Give it an url and it will show you how it renders on various devices. Handy!
Statistical analysis of web performance data (Speed Awareness Month) (speedawarenessmonth.com)
Great blog post giving an overview of the various way you can calculate averages and over statistical values.
OMG, Test Driven Development actually works! - JP's blog (blog.jphpsf.com)
You often hear people advocate that writing tests (unit, functional, etc.) when building software leads to less bugs in production. In this post, I am trying to demonstrate this statement by analyzing real numbers from my current job. No tests were written originally and once tests were included, I ...
How I lost 14kg (30lbs) // by Paul Rouget (paulrouget.com)
Great post from Paul Rouget (Mozilla) on his experience losing weight. Very interesting read as I have been following similar practices for a few months.