Blog about web & software development

Introduction to github fork workflow - why is it so complex ?

by Mathieu

Posted on January, 14 2020

This blog post is intended to help people willing to understand better the process to contribute to a github opensource project for the 1st time. It does not explain "how" to use the github fork workflow but rather "why" it is used and why it seems so complex the 1st time you look at it.

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Some things you should consider when choosing a stack for a new project

by Mathieu

Posted on January, 10 2020

"If one day, I launch my startup, I will use language X instead of the crappy stack I have in my current job".

I have heard this one more than once. And today I would like to discuss some items that I think should be considered when answering this question ("what stack should I choose for this greenfield project ?"), instead of only focusing on one's favorite language.

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What happens to pull requests after they are submitted (PrestaShop)

by Mathieu

Posted on September, 12 2019

The PrestaShop project currently (September 2019) has 389 pull requests open and new Pull Requests are opened almost everyday. All of these pull requests go through a thorough process which aims to provide a stable, consistent and reliable software that we all know under the name PrestaShop. Here is this process in details.

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About the dev lock-in

by Mathieu

Posted on July, 10 2019

Nowadays, most (smart) companies know that they should avoid vendor lock-in.
However I still see a lot of companies allowing dev lock-in to settle in although it is almost as bad as vendor lock-in.

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The Surgeon Metaphor

by Mathieu

Posted on December, 18 2017

Sometimes, I like to think of we developers as surgeons. I guess you heard before "developers are like writers", "developers are like gardeners", "developers are like artists" ... did you know "developers are like surgeons" ?
Here is why I like this metaphor...

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Use Swagger, Jane and Behat to document and test a Symfony API

by Mathieu

Posted on December, 16 2017

I wanted to share some cool tool combinations tricks I have learned this year. This post will show you how you can combine some tools together in order to build an API documentation, an API Client and some API integration tests.

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Basic code is easy to maintain

by Mathieu

Posted on August, 26 2017

Recently I have been practicing a development strategy that proved quite efficient. I call this "basic code is easy to maintain". The contrary also works: "complex code is hard to maintain".

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Use github fork as composer dependency

by Mathieu

Posted on January, 31 2017

I struggled recently to use a GitHub branch on a fork as a Composer dependency. Here is how I fixed it.

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"I should get a blog"

by Mathieu

Posted on January, 23 2017

It has been 6 months since I opened this blog. 6 months without a single post. 6 months during which I considered that silence was better than bad writing.

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Hello World

by Mathieu

Posted on June, 6 2016

Opening the blog !

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