Bad development practices for the sake of product delivery

Posted on October 22, 2005

Bad development practices for the sake of product delivery Note: Please keep in mind that this is a rough draft, it's just what came to my fingertips when I felt motived to type. Please comment on ideas and perhaps suggest structure, rather than mechanics. This is an article I will... [Read More]

PyAIM-t as an alternative to aim-transport + jabberd2

Posted on October 16, 2005

PyAIM-t as an alternative to aim-transport + jabberd2 Objective:Get an AIM-transport in place for my new jabberd2 server.Outcome:Success. While I didn't end up taking the course of action I expected, I ended up with a better end result. AIM-t for 1.4.3 never did seem to work with buddy lists, but... [Read More]

mu-conference, jcr and jabberd2

Posted on October 16, 2005

mu-conference, jcr and jabberd2 Objective:To get mu-conference running with jabberd2.Projects Utilized:JabberD 2.0.3JCR (Jabber Component Runtime) 0.2.4Outcome:Success. I could have done a couple things: 1) run a jabberd 1.4 server with a service entry, 2) use JCR to compile mu-conference as a stand-alone daemon that uplinks to the router. I opted... [Read More]

Jabber authentication against an existing database

Posted on October 15, 2005

Jabber authentication against an existing database Objective:Configure a jabber server which authenticates against an existing userbase and "just works" when a user tries to log to the jabber server in using their credentials.Projects utilized:JabberD 2.0.3PostgreSQL 7.4.7Outcome:Success, while I could have reached the objective using my existing jabberd 1.4.3 setup, I... [Read More]

PHP code profiling

Posted on October 9, 2005

PHP code profiling So I've just discovered the xdebug module for PHP. It's fucking sweet. I've barley played with the actual debugger at all yet, but I must say I'm extremely impressed by the code profiling modes. It allows several modes of output to track down slow and hot areas... [Read More]

AIM bot in PHP5

Posted on September 13, 2005

AIM bot in PHP5 Objective:Create a simple bot that handles events from AOL instant messenger and is able to be manipulated at runtime.Projects utilized:JabberD 1.4.3AIM Transport 20040131.bPHP 5Class.Jabber.PHP 0.4.2PostgreSQL 7.4.7Outcome:Success, it was up and running within 10 minutes. The JabberD and AIM-t infrastructure was already in place from one of... [Read More]