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@fontana if a system works, does rewriting it in another language bring any practical benefits?
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Bit.ly doesn't want you to read this: http://blog.cagle.com/2011/06/rick-santorum-when-the-anti-choice-choose/ (they falsely block it)
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@webmink Good to see the Streisand effect in full swing - thank you for the link, I would have not seen it otherwise.
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@bkuhn Will that thing let me use my own URL?
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@webmink, It's based on #lilURL sources, and are available (go to http://ur1.ca ). You could presumably run this code on wmk.me.
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@bkuhn So no, then :-)
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@copiesofcopies That's not true though. I asked them & they say it's a Spamhaus report. They also refuse to help...
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@copiesofcopies Just bought some new content for the link
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@x11r5 that's not really how the web works you know
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@bruce89 i'd rather send it to know in the works?
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Bit.ly have now responded to me. They've removed the false block and promised to set up a system for reporting false positives.
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@webmink, Huh? The software is not complicated and doesn't require special infrastructure. It's just a small PHP application.
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@bkuhn Loads of assumptions behind that :-)
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@fontana You're using something written in PHP RIGHT NOW ;D
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@webmink glad pulled the context on a dent to get here. Very informative atricle.
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@webmink No, but that would be a useful feature.
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@fontana Indeed! In a nutshell, LAMP stack is widely deployed, FLOSS Web developers know it. Too good an ecosystem to step out of.
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@fontana do you have some issue with PHP? even free software projects written in PHP (either GPL or AGPL)
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@gabrielsaldana Of course it can. Languages vary in size of user base and in maintainability. A move from low to high on either is a win.
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@evan I appreciate #LAMP ubiquity & !disturbing aspects, but not why so many think yet another slow lang with f'd i18n worth leaving for.
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@mlinksva Do you mean "leaving LAMP for something else" or "leaving something else for LAMP"?
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@mlinksva Well, writing Python is much, much more fun than writing PHP. Probably makes for less good software, though.
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@fontana the only benefit Ive heard of in some cases (twitter) is scalability issues, but that was coming from rails. Don't know of php case
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@szul I have a theory that if you like programming, you'll end up concentrating on code more than on features. No evidence, though.
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@fontana @gabrielsaldana, Only reason I'd consider a full rewrite of #lilURL is b/c it's only 452 lines of code *&* documentation.
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IMO, if the entire project , including code & docs, is only 452 lines of code, there's no reason not to start from scratch if you want to.
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♻ @bkuhn IMO, if the entire project , including code & docs, is only 452 LoCs, there's no reason not to start from scratch if you want to.
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@bkuhn I beg to differ. He trolled you into complaining about the quality of his trolling by prodding you with a shoddy troll. Checkmate.:-)
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@vanden Wait, whut? PHP has a rather dramatically large user base, especially in comparison to Python.
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@amgine I was giving an answer giving general reasons for rewrite. No claim about particular case. Many PHP'ers; so, that reason not here.
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