Technical Insights

'MySQL: Innodb Memory Usage Formula'

I hate looking for this….

This will give you a rough idea of your innodb memory usage. I know it’s in a hundred spots, but i hate looking for it when i double check things. …

'Linux: use lsof to find which files are open by a process'

lsof works under linux and MacOS X and will help you figure out what files are open.

lsof | grep ‘mysqld’

On cocoa...

I found this pretty amusing…

me: i’m terrible w/ cocoa i don’t particularly like objective-c it’s to verbose

**matt: **
[me putonSock:blueOne onFoot:rightFoot …

Quickly Check every PHP file in your project for errors

Here’s a quickie - make sure every PHP file in your project parses correctly.

find . -name ‘*.php’ -exec php -l {} ; | grep “Errors parsing”

'OS X: Spaces + Fluid

I’ve tried so many times to use Spaces, and I keep failing. As useful as it should be, it just never was. And I’ve finally realized why. Most of what I do is in a web browser. And …

Switching from SVN to git

I’ve been using SVN for several years now, so I’ve been partial to it, and reluctant to switch to another form of source control. I’m very comfortable with it, and I’ve got …

I Like the Genius feature of iTunes

There’s a lot of people who don’t seem to like the genius feature of iTunes. In fact, quite a few seem to hate it.

The complaints vary. I’m still confused by this complaint by my …

Erlang Records Cheatsheet

I hate looking stuff up. I just like having this type of thing 1 click away, in a nice summary. This post is mostly for me.

Define a record:

-record( rule, {ruleid, site, rule, original} ).

You …

'Erlang: Installing Leex'

Leex is an erlang version of Lex, a Lexical Analyzer Generator written by Robert Virding. Robert (and several others in #erlang on freenode) were incredibly helpful and considerate in helping me …