Posts on development — Page 14

How to configure Apache Virtual Hosts in MAMP so each local project is accessible via its own custom .dev domain instead of navigating subdirectories of localhost.

A quick tip for enabling PHP error display in MAMP by flipping display_errors to On in php.ini — so you get real error messages instead of the white screen of death.

A comparison of Atom and Sublime Text after switching editors — where Atom shines with active development and HTML/CSS/JS extensibility, and where Sublime still wins on speed and search.

The journey from WordPress to Ghost to Jekyll — why each platform was a step closer to the ideal developer blogging setup, and what finally made a static site the right choice.

A recommendation for Hyperpolyglot, a site that puts JavaScript, PHP, Python, and Ruby side-by-side to show how similar languages really are at a syntax level — great for picking up a new language faster.

Why buying a Themeforest theme beat spending another weekend at 85% on a custom design — freeing up time and energy for writing and building things that actually matter.

A tip for getting exact browser and OS details from clients using yourbrowser.is — useful for reproducing cross-browser bugs with tools like Browserstack when you can't replicate the issue yourself.

An honest comparison list after switching from WordPress to Ghost — the features and familiarity left behind, and the things Ghost genuinely does better for a developer who just wants to write.

A candid account of attempting to point a custom domain to Ghost Pro — the DNS rabbit hole, what almost worked with CloudFlare and Hover, and why sometimes forwarding the domain is good enough.