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Specifications are an integral part of any web project (or any software project for that matter). Writing good specifications will improve the probability of success for a given project by a great deal.
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Writing specifications for web applications
Lionite • Web development July 3rd, 2009Multiple row operations in MySQL / PHP
MySQL • PHP • Web development May 14th, 2009Multiple row operations are in common use in a normalized application databases as one database entity is often linked to multiple sub-entities (for example a user and his tags). By row operations I'm referring to write queries, namely UPDATE and INSERT queries (DELETE is less interesting so I'll leave it out for now).
Too often I've seen such queries ran in long loops one at a time, which is very bad for performance (as I will show here) and sometimes equally bad for integrity (if the process is interrupted). So what are the alternatives?
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Finding your web business model
Business Development • Lionite May 6th, 2009The web as a commercial venue has changed and evolved much in the relatively short time since its inception. As the medium and technology evolved, more and more "real-world" business models became viable for web products.
Despite this, the application of those business models in the web arena is still very much experimental, and it's often hard for web businesses to find and implement a model that works well for them.
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Lionite relaunched! time to kick back… and work some more
Web development April 30th, 2009For a long time, we've been feverishly developing beautiful sites for others while our own site was left to rot in mediocrity for lack of time. Now, finally, we've taken the time to properly redesign and relaunch our portfolio website, at http://www.lionite.com:
Conveying value to clients
Business Development • Web development • techfounder April 5th, 2009Preface: This article was written mostly half a year ago, as I was wrapping up an intense period of freelancing and sub-contracting. It is less relevant for me now, as I'm now an equal partner in a small web firm and my freelancing days are beyond me - however, I thought it might be a good read.