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penlightmenton NativePHP: A framework for building desktop apps using PHP

Everyone is focusing on the fact that `native` is not applicable to the current implementation. I think if done right, It can come quite handy

penlightmenton Clock

I got motion sickness

penlightmenton Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang

It's the matter of one's opinion, I personally love it. The design has +n years of experience behind it and stands on shoulder of some serious people (yea you already know who they are).

Every language has its own gotchas, and if you are not satisfied with it, coding some Java might help you gain a little perspective.

penlightmenton Why I Like Java (2014)

The verbosity and high level of abstraction due to being fully OO, makes me feel like Trypophobia.

penlightmenton Dennis Ritchie Home Page (2006)

R.I.P Legend

penlightmenton $!134 can be a nice bash foot shooter if you accidentally mistype the number

If your are on a production server, it's more like a Russian roulette rather than lottery.