Johntron Speaks

Software development tips, advice, strategies, and insight from Dallas, TX.


URL Scrubber

October 27th, 2009

I created a simple script to remove extraneous information from URLs. Check out the URL Scrubber. No guarantee.

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Pirate Bay workaround

September 20th, 2009

The primary tracker over at The Pirate Bay doesn’t seem to be working. As a workaround, I’ve create a simple script to replace torrent files downloaded form TPB to work with one of their secondary trackers (tracker.openbittorrent.com). Pirate Bay torrent fixer

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Blog guidelines

July 2nd, 2009

There are a few issues that really tick me off when I read (or choosing not to read) some blogs. This post focuses on these issues and provides solutions.

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Decoupling development and production code

March 9th, 2009

Learn how to use version control to deploy web services without having to manually edit configuration files.

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The brick wall

December 16th, 2008

Suggestions on avoiding a programmers worst nightmare — The Brick Wall.

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