PHP tips and tricks

February 20, 2018

Once I used to be a Java and Python backend programmer, the similarities I could find among Python and PHP were the web server (Apache), the roots and style. Why PHP? Why not? When this article was written, there were a plethora of systems out there backed by this language, some of them industry’s giants […]

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools and scenarios

February 20, 2018

Lately I’ve noticed that most companies would like to come up with solutions for configuration management from small to large group of servers, services, databases, applications and the way all those tools connect. Inasmuch as most managers know that support fees for the maintenance are really usual, rarely do they consider those costs from the […]

SugarCRM useful links

February 20, 2018

When working for a Canadian IT company, mostly focused on CRM integration with other systems such as ERPs and dashboard tools, I’ve selected a huge amount of links, some really useful and some tips and tricks. Having them here is specially interesting once some companies I have been sent to have very restrict network access […]

Javascript download burden for IE and other browsers

February 20, 2018

Once I came out if this problem happens regardless if the base system were in Java or PHP. The code comments are in Portuguese, the usage is straightforward and oversimplified: it names the output file. So you can easily replace the way the file is named. It considers the existence of a datepicker and might […]

SQL query examples for MSSQL

February 20, 2018

Some companies have dead set against open source due to possible vulnerabilities, others owing to the fact they have a huge [provider] base already installed or long term contracts. In order to handle that, I’ve selected some Microsoft SQL Server “Selects” and other commands one may find useful have in hand in future. Disclaimer: Some […]

Some useful command lines for Linux systems

February 20, 2018

Once in a while, as programmers or system administrators, we face the need of issuing commands we might not remember by heart. So I came out with the following list (to be constantly updated) related to this topic. I have been using mostly the CentOS and Ubuntu distros, so most of them may be applied […]

The so-called Jenkins

February 20, 2018

I’ve seem Jenkins as an useful interface for multiple systems monitoring and acting as usual as a Continuous Integration solution, and depending of the scripts, could start Continuous Delivery tools as well. For starting using the current version (as of 02/2018), the following code snippets and links may well help you through your journey. This […]

Fixing the Cambridge Objective Proficiency Install on Windows 8/10

March 28, 2016

After a friend ask for advice to the support team about how to install the software you can find in the Cambridge dot org website without success, I decided to help him and his classmates at Cultura Inglesa, an English school center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I was informed that the software was built to […]

Endeavors, jobs and business

January 21, 2016

Usually people have been asking the reasons some of us, like me, used to negotiate wages or job conditions which hardly are they compatible with their viewpoint. People usually link higher wages to having a master’s degree or Ph.D. focused on analytics, statistics, Artificial Intelligence degree or related courses. Others argue that long enterprise experience […]

Facing the stock option market – Pricing

January 17, 2016

The stock options pricing method may sounds weird, but it has some reasonable rules to following order to accomplish this task. The general function related to the stock option price formation is: P = p(X,T,S,V) Where: P – Price or premium. Similar to insurance market concept X – Strike price. The less the X value, […]