Auto Increment with MongoDB

We are currently working on an app that uses a number of technologies, including PHP, Python, and MongoDB. Recently, a need arose to use sequential identifiers for users, similar to an auto_increment column in MySQL. If you've used MongoDB, you migh...

Change Blindness and Zooming Out

Two weeks ago, I had the great honor of giving a keynote at the Dutch PHP Conference. Because I had never been to Amsterdam or to the Dutch PHP Conference, I was really excited to have a chance to speak there. It was also an opportunity to give my ...

URL Sentences

Two and a half years ago, I was helping Jon Tan redesign a web site. We share an affinity for organization and structure, but we also like to experiment with new ideas. One morning via Skype, I shared a crazy idea that I wasn't entirely sure of yet,...