interesting stuff

I got into a discussion on Twitter the other day where I mentioned that I don't like DI. Call it lack of sleep or language barrier (on my part), but I said DI — dependency injection — when I meant the dependency injection container.

Having said this, let me explain why I don't like it.

POV

Despite not working for any of the larger PHP joints out there, I get to spend my time with pretty interesting stuff.

I wouldn't call it high traffic or big data, but being in the Top 100 websites, we're certainly not the average PHP application out there.

http://survey.hamptoncatlin.com/

I finally got off my ass and got the results of Ruby Survey 2008/2009 online.

Some really interesting stuff in there! And, along with releasing that information, I'm launching the 2010 survey with more questions about testing frameworks and etc.

Hampton Catlin

That's the killer lesson of Dave Winer's new apporach to noise-filtered tweeting.

"Friends" and "followers" aren't what matter. If you want substance, you need useful inputs. Not volume. Not style.

Not popularity. Those have their places, just not in your face when you're looking for useful and interesting stuff.

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