Eight great reasons why you should (mostly) prefer open source and FOSS applications over commercial SAAS. Case study, Kimai vs Clockify.
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How to see negative reviews on Gumroad
The initial answer is click a lot. But we’ve written a bookmarklet which will do the hard work for you. Enjoy seeing all the star ratings on Gumroad!
Ad free Simple History WordPress Plugin
Overnight, Simple History went from being one of the best FOSS WordPress plugins ever written to spammy adware. Here’s a clean version.
How to encrypt video with FFmpeg
How to encode a single encrypted HLS video file (or a few) without FV Coconut. We recommend FV Coconut for regular video publishers.
Quick Checkout for WooCommerce Video Rentals
FV Player Pay Per View for WooCommerce makes paying for a video very easy.
How to play encrypted videos with iCloud Private Relay
Learn how FV Player Pro encrypted HLS playback copes with iCloud+ Private Internet Relay incorrectly changing IP address on a single web page session.
Playlist Improvement: Random Video Playback
A random video from the playlist will autoplay at a random playback position when you open the page with the playlist.
Apple Security Theatre Tested
Apple should be protecting our privacy but is not. The security measures they have in place do more to prevent us from securing our computers
New FV Player Feature: Hide Title
The existing title stays in place in the back end to make it easier for publishers to manage the videos.
For and against frameworks: React, Vue, Angular, Ember, JQuery, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Pure, Ruby-on-Rails…
To require javascript to display “Hello world”, a brochure website or even a basic weblog adds complexity for complexity’s sake. Go native.
Blackmagicdesign forum real names rule: good policy or privacy violated?
It’s hard to run a clean professional public space even without anonymity. People who seek privacy can and should build online personas.
How to Move Fast and (not) Break Things
Start by building automated testing, live monitoring and versioned deployment. Improve your safety systems. Fix the bugs you know. Ship.
How to Type Mac Keyboard Symbols into Forums and Web Pages
Have you ever wondered how to type Mac keyboard symbols like ⌘ and ⌃ from the keyboard. Today you will find out.
The Cost Imperative: Why Western Software Firms Must Embrace AI in Coding
Programming houses who successfully adopt AI to accelerate their productivity will outpace those who don’t.
Akismet Black Friday 2023 Offer: Bait and Switch?
Automattic should improve their ethics and when they put a service on sale it should be the full service and not 1/10th of the service.
Worst Save Routine in Christendom: MarsEdit
The most important single task of a developer is to protect a user’s work from accidental deletion. MarsEdit doesn’t do this.
Are Sony lenses more fragile than Nikon or Canon?
Repair is a long way away, and overpriced when you need it. Sony photography technology unfortunately remains mostly throw-away.
Quick review: iMazing – the missing iPhone management software hidden by Apple
iMazing is the grownups’ version of iPhone management, making Apple’s enterprise utilities available to end users in an attractive GUI.
How to post Bunny Stream Collection as a video playlist
Until now these Collections only had organizational value. Now with latest FV Player Pro you can post an entire collection as a playlist.
Should Websites Publish their Videos in HDR?
The HDR hype is real. But Is HDR a solid AV advance like 4K or a 3D marketing hoax all over again?
