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9 reasons why I prefer MySQL to MS SQL Server

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Lea Verou

In the past, I used MySQL for any of my DBMS needs. It wasn’t really an informed decision based on solid facts, actually I had never really given it any thought. It was what most developers used, it was what vBulletin used (one of the main projects of my company is based on vBulletin), it [...]

Posted in Rants, Thoughts | Tagged MS SQL Server, MySQL | 12 Comments

CMYK colors in CSS: Useful or useless?

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Lea Verou

As someone who dealed a bit with print design in the past, I consider CMYK colors the easiest color system for humen to understand and manipulate. It’s very similar to what we used as children, when mixing watercolors for our drawings. It makes perfect sense, more than HSL and definately more than RGB. I understand [...]

Posted in Thoughts | Tagged CMYK, colors, CSS, CSS3, CSS3 values | 8 Comments

Silent, automatic updates are the way to go

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Lea Verou

Recently, PPK stated that he hates Google Chrome’s automatic updates. I disagree. In fact, I think that all browser vendors should enforce automatic updates as violently as Google Chrome does. There should be no option to disable them. For anybody.

Posted in Thoughts | Tagged browsers, Google Chrome | 11 Comments

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