engineering on Saylornoteshttps://www.chris-saylor.com/categories/engineering/Recent content in engineering on SaylornotesHugo -- gohugo.ioenSat, 09 Aug 2025 20:49:12 +0000Automate Recruiting with Slackhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/automate-team-hiring-communication-slack/Sat, 09 Aug 2025 20:49:12 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/automate-team-hiring-communication-slack/Make communication between all parties simpler with Slack lists and workflows.Live in the Future; Delegate the Presenthttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/live-in-the-future-delegate-the-present/Thu, 13 May 2021 20:24:05 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/live-in-the-future-delegate-the-present/Managing new projects with ongoing work and not going crazy.You Should Keep a Journalhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/you-should-keep-a-journal/Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:45:56 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/you-should-keep-a-journal/Extend your memory and free up mind space.Interop in PHP Should Not Be Exceptionalhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/interop-in-php-should-not-be-exceptional/Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:00:00 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/interop-in-php-should-not-be-exceptional/Swapping out interchangeable pieces could be easier.Managing Polylingual Side Projectshttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/managing-polylingual-side-projects/Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:06:37 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/managing-polylingual-side-projects/Using docker to simplify deploying side projects.Ruminate Morehttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/ruminate-more/Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/ruminate-more/Sometimes taking a break can do wonders.Deploying CSRF Protection to an Active Sitehttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/deploying-csrf-to-an-active-site/Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:10:37 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/deploying-csrf-to-an-active-site/The phrase "operating on an engine while its running" comes to mind.Learning to Be a Tech Leadhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/learning-to-be-a-tech-lead/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:40:21 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/learning-to-be-a-tech-lead/Chronicle of my journey from an individual contributor to a manager.Meta: How this blog is built and deployedhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/meta-blog-deploy-pipeline/Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:37:55 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/meta-blog-deploy-pipeline/Gaining control of my content in the most complicated way.Submitting Chessbot to the Slack App Directoryhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/submitting-chessbot-to-slack-app-directory/Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:15:52 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/submitting-chessbot-to-slack-app-directory/What does it really take to get an app listed on Slack’s app directory and what is the experience like?Building a Chess bot for Slackhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/building-a-chessbot-for-slack/Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/building-a-chessbot-for-slack/Designing and building a bot that enables PvP chess within slack.Design for Successhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/2018-storybook-presentation/Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/2018-storybook-presentation/Presentation on improving your design workflow with StorybookJS.Why Use Generators in PHP?https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/why-use-generators-in-php/Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:40:41 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/why-use-generators-in-php/Keep iterators from leaking their implementation details by using Generators.Elasticsearch Series: Let It Work for Youhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-let-it-work-for-you/Thu, 19 May 2016 08:25:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-let-it-work-for-you/Solving searching nearby a geo location with Elasticsearch.Elasticsearch Series: Rebuilding Indices with No Downtimehttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-rebuilding-indices-with-no-downtime/Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:25:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-rebuilding-indices-with-no-downtime/My take on using Elasticsearch on top of MySQL and how to construct indices without interruption.Enforce code standards with composer, git hooks, and phpcshttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/enforcing-code-standards/Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:25:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/enforcing-code-standards/Remove all the arguments of spacing and formatting from your mind-space with enforceable coding standards.Debugging PHP with Xdebug and MacGDBphttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/debugging-php-with-xdebug-and-macgdbp/Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:10:06 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/debugging-php-with-xdebug-and-macgdbp/Step through your PHP code with Xdebug.Google Visualizations Api Cakephphttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/google-visualizations-api-cakephp/Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:42:52 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/google-visualizations-api-cakephp/Implement server/client data graph rendering with Google’s Visualization tool chain in CakePHP.Scrolltab: Dynamic Page Navigation Toolhttps://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/scrolltab-dynamic-page-navigation-tool/Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:18:20 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/scrolltab-dynamic-page-navigation-tool/JQuery library to enable section navigation tabs that are visually pinned to the scroll bar.