Hacker News: DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DaveChildHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 01 May 2026 21:58:52 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "BritCSS: Fixes CSS to use non-American English"]]>I have nothing but good things to say about the author of that piece.

]]>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:28:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43129454DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43129454https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43129454<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "Ask HN: What's the coolest physical thing you've made?"]]>Pah, amateur. I made two at once.

Well ok, my wife did most of it, but I was definitely a contributing maker.

]]>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:23:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37041143DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37041143https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37041143<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "Tell HN: Twitter is now rate limiting accounts"]]>Funny, isn't it. They ruin API access and overcharge for it, so everyone scrapes, and in trying to stop that they ruin the product for the users, without whom it's worth nothing.

Reddit, take note, this is you in 6 months.

]]>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:30:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552547DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552547https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552547<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>I see you've played poundy, spoony before.

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:18:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831604DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831604https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831604<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>Thank, fixed.

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:17:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831590DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831590https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831590<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>> The author is British?

What ho, old bean. Yes, I am.

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:43:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831025DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831025https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831025<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>That's amazing.

I did consider suggesting replacing the semi-colon with "innit" at the end of each line, but it didn't really fit with the theme.

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:56:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33830429DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33830429https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33830429<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>It's funny, I wrote it very much tongue-in-cheek of course, but as someone who grew up writing HTML and then CSS and using "color" all the time there's probably a little nugget of genuine pent-up irritation hidden in there somewhere.

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:52:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33830383DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33830383https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33830383<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>It's morning here, but thankyou all the same.

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:45:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828879DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828879https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828879<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>No, it's a joke.

Source: I wrote it :)

]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:38:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828844DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828844https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828844<![CDATA[Wordle Alternatives – A Comprehensive List (221 and counting)]]>Article URL: https://aloneonahill.com/blog/wordle-alternatives/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30256981

Points: 2

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]]>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:51:06 +0000https://aloneonahill.com/blog/wordle-alternatives/DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30256981https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30256981<![CDATA[What's New in PHP8 Cheat Sheet]]>Article URL: https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/php8-what-s-new-in-php8/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26942731

Points: 1

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]]>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:16:50 +0000https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/php8-what-s-new-in-php8/DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26942731https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26942731<![CDATA[The Science of Swearing]]>Article URL: https://readable.com/blog/the-science-of-swearing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26045827

Points: 2

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]]>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:21:17 +0000https://readable.com/blog/the-science-of-swearing/DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26045827https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26045827<![CDATA[Developing Gov.uk with Docker]]>Article URL: https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2020/02/25/developing-gov-uk-with-docker/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22412873

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:11:52 +0000https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2020/02/25/developing-gov-uk-with-docker/DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22412873https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22412873<![CDATA[The Myth of the “Unlimited Holiday” and How We Do It]]>Article URL: https://addedbytes.com/blog/the-myth-of-unlimited-holiday/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20674970

Points: 5

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]]>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:56:08 +0000https://addedbytes.com/blog/the-myth-of-unlimited-holiday/DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20674970https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20674970<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>Thanks for letting me know my site was down :)

]]>Sun, 02 Jun 2019 18:41:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20077188DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20077188https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20077188<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>Well, bugger.

]]>Wed, 29 May 2019 07:55:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037717DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037717https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037717<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "If PHP Were British (2011)"]]>If I ever get around to updating the article, this is going in :)

]]>Wed, 29 May 2019 07:54:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037709DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037709https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037709<![CDATA[5 Ways Readability Will Boost Your Email Engagement Rates]]>Article URL: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2018/05/5-ways-readability-will-boost-your-email-engagement-rates/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17258212

Points: 6

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]]>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:42:19 +0000https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2018/05/5-ways-readability-will-boost-your-email-engagement-rates/DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17258212https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17258212<![CDATA[New comment by DaveChild in "Regular Expressions – Mastering Lookahead and Lookbehind"]]>When I was learning my way around regexes, I found a cheat sheet helped. I made my own - you can download it free from here:

https://www.cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/regular-...

]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:21:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16599900DaveChildhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16599900https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16599900