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Return of the PHP Hobbyist

I recently announced a beta version of my linklist-building PHP app Linkwalla, and implied that I'd be stopping development. The part about stopping development was pure poppycock, like promising that I will never itch a mosquito bite. In fact I already went back and improved the RSS feed.

I decided to go on sourceforge and see who else is working in this area. There were quite a few. The main ones being:

  • PList, which looks nifty but requires a MySQL database. My vision is database-free - totally XML based. The installation instructions should be: Just unpack it and it works.

  • PHP Linklist, which is XML based but seems to be more geared to static link lists, than the date based technorati-style link list with RSS feed that I envision.

So I think I'm going to start my own sourceforge project. Who knows maybe if I ask for help someone will pitch in. Basically I have fun doing it, and see no reason to deny my nerdy pleasures.

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Comments | 2005-06-26