inovica

Joined 19 years ago

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Nov 11
python, php, a passion for online business. Love ideas and enjoy helping people. Building stuff is fun

Contact me: adrian at inovica dot com

Sites I run that bring in way more than $200,000 a year in passive income: http://www.inovica.com http://www.sourceguardian.com http://www.competitormonitor.com

http://www.phpweekly.com - over 10,000 subscribers now

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianteasdale/

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Comment · 6 months ago
I'd suggest adjusting your text. Sure there is no subscription, but it's also not free. There's a one-time charge. I'm not against that - just saying it would be appropriate to be more transparent
Comment · 11 months ago
I still love PHP. 23 years ago we created some encryption software for it and it is still going. I also run a PHP newsletter. There's still a strong community of people and whilst there are other languages which I also use (Python, Node.js) I still find myself gravitating towards PHP for fast and simple work

The only issues I have. is that this is a 'double edged sword' in that PHP has become far more complex since the launch of PHP 5 and so it isn't as easy to understand from scratch as it used to be

Comment · 4 years ago
Sounds great. Do you have a blog or anything online about your project?
Comment · 5 years ago
In some respects, true, but that isn't always the case.

Say you own a company in the UK which sells widgets, but you also own an offshore company that also sells widgets. If you are dealing with a Chinese company, you could use the offshore company to do the deal, paying little to no tax. The money then resides in the offshore company and has never gone through the UK - either as a business or personal. As an individual you could own a credit card that you use to spend in the UK, which goes back to the offshore company. In additional, the offshore company could buy property in the UK and no tax is paid. There are various other tricks and nuances that can be employed to help minimise tax paid - completely legally.

Comment · 5 years ago
This is probably correct and a lot of software still uses PHP. Wordpress being one of the huge ones. I actually see a lot of people still developing in PHP, though my own involvement finished years ago. I think because we sometimes operate in a bubble, it's always a surprise to see this
Comment · 5 years ago
Often meeting your hero's does not go well, so pleased this did for you :)
Comment · 5 years ago
Fully agree. It takes some thought :)
Comment · 5 years ago
We created a fun side project to grab the index page of every domain - we downloaded a list of approx 200m domains. However, we ran into problems when our provider complained. It was something to do with the DNS side of things and we were told to run our own DNS server. If there is anyone on here with experience of crawling across this number of domain names it would be great to talk!
Comment · 5 years ago
25 pages in the morning and 25 pages at night. Done it for years. I have 2 kids. Its not always exactly these numbers, but its not far off and I try to keep to it.
Comment · 6 years ago
I agree. Using something as a basis isn't a bad idea and I have benefitted from this over the years. You DO need to understand what you are doing and not just blindly copy, but having a starting point is often very useful
Comment · 6 years ago
Drop me a message. I've started and run several ventures, a couple of which became more than lifestyle. Nothing is done alone though - there are always people who help you on your journey; employees, friends, mentors, family. Happy to point you in a direction
Comment · 7 years ago
Good points. I was referring to Steve Jobs at Apple rather than Apple itself. Prior to him coming back and post his death the company has been ran by people without the same vision and capability. I suspect the culture has changed at Apple dramatically with Cook in charge and that shows in the products I feel.

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