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Octomments - using GitHub as a comment plugin

posted in JavaScript on 2020-01-31   octomments github comments github comments github issues server issues comment https github krasimir octomments https repo app

87% of my readers are using Chrome on desktop. This means that I have the luxury to care less about performance. However I just recently found that this blog has 56 (out of 100) points on Google's pagespeed test. That's not good. The report says that my Disqus comments are blocking the main thread for ~900ms. I want comments on my blog but I also want my users to reach to content as quickly as possible. So, after so many years using Disqus I decided to break with it and use something else.

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Extending Jasmine (BDD framework for testing)

posted in JavaScript on 2013-07-05   function jasmine htmlreporter spec reporter jasmineenv test prototype

Don't get me wrong, Jasmine is a wonderful framework. I'm using it for testing JavaScript in both places - front-end (in browser) and back-end (Nodejs). However, the client side has some disadvantages, which I just fixed. I hope that someday these changes will be moved to the official version (or at least I'll make a pull request very soon).

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SVET - web based project management system

posted in Other on 2010-01-05   project management system based project management web based project svet make detailed reports specific period working time online notebook work basically

svetsoft - web based project management systemFinally I finished some bugs of my own project management system and I think it's ready for use. SVET is one of my biggest projects and it's a web based project management system, that helps you to organize your work. Basically it's an online notebook which you can use to store the information for your projects. It enables you to track your working time and communicate with your team and clients. You can also make detailed reports of what you've done for a specific period of time. Please check out here.

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