https://www.startupcto.com/ 2026-06-17T13:14:17+00:00 https://www.startupcto.com/ https://www.startupcto.com/lib/tpl/scto/images/favicon.ico text/html 2026-06-17T12:40:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/server-tech/macosx/setting-up-a-socks-proxy-in-mac-osx?rev=1781700011 Setting up a SOCKS proxy in Mac OS X ballsIf you're somewhere that has a network that is partly blocked, but allows SSH, or if you are in a coffee shop or something similar and are worried about security, you can setup a SOCKS proxy to route all your traffic via a remote server that you control, and then out onto the Internet. text/html 2026-06-17T08:26:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/home?rev=1781684812 Welcome to StartupCTO StartupCTO is a collection of my 'notes from the trenches' on the technical aspects of building a successful Internet startup: everything from finding good engineers to creating HTML emails. The tech is biased toward the stacks that I like (LAMP on the backend; HTML5/CSS3/jQuery on the frontend; CentOS and FreeBSD on the servers), but I've tried to include information on the 'softer' side of engineering too. text/html 2026-06-16T14:14:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/about?rev=1781619291 About StartupCTO Welcome! StartupCTO is dedicated to helping technology startups and other small development teams create better software, faster. Building good software quickly is hard, and even companies as large and experienced as Google have trouble with it. text/html 2026-06-16T11:54:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/server-tech/centos/adding-formatting-a-new-drive?rev=1781610863 Adding & Formatting a New Drive Under CentOS I always have trouble remembering the magic set of incantations required to add a new drive in CentOS... particularly without rebooting. Here's what I usually do. Note this makes some assumptions: * You want to use LVM so you can expand/contract the size of the disk later. text/html 2026-06-15T05:41:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/sample-job-descriptions/home?rev=1781502091 Good Job Descriptions sample-job-descriptions index Writing a Good Job Description There are several keys to writing a good job description, at least for technical roles. * Lead in with what the engineer is going to get out of the role. Try to be specific. Working with the latest technology? Wonderful training or learning opportunities? text/html 2026-05-25T17:16:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/front-end-tech/xhtml/id-vs.-name-in-form-fields?rev=1779729360 ID vs. Name in Form Fields When creating a form field, you should give them both an id and a name: <form> <input type='text' id='formField1' name='formField1' /> <input type='text' id='formField2' name='formField2' /> </form> This is because browsers use the text/html 2026-05-22T08:59:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/resources/home?rev=1779440367 Resources resources index text/html 2026-05-22T04:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/wiki/syntax?rev=1779424940 Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing text/html 2026-05-21T07:11:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/front-end-tech/javascript/namespacing-and-aliasing-namespaces-in-javascript?rev=1779347499 Namespacing & Aliasing Namespaces in JavaScript Javascript has an implied global namespace. This means any functions, variables, etc. that you create are put into the global namespace by default. If you're writing a lot of JavaScript code, it can be a good idea to put your own code into your own namespace. It's doubly important if you are going to share that code with the world. The text/html 2026-05-21T07:08:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/backend-tech/going-utf-8-utf8-with-php-and-mysql?rev=1779347288 Going UTF-8 (utf8) with PHP & MySQL UTF-8 is a character encoding standard which supports characters for (nearly) all the languages in the world. 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These mockups, built using the StartupCTO Interface Design Tool, show some example screens from the app. They are designed to complement the Vision Document and Software Requirements Document. text/html 2025-08-16T21:42:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/?image=1%3A1.jpg&ns=1&rev=1755380549&do=media <img src="https://www.startupcto.com/_media/1/1.jpg?w=1&h=1&t=1755380549&amp;tok=9e5b28" alt="1:1.jpg" /> text/html 2024-05-20T20:26:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/?image=1%3A1.zip&ns=1&rev=1716236808&do=media text/html 2024-05-20T20:26:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/?image=1%3A1-esi%3Ainclude-src-http%3Abxss.me%3Arpb.png&ns=1%3A1-esi%3Ainclude-src-http%3Abxss.me&rev=1716236807&do=media <img src="https://www.startupcto.com/_media/1/1-esi/include-src-http/bxss.me/rpb.png?w=0&h=0&t=1716236807&amp;tok=" alt="1:1-esi:include-src-http:bxss.me:rpb.png" />