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Website Or Shopify?

February 15, 2022February 14, 2026

In my “Startups Suck” post, I alluded to the excitement of being ready to sell. You finally come up with a…

Startups

Refactor vs Rebuild: New Years make New Beginnings

January 7, 2013February 15, 2026

We’re at that time of year where everyone wants to start something new. We have a flood of articles and…

Developer Experience

Credit Card Information and You

December 29, 2008

It seems that at least once a week, I have a customer or see another developer ask a simple question:…

Startups

Managing Technology in a Startup

April 18, 2008

Earlier this week, I sat on a panel at American University titled "Starting your own Business: Trials and Tribulations". While…

Open Source

A New Shopping Cart Option?

August 1, 2007

In the micro-ISV space – and even within the PHP community, one of the questions I see over and over…

DotProject

The Best Tool for the Job

May 11, 2007

I recently had a discussion with a potential customer. They love the whole concept of dotProject. They see it as…

DotProject

dotProject vs Basecamp

January 22, 2007April 9, 2024

All of the normal disclaimers apply here: I am a core member of the dotProject team and have been for…

Developer Experience

Wheel 2.0: Look Before You Leap

September 19, 2006

About six months ago, I started work on a small PHP project. It involved a relatively simple concept with an…

Developer Experience

Website Refactoring

January 19, 2006

I was recently involved in a CMS evaluation for a rather large client. Their needs were relatively simple but overall…

Open Source

Dancing with Elephants – Part III:

August 8, 2005

While putting some finishing touches on my presentation for tomorrow: Dancing with Elephants – Dealing with open source projects, I…

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Who am I?

I'm Keith Casey and based in Central Indiana. I've been an engineer, software developer, evangelist, and entrepreneur. You can read about me here.

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