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I’m a Frontend Engineer/Web Developer working at ArenaNet in Bellevue, WA. I specialize in complicated JS applications and implementing cross-browser designs. I’m obsessed with making sites that are as fast as possible and accessible to everybody. Contact me via email: pcavit@gmail.com.

Awesome PHP debugging function
- February 2nd, 2010

I still haven’t found a good free setup for debugging PHP but this is the next best thing. Jacob Rosenberg posted a copy of his yo() debugging function. We used it extensively when building http://video.yahoo.com and I can vouch for its awesomeness. The Greatest PHP Debugging Function of All Time. I did have one issue with it [...]
YUI 2.8 Uploader
- January 6th, 2010

I know this is old but I finally tried upgrading my uploader implementation at http://tivac.com/upload/ to YUI 2.8. Ran into some nasty problems where the SWF would never fire its contentReady event. Turns out, it’s a known issue with the Uploader component in YUI 2.8 and it’ll be fixed in the next patch release. Important Issue: Due [...]
Windows 7 Explorer Jump List Pinned Items
- September 18th, 2009

I’ve been using Windows 7 since the first public builds came out and it’s really fantastic. The new taskbar is great and the ability to pin items to jump lists is super-useful. Instead of making a bunch of shortcuts in the start menu like in Vista I just pin all the folders I access constantly [...]