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Interviewed by: tackaberry Interviewee: Greg Hard
We cornered Greg Hard by the office water cooler and spoke to him about his background and UBB "Hacking".
UBBDev: Hey Greg, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. When did you get into the UBB/UBBDev scenes?
Greg Hard: Lets see, I bought UBB in 1998 for a local site. I started deving 2 years after, so I guess mid 2000.
UBBDev: Um...your registration date says, Feb. 2000, guess that's close enough.
What's your programming background?
Greg Hard: I have small/moderate experience in Perl, I have some experience programming in PHP, and I can do a small amount of C++, not enough to do much with. I also know ActionScript, HTML, Javascript and CSS.
UBBDev: What was the first hack you wrote?
Greg Hard: The first hack i wrote wasn't public. It was custom status for my own board in 1999.
UBBDev: What is your favorite hack?
Greg Hard: UBBNews
UBBDev: Which hack, not written by you, is your favorite?
Greg Hard: Anything that brings out the "duh, why didn't I think of that" concept, like UBB Accelerator.
UBBDev: What was the most difficult hack to write and why?
Greg Hard: Most of the hard hacks i did originated for version 5. I can't really say...
UBBDev: Alright. Besides UBB hacks, what kind of programming have you done?
Greg Hard: Verious perl scripts, an actionscript for my site, some php scripts. Most used to make my sites better and easier to use/manage.
UBBDev: What kind of programming are you getting into lately?
Greg Hard: I am getting into using microsofts C#, just for fun.
UBBDev: Lol. What's your definition of a 'killer application'?
Greg Hard: An application that is really cool, and either helpful or fun.
UBBDev: If you were going to start a new never-done-before hack today, what would it be?
Greg Hard: Ouch. A tough one. Something that was announced before -- UBB CMS. (Content Management System) or an RDBMS conversion for UBB.
UBBDev: Those would be nicel! What advice can you give to the newer generation of code hackers?
Greg Hard: Think Big, Start Small, Do Outragious. Use tools available to you. Examples would be modules or programs like ultraedit.
UBBDev: What are some of the helpful web resources that you use?
Greg Hard: I live at Perl.com, webmonkey and php.net...
UBBDev: Thanks again Greg. Keep up the great work.
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