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.
