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2024: Just the Start 2024 has overall been a great year for me personally. I believe it represents a turning point. 2023...
3 months ago
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2024: Just the Start

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3 months ago
2024 has overall been a great year for me personally. I believe it represents a turning point. 2023 was tough, but 2024 went some way to redressing the balance and I am even more positive about 2025 because of it. Here are a few highlights: We went to Japan! My first time in...
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On AI doomerism So what's going on? This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed,...
2 months ago
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On AI doomerism

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2 months ago
So what's going on? This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed, by Flavio Copes. "I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to try. I just have to be. You, on the other hand, have to try any passing bandwagon, because what else have you...
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Slow Tech is Good Tech Avoid the shiny Avoid comparison Some examples Laravel Build tools Typescript and JS frameworks The...
10 months ago
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Slow Tech is Good Tech

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10 months ago
Avoid the shiny Avoid comparison Some examples Laravel Build tools Typescript and JS frameworks The Web Platform What I keep up with This morning, I watched a video advertising a course aimed at developers. One of the first sentiments proclaimed is that of feeling left behind,...
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Simon Shares I've started a little podcast! If you give it a listen, I'd love to know what you think.
11 months ago
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Simon Shares

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11 months ago
I've started a little podcast! If you give it a listen, I'd love to know what you think.
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My Wild Security Head-Fiction My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I...
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My Wild Security Head-Fiction

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over a year ago
My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I confidently believe I don’t have the kind of mind it takes to ‘always expect the worst’. I couldn’t be a threat analyst, defence strategist or CIA agent because I think you need a drastic...
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Why and how you should use Tailwind to build your next Statamic theme Why and how you should use Tailwind to build your next Statamic theme Open your sails Blow me to...
over a year ago
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Why and how you should use Tailwind to build your next Statamic theme

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over a year ago
Why and how you should use Tailwind to build your next Statamic theme Open your sails Blow me to Bermuda! Alakazam! Keep all of your theme assets together Use Tailwind’s utilities properly Don’t forget your pre-processor! Deployment strategies Bonus round! PurgeCSS + Tailwind...
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A New Way to Hire Tech Talent? A New Way to Hire Tech Talent? For a change, why not try this? Let’s run some numbers… Now for the...
over a year ago
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A New Way to Hire Tech Talent?

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over a year ago
A New Way to Hire Tech Talent? For a change, why not try this? Let’s run some numbers… Now for the other option ¶A New Way to Hire Tech Talent? Hiring goes a little something like this: Hire traditionally — firewall interviewing (resumé culling, technical testing, group...
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On API Evolution: Globally Consistent Interfaces On API Evolution: Globally Consistent Interfaces Maintaining the interface contract is a two-sided...
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On API Evolution: Globally Consistent Interfaces

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On API Evolution: Globally Consistent Interfaces Maintaining the interface contract is a two-sided affair One Approach Consistency FTW! Results Conclusion ¶On API Evolution: Globally Consistent Interfaces ¶Maintaining the interface contract is a two-sided affair Before you dive...
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2023: The Rollercoaster Job hunting Freelancing Side Projects NativePHP Spred Veliance & Laradir Streaming Personal...
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2023: The Rollercoaster

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Job hunting Freelancing Side Projects NativePHP Spred Veliance & Laradir Streaming Personal Things This year has been quite a ride! 🎢 It's felt like the first real year since 2020 that things have been somewhat "normal". However, looking back, it's been anything but...
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It's not just me, then! I don't want to hapr on about Twitter's downfall as a medium for people to connect, but... as I...
a year ago
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It's not just me, then!

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I don't want to hapr on about Twitter's downfall as a medium for people to connect, but... as I mentioned a few weeks ago, the situation is pretty bad right now. For a while, I truly believed it was just me, but over the past few weeks I've been picking up a vibe fromjust a few...
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How I Update and Deploy this Site I love a good CMS. I don't like how slow they can be to load pages. A sudden spike in traffic and...
a year ago
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How I Update and Deploy this Site

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I love a good CMS. I don't like how slow they can be to load pages. A sudden spike in traffic and even a rapid CMS can cause an unprepared server to grind to a halt. I used to love running my own servers, but I don't have the time to do it for my personal site - I just want it to...
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The waning reach of Twitter I'm really frustrated with Twitter lately... I have developed an unhealthy reliance upon...
a year ago
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The waning reach of Twitter

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I'm really frustrated with Twitter lately... I have developed an unhealthy reliance upon Twitter When I'm not on it, I'm thinking about it. When my phone is in my hand, my thumbs default to Twitter I've been thinking about this for a while now and yesterday when on the train back...
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NativePHP is here! You already know this. Unless you've been under a magically floating rock for a couple of...
a year ago
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NativePHP is here!

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a year ago
You already know this. Unless you've been under a magically floating rock for a couple of weeks. Please go check it out: nativephp.com I'm still working on the Tauri driver, but Marcel did an awesome job getting the Electron version done and dusted in time for Laracon US. You...
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Smile Smile Be thankful Resist the pressure to own things Be good to yourself, but no more than...
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Smile

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Smile Be thankful Resist the pressure to own things Be good to yourself, but no more than necessary Be a friend Reflect; don’t regret Fail, learn, repeat Stop. Think. Speak Exercise your mind, your body, and your soul Work hard Be true Respect others Value life Give openly Love...
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Job within a Job: Scheduling Inception with Laravel Queues Job within a Job: Scheduling Inception with Laravel Queues Queues & Jobs The Task Scheduler Dream...
over a year ago
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Job within a Job: Scheduling Inception with Laravel Queues

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Job within a Job: Scheduling Inception with Laravel Queues Queues & Jobs The Task Scheduler Dream within a dream ¶Job within a Job: Scheduling Inception with Laravel Queues This article originally appeared on LaravelUK. This may seem obvious to many of you, but I always think...
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What if we, the consumers, took control of our data completely… what if we all make a stand that… What if we, the consumers, took control of our data completely… what if we all make a stand that...
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What if we, the consumers, took control of our data completely… what if we all make a stand that…

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What if we, the consumers, took control of our data completely… what if we all make a stand that forced big tech (and others eventually) to come to us for our data instead of just handing it to them on a plate? If we could do that, then we’d stand to benefit the most from it,...
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A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen What’s not in Lumen A Ghost in the Shell MaaM: Module as a...
over a year ago
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A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen

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A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen What’s not in Lumen A Ghost in the Shell MaaM: Module as a microservice Packages all the way down ¶A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen If you use Laravel, you’ve probably heard of Lumen. In case you haven’t: Lumen is the micro-framework to...
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I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. Thankfully, I’ve only had a few gut-wrenching moments and...
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I love sharing these sorts of mistakes.

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I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. Thankfully, I’ve only had a few gut-wrenching moments and they’ve all been largely recoverable. The worst panic situation I had was when my hosting provider decided that after a single failed payment (through no fault of my own) they would...
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Stop. Now. Stop. Now. ¶Stop. Now. Stop sharing little bits of junk about your life on social media. Stop...
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Stop. Now.

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Stop. Now. ¶Stop. Now. Stop sharing little bits of junk about your life on social media. Stop reposting other people’s junk. Get your ideas clear in your head and write them down properly, in full and beautiful prose. Take the time to be creative and make something that’s worth a...
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Don’t Fail at Failing! Don’t Fail at Failing! The Cost of Failure ¶Don’t Fail at Failing! “Fail fast, fail often.” “If you...
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Don’t Fail at Failing!

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Don’t Fail at Failing! The Cost of Failure ¶Don’t Fail at Failing! “Fail fast, fail often.” “If you don’t fail, you won’t succeed.” “Fail! Fail! FAIL!” We are in a fail culture. Not just around Silicon Valley, startups and the whole process of build-test-refine product...
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Stop Trying to Reach the Top Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-2012-olympics-heston-blumenthal-179574 Read...
over a year ago
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Stop Trying to Reach the Top

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Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-2012-olympics-heston-blumenthal-179574 Read this. Were you hit by Google Panda? Will you be hit when they start penalising non-mobile sites? The lesson? Stop trying to reach the top of Google. You’ll live longer/keep more of...
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Why You (Probably) Shouldn't Start With an SPA Some history, some context When does an SPA make sense? So, why are SPAs bad again? Your front-end...
a year ago
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Why You (Probably) Shouldn't Start With an SPA

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Some history, some context When does an SPA make sense? So, why are SPAs bad again? Your front-end and back-end get decoupled! It may hurt customisability Performance will suffer So what's the alternative? I came across this interesting article by @gregnavis the other day. I...
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A-A-Ron! Aaron Francis is a rising star in the Laravel community. Over the past couple of years he's rocketed...
a year ago
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A-A-Ron!

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Aaron Francis is a rising star in the Laravel community. Over the past couple of years he's rocketed up because he's a genuinely thoughtful, intelligent and funny guy. I like him. I met him very briefly at Laracon US this year and I've had some great public and private...
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Streaming & Recording I started streaming on Twitch a while ago. My plan was to do it regularly, but you know how life...
a year ago
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Streaming & Recording

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I started streaming on Twitch a while ago. My plan was to do it regularly, but you know how life gets in the way. I'm going to make a concerted effort to do more tho going forwards. Streams are going to be focused on my side projects and open source work I stream on Twitch...
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Getting background colours to go all the way The problem Why is this happening? Back to why... There is a solution! I'm pretty proud of the...
a year ago
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Getting background colours to go all the way

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The problem Why is this happening? Back to why... There is a solution! I'm pretty proud of the Gitamic diff viewer. It's not perfect (and probably never will be thanks to different browser rendering engines), but it can handle some pretty gnarly diffs quite rapidly. ("Quite...
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Laravel Nova Import v0.7 Why Nova? What about Filament? Is a package really necessary? I recently spent a little time on my...
a year ago
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Laravel Nova Import v0.7

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Why Nova? What about Filament? Is a package really necessary? I recently spent a little time on my Laravel Nova CSV Import package, one of my main open source packages. This came at the request of a sponsor. This gave me the opportunity to level-up some of the UI and spend some...
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Flicker Flicker ¶Flicker I originally wrote this 1 year ago today but didn't publish it. Just a little...
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Flicker

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Flicker ¶Flicker I originally wrote this 1 year ago today but didn't publish it. Just a little flicker, Can’t get close to touch. A tiny flicker, One more lick The heat gets thicker, It's all food that "When will the last flicker fade?"
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Finally! I said "no"! 😱 The only offer on the table I'm no beggar I haven't been super vocal about this very...
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Finally!

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I said "no"! 😱 The only offer on the table I'm no beggar I haven't been super vocal about this very much over the past few months (I maybe need to be better at that?), but you may know that I left Elvie back at the end of October 2022. I was there for almost 6 years, the...
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Moving from Medium What this runs on I finally did it! I took the plunge and am running my own blog. It's been many...
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Moving from Medium

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What this runs on I finally did it! I took the plunge and am running my own blog. It's been many years since I ran my own site 'properly'. And now that it's practically free, it was about time. For the eagle-eyed among you, you'll know that I sporadically published content to...
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Autonomy: What it is and what it isn’t Goldilocks Autonomy What it isn’t So what is autonomy? Crossing lines Business leaders don’t have a...
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Autonomy: What it is and what it isn’t

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Goldilocks Autonomy What it isn’t So what is autonomy? Crossing lines Business leaders don’t have a clue Business leaders want to be too involved in the ‘how’ The agile team want to own the ‘what’ Blurred lines Not too much, not too little — just right The goal ¶Goldilocks...
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4 Years In 4 Years In What lies ahead ¶4 Years In I’ve been at Elvie 4 years already! I can’t quite believe...
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4 Years In

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4 Years In What lies ahead ¶4 Years In I’ve been at Elvie 4 years already! I can’t quite believe how quickly the time has gone by or the amazing things we’ve accomplished as a team. 2020 was by far the hardest year, but in many ways the most rewarding and exciting so far because...
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Spelunking desktop apps saves time Spelunking desktop apps saves time A tale of restoring Tower bookmarks 0. Quit Tower 1. Edit the...
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Spelunking desktop apps saves time

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Spelunking desktop apps saves time A tale of restoring Tower bookmarks 0. Quit Tower 1. Edit the bookmarks plist 2. Update the Tower database 3. Open Tower Lessons ¶Spelunking desktop apps saves time ¶A tale of restoring Tower bookmarks I’m a big fan of Tower, a native Git GUI...
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Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel...
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Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet

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Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Valet is great. Occasionally though I need an app to respond on a different TLD to the default one. And there are even times when it makes sense to have an app respond on multiple...
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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies “Nope! Composer is safe!” Adventure Time An...
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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies

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You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies “Nope! Composer is safe!” Adventure Time An Acceptable Risk What else can you do? Enter Ensemble ¶You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies I’ve got a little present for you: you’re enjoying a well-earned break from work!...
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Code: Selfish Code: Selfish What it’s not What it is Be selfish ¶Code: Selfish I want to talk about coding...
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Code: Selfish

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Code: Selfish What it’s not What it is Be selfish ¶Code: Selfish I want to talk about coding selfishly. This isn’t what you think. Coding selfishly is about assessing your motivations, your joys and coding in a way that brings you the most long-term value. It’s really a form of...
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How your choice of tech can help you grow How your choice of tech can help you grow Making architectural choices for scaling your...
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How your choice of tech can help you grow

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How your choice of tech can help you grow Making architectural choices for scaling your business Making architectural choices for securing your business We’re hiring! ¶How your choice of tech can help you grow I’ve been working at Elvie for almost 2 years. My remit has been to...
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Announcing Ensemble Announcing Ensemble Bringing your Composer dependencies together Keeping you informed about...
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Announcing Ensemble

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Announcing Ensemble Bringing your Composer dependencies together Keeping you informed about outdated packages Security Vulnerabilities Bringing it all together How it works Requirements A note on security It’s not just apps, you know… Automated alerting ¶Announcing...
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Thinking in packages Thinking in packages Path repository Override PSR-4 Autoloading ¶Thinking in packages If you’re in...
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Thinking in packages

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Thinking in packages Path repository Override PSR-4 Autoloading ¶Thinking in packages If you’re in the mindset of writing and using your own Composer packages, no doubt you’ve come across the following problem: “How do I keep the (frequently updated) package code in the main...
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Breaking the Chain Breaking the Chain Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your...
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Breaking the Chain

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Breaking the Chain Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your application Requirements Problems Solutions Explicitly store the current Builder in the model Results ¶Breaking the Chain ¶Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your application I’ve got to admit I’ve...
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You Don’t Need a Website You Don’t Need a Website ¶You Don’t Need a Website I came across this Reddit post the other day. The...
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You Don’t Need a Website

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You Don’t Need a Website ¶You Don’t Need a Website I came across this Reddit post the other day. The gist of it is: Websites are an expensive necessity that companies hate paying for And you can understand why sometimes. Some organisations just have a completely absurd view of...
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When deciding which framework to use a few months back for all of our new systems, there wasn’t… When deciding which framework to use a few months back for all of our new systems, there wasn’t even...
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When deciding which framework to use a few months back for all of our new systems, there wasn’t…

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When deciding which framework to use a few months back for all of our new systems, there wasn’t even a mention of framework speed. The truth is in practice that it just doesn’t matter for a large proportion of use-cases and certainly not for ours (funded startup with tens of...
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Stuff to do when you’re not well Stuff to do when you’re not well Learn new stuff! ¶Stuff to do when you’re not well Last week I was...
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Stuff to do when you’re not well

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Stuff to do when you’re not well Learn new stuff! ¶Stuff to do when you’re not well Last week I was sick with a cold. I was basically indoors for 5 straight days (one of those actually in bed all day). I was also unable to sleep for a couple of nights. So I had a lot of extra...
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How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac ¶How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP...
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How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac

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How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac ¶How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac Yes, I use MAMP. Sue me (please don’t sue me). It’s actually a pretty good stack for standard web dev and I’ve found that it works fine for most of my needs, even with...
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Why do many web developers hate jQuery? Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an...
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Why do many web developers hate jQuery?

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Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an answer I originally posted to the above question posed over on Hashnode, the developer community. Thought it was worth sharing :) When jQuery was the new thing, people loved it....
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Punctuated Excitement Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new...
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Punctuated Excitement

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Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new acquaintances about what I do, the conversation usually finishes in 30 seconds with them saying something like “oh yeah, IT, I thought so” or “so you’re a web designer?” So I...
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The 10 (ok, 15) steps to setup your first Laravel Spark app The 10 (ok, 15) steps to setup your first Laravel Spark app a.k.a. “The long way” ¶The 10 (ok, 15)...
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The 10 (ok, 15) steps to setup your first Laravel Spark app

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The 10 (ok, 15) steps to setup your first Laravel Spark app a.k.a. “The long way” ¶The 10 (ok, 15) steps to setup your first Laravel Spark app ¶a.k.a. “The long way” Edit: Since writing this, Laravel Valet has been launched. I haven’t tried it yet, but if you use a Mac it looks...
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Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods ¶Why and how to override...
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Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods

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Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods ¶Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods Maybe like me you like to do things the ‘Laravel way’. So let’s say you’re still using the out-of-the-box Auth flow (can anyone recommend an...
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Creating new variables in Laravel’s Blade without resorting to writing PHP code Creating new variables in Laravel’s Blade without resorting to writing PHP code ¶Creating new...
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Creating new variables in Laravel’s Blade without resorting to writing PHP code

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Creating new variables in Laravel’s Blade without resorting to writing PHP code ¶Creating new variables in Laravel’s Blade without resorting to writing PHP code Here’s a quick trick in case like me you occasionally need to declare a new variable in a Blade view. Blade doesn’t...
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No No ¶No Hi, We are looking for a Sponsored post written by you to match your website...
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No

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No ¶No Hi, We are looking for a Sponsored post written by you to match your website builtwithbootstrap.com. The post would need to contain a minimum of 2 paragraphs relating to online casinos and a link to one of our client’s websites. We can pay directly into your paypal account...
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Starting Today Starting Today ¶Starting Today I’m 30 today. Some would say I’m past my prime. But I can’t help but...
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Starting Today

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Starting Today ¶Starting Today I’m 30 today. Some would say I’m past my prime. But I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of positivity towards the rest of my life. The first 30 years have been filled with growth, learning, angst, pressure and a bundle of other wonderfully...
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My Biggest Mistake… So Far My Biggest Mistake… So Far or: The Unlikely Cause of Feline Obesity The Benefits of Being The Right...
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My Biggest Mistake… So Far

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My Biggest Mistake… So Far or: The Unlikely Cause of Feline Obesity The Benefits of Being The Right Amount of Selfish ¶My Biggest Mistake… So Far ¶or: The Unlikely Cause of Feline Obesity Check out this video from a couple of weeks ago: Selfless vs SelfishDid you notice the...
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ASAP ASAP ¶ASAP When asking for something, it’s really pointless to attach the typical “as soon as...
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ASAP

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ASAP ¶ASAP When asking for something, it’s really pointless to attach the typical “as soon as possible” to the end. Here’s why: What I think you mean when you use the phrase “as soon as possible” or, even worse, “ASAP”: I really want this now or sooner. I don’t care what you’re...
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A Web App Store That Makes The Web Safer Maintaining security & privacy without the loss of convenience The Price of Security Enter OpenID &...
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A Web App Store That Makes The Web Safer

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Maintaining security & privacy without the loss of convenience The Price of Security Enter OpenID & OAuth Unnecessary Access The Idea Why would they pay? Potential Stumbling Blocks Can you really sleep safe on all those passwords? Image "Sweet Dreams…" by pulpoluxA Platform to...
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