11/09/2019, 19:20

Observation (of a minority of people):

JavaScript: PHP sucks
PHP: WordPress sucks
WordPress dev’s: Page builders suck
Page builder users: All the other page builders suck

Can we just accept that there are different tools for different jobs and then be nice to each other?

09/09/2019, 14:03

I quite like the Wikipedia snippet that @DuckDuckGo gives you when you search for “lorem ipsum”. It works far better as placeholder text than actual Lorem ipsum! Will make far more sense to clients. 👍

08/09/2019, 14:17

– Knowledge from Marcel Pociot Package Development course was super helpful! https://phppackagedevelopment.com/
– One of the apps had tests – I felt so much more confident upgrading that!
– Upgrading can be hard – you need to know PHP and Composer well to understand messages and debug

08/09/2019, 14:16

Yesterday I did one side-project app upgrade from Laravel 5.1 to 6.0 and one from 5.7 to 5.8 and then 6.0.

Really simple apps, I should add.

Notes:
– New ignition errors weren’t always helpful and took some getting used to.
– Had to fork the ReCaptcha package I use

06/09/2019, 09:00

I’m sitting in bed with half a voice and feeling rubbish. But I want to do some thanking and promoting while I’m here.

Firstly, Laravel 6 was out this week. So huge thanks to Taylor, Mohammed and everyone that makes this awesome free thing that I get to use. 🙌

05/09/2019, 18:34

Finally, on headphones. When I got my not-true-wireless earbuds about two years ago for £30 I was like “Woah, you can get tech like that that isn’t terrible for £30‽‽”

I’m now doing the same with true-wireless. It’s VERY impressive.

05/09/2019, 18:34

I’ve yet to cycle with them but they seem comfy, light and stay in my ears (which I didn’t expect). They’re a bit big and stupid-looking but 🤷‍♂️. Sound quality is fine for podcasts and a bit of music, audiophiles will protest. Not tried a call yet. Mic probably awful.

05/09/2019, 18:33

And thank you to the orange BMW driver who did an exemplary, full-road-width cyclist-overtake and then indicated (they DO dirt them!! 😉) perfectly at the roundabout, also on Northern Road this afternoon!

Happy cyclist tonight. 🙌😃👍

05/09/2019, 18:33

I sometimes criticise bad driving I see while cycling but I try to celebrate good too. So…

Thanks to the lady in the black 4WD this morning who was a model of safe, gracious driving as she followed me down Northern Road

02/09/2019, 18:56

Where’s the best place to get a money card pre-loaded with dollars?

And would doing so be somehow unethical?

Asking for a friend, etc.