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.

30/08/2019, 08:00

Yesterday I made by first ACF/WordPress Gutenberg Block with. An interesting experience. Starting to see the benefit of component-scoped styles. Not sure how you’re supposed to do this in ACF-block world.

30/08/2019, 07:54

We got QR codes the wrong way around to start with. We thought the companies should have the codes and the people should have the scanners. But it works better the other way around!