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On Codes of Conduct (again)
I really wasn’t planning on entering the code of conduct discussion that is going on in the developer community at the moment. Last time I did, I got called at best, a White Knight, and at worst… well...
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Yes, I’m Learning Laravel
I can hear large parts of the internet laughing at the joyous irony. Gary Hockin, the vocal proponent of mocking Laravel, is going to sit down and learn the framework. Not just play around with it, not...
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Moaning About the FIG (Again)
I’ve spent a lot of recent weeks moaning about the FIG (again), and I feel that it’s only fair to all involved that I solidify my thoughts about exactly what I feel is wrong with the current direction,...
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ConfigAbstractFactory in Zend\ServiceManager
I’m not moaning about the FIG! Horray! I wanted to introduce the new ConfigAbstractFactory that has been written for Zend\ServiceManager 3 and got merged to develop today and will be included in the...
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Open Sourcing Mental Illness Handbooks
One of the most important objectives for the Open Sourcing Mental Illness project is to help people get the support they need for mental health challenges in the workplace. I’m so proud that we’ve had...
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New Opportunities
It’s with equal parts excitement and amazement that I’m making myself available for consulting development or training work from the 1st October 2017. This does not mean I’m leaving JetBrains! Luckily...
View ArticleNerves Before Speaking
My good friend and fellow PHPUK keynoter, Jenny Wong posted an interesting post on Stage Fright, in which she explains how she minimises the stagefright before going on stage for a keynote talk. It’s...
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Conference Speaking for Everyone – Submitting Chapter (FREE)
What even is this? This is a full chapter from my started-but-never-finished book called Conference Speaking for Everyone. I’m posting this finished single chapter that’s been sitting on my laptop for...
View ArticleWriting a game in Laravel and React – Stream Roundup Week 1
This week on the stream I looked at writing a browser-based game that is similar to the fantastic Steam game Slay the Spire. Slay the Spire is a fun roguelike deck-builder game where you fight...
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Met me at SwanseCon? Ahoy!
Hi, I’m Gary, a Developer Evangelist for Twilio who’s based in Swansea. So if you’re using Twilio to power your communications or would like to know what we do, I’m the person for you. I’m local and...
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