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t's been about a month since I got my first 3D printer. I have been having so much fun that I've hardly shared on social media. When I saw Chris tooting about getting into 3D printing; it occurred to me that my experience could help others getting started.

Seems I only wokr on this silly PHP pattern library thing when I'm in airports. There might be something to that...

I have just been experimenting with importing source code from URLs in PHP. I know, that thing explicitly prohibited in all new PHP installations. Remote Code Execution by design.

I dig Deno, but probably not for the reasons you think. I do like JavaScript, but not as someone who likes to make full applications. It’s hard to make something useful in a short amount of time. At least that’s how it feels to me…

It's been a heck of a week. Nick, from OfferZen, asked me if I wanted to bake three batches of themed cupcakes for a company get-together. This is the story of how I made the third and final batch...

When I saw Greg’s tweet about “friends you didn’t know you had”, I physically reacted. I think it’s a wonderful sentiment, and there are many people in Laravel that I do consider to be friends; but not because they’re specifically in Laravel. Laravel us a shared interest, not the reason they are my friends.

I've come around to the idea that high school math is a gift. Not because of why high schools teach it. It's easy to algorithmically generate and test for; which can make it seem like a good use of time. It's easy to measure. It's nicer to tell parents; "after x years, your kid has improved by y". That's not why I think it's a gift, though.

I’ve just been down a rabbit hole. It started with wanting to cut back on boilerplate and ended with being able to highlight code in Reveal.js using tempest/highlight. Along the way, I made my first web component.