dantleech

dantleech, 10 months ago to random

Have officlally stopped supporting the Phpactor and PHPBench Twitter accounts due to the impending tweetdeck shutdown, both are now on phpc.social

• PHPBench: https://phpc.social/@phpbench
• Phpactor: https://phpc.social/@phpactor

dantleech, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to php

My whats-changed #php composer plugin continues to be useful 3 years after I last made a change to it...and 6 years after I created it 😮 being one of the weekend projects that turned out to be useful.

I just discovered @tfidry 's CPU Core Counter package (https://github.com/theofidry/cpu-core-counter) while updating Phpactor which is exactly what I need on Monday!

https://github.com/dantleech/what-changed

dantleech, 8 months ago to php

Looks like I'm in the job market :/ Interested in anything with #PHP, #Golang, #Rust, K8S, etc etc. Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer.

dantleech, 7 months ago to php

👋 i have a few leads but still looking for a job/contract, mainly #php, but also happy to help out with any of the other things that I do.

dantleech, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to php

Blog post: things that annoy me in #PHP (but I still like it): https://www.dantleech.com/blog/2024/02/18/my-php-problems

dantleech, 6 months ago to php

I've blogged about the #php Term terminal library I packaged today: https://www.dantleech.com/blog/2023/11/27/php-term/

dantleech, 8 months ago to random

are there any decent CLI argument parsers for #PHP? like Clap or Kong? (i.e. could be used to make the git or docker CLIs).

dantleech, 7 months ago to php

I've written up my progress on PHP-TUI over the past 3 weeks, it's come a long way and has been an adventure:

https://www.dantleech.com/blog/2023/11/03/php-tui-progress/

#php #rust #golang #tui

dantleech, 2 months ago to random

Releasing a project after 2 years is always fun. updating dependencies, bumping php version, finding out that the PHAR build no longer works...

But here is Fink 0.11.2:

https://github.com/dantleech/fink

It's a pretty decent PHP link checker, and was one of those fun projects that had a limited scope and as such could be considered "done".

dantleech, 7 months ago to random

Naming things is harder when a reserved keyword is squatting on your name.

dantleech, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Ordering an original Sandisk Sansa Clip+ from CEX.co.uk

Tired of carrying my phone on runs (guess what I can fall over and break) and unreliable bluetooth headphones. Take me back to 2009 when shit was good.

(and you can install rockbox and play doom on it for lolz)

dantleech, 8 months ago to random

Given my recent redundancy and me possibly switching to contracting, I need a new laptop. I've been eyeing the Framework for a long time. Just not sure if I should go with i5 or i7. Apart from the 300GBP cost difference I guess the i7 might run hotter 🤔

dantleech, 3 months ago to random

pet hate: wrapping standard tools in unnecessary abstractions.

if i can't run ./path/to/tool-bin easily and have it in the correct state - i'm not happy. at all. in fact i may be crying.

dantleech, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

If it's a choice between no art and AI generated art. I prefer no art everytime, in fact I'm less likely to visit a website if (blatant) AI generated art is used to promote it.

Art is pointless if no effort went into making it.

djumaka, 3 months ago to php

I get a rash when I see trait used in a #php project. I guess it may be fine to setup similar fields structure among different models, for example, but seeing way to many misuse of traits to hide repeating code or to imitate OOP made me allergic to it. Do you have any good reason for using traits, actually?

dantleech, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

the main reason Wikis suck is because nobody actually takes care of organising them.

i hate looking at the root of a wiki and seeing 100 random folders and pages.

organising information is hard, but it's basically what developers [should] do every. single. day and the same effort should be applied to documentation.

i think employing documentation librarians wouldn't be the dumbest move.

dantleech, 7 months ago to php

Does PHPStorm index and allow you to open "files" in PHAR archives? #php

dantleech, 6 months ago to php

workshop ideas submitted to WebSummerCamp 2024! https://websummercamp.com/2024/news/call-for-papers-for-web-summer-camp-2024-is-now-open

#php #cfp

dantleech, 28 days ago (edited 28 days ago) to random

Emotional rollercoaster of starting new projects:

• This is cool
• I've spent 18 hours on this
• This is awful
• I'm awful
• The world is awful
• This is cool (goto 1)
• ... weeks pass_
• Wow this is great.
• Almost done
• lose interest
• Project abandonned

dantleech, 6 months ago to random

github: why isn't there an option "require all status checks to pass" instead of having to explicitly enable/disable 10 checks!? (or is there?)

dantleech, 1 month ago to random

is it just me or is an 8 hour work day 1 hour too long? possibly 2 hours. all I know is at the end of every single day I am invariably K/O'd

beausimensen, 5 months ago to golang

I'm looking for great simple #golang projects repositories. I want to get a feel for what a solid project looks like. What are your favorites?

Likewise, solid resources for getting up to speed with go would be appreciated too!

#devlife #go #softwaredevelopment

dantleech, 2 months ago to random

Almost afraid to ask because it's a fun project, but are there any open source tools which can plot a GPX on OSM map tiles and export to an image/PDF?

Context: plotting maps for the local running club.

dantleech, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Blog post on why I don't write ADRs (but I do): https://www.dantleech.com/blog/2024/03/10/why-i-dont-write-adrs/

dantleech, 29 days ago to random

urgh, knee deep in Traits, *Aware interfaces, and Abstract classes.