Full stack web developer currently working mostly with #PHP / #Laravel, Vanilla #Javascript and #SCSS. Love learning more about (almost) anything, but particularly #MySQL and #InfoSec. Currently learning Arabic. Husband, father of two boys, Christian.
Is it just me or is #phpstorm getting worse by the day?
I'm runnig 2024.1 (Build #PS-241.14494.237, built on March 27, 2024) but have to constantly restart the IDE to fix bizarre errors like PHPStorm claiming a property or parameter isn't used while highlighting the very use a line later, inconsistently resolving asserts with instanceof checks - e.g. claiming a method doesn't exist in the class referenced in a different assert and not seeing a parameter that is clearly there... #fail#ensh11n
Have you ever stood up, from scratch, a completely new version of your application in a production-ready state?
If you haven't, you should.
You may never need to fully stand up a complete production instance, but what happens if a part goes down like your database, your webservers, or your jobs? Are you prepared for emergencies?
For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.
From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."
Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.
Really good news, I hope insurance companies etc aren’t the only voices in the public consultation
UK gov to require in law that all ransomware attacks are reported to central government and outlawing ransom payments from critical infrastructure sectors.
It’s interesting to note that many of the AI suggestions for PHP code (in IDEs) use older syntax and practices, such as using a string for the fully-qualified class name, instead of ClassName::class, which is the modern and generally-accepted best practice today.
So, if AI was trained on all the publicly-available code it found on GitHub and the rest of the web, and if MOST code is shit code, then does that mean AI is recommending the worst practices to new developers?
Please, web app developers, consider how your users will upgrade. If your upgrade process is "remove the old one, unzip the new one", then it's not an upgrade process. It's an encouragement to never upgrade.
I'm doing a limited $49 lifetime deal for Siren Affiliates
at launch. My email list will get early access, and expect it to sell out before I actually launch.
If you're not on the list now, change that. I'm never going to offer a deal this good again.
Slack have decided to start training AI on enterprise customer data, including DMs, private workspaces and files. You have to have admin opt out via email. HT @Quinnypig
Enjoy insights from 22K responses about the state of the web platform, from HTML and interactivity to #webcomponents, PWAs, and a lot more.
This project is a monumental effort from people across the world. We even designed novel data collection UIs to gather the data we needed while minimizing friction, which I plan to write a case study about soon.
My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on "lite" versions of their news articles (other page types to follow).
They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS.
Page sizes drop significantly:
