Chris Shennan
@chrisshennan.bsky.social
Building https://buildwithscaffold.com, https://noticeboards.info, http://passwordangel.co, https://reachable.link & https://redr.it
Blogging on: https://chrisshennan.com
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Blogging on: https://chrisshennan.com
Follow my journey: http://newsletter.chrisshennan.com/subscribe
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How I’m Using Scaffold to Build (and Rebuild) My Own Sites
Build With Chris: Issue 7
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Issue 7 is out - How I’m Using Scaffold to Build (and Rebuild) My Own Sites #buildinpublic #newsletter
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This one has taken me a while - hopefully I've finally got all the steps correct.
Running PHPUnit Tests in PHPStorm with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide - chrisshennan.com/blog/running...
#buildinpublic #phpunit #docker #phpstorm
Running PHPUnit Tests in PHPStorm with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide - chrisshennan.com/blog/running...
#buildinpublic #phpunit #docker #phpstorm
Running PHPUnit Tests in PHPStorm with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to configure PHPStorm to run PHPUnit tests inside Docker using a remote interpreter. Step-by-step setup guide with Scaffold project examples.
chrisshennan.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This one has taken me a while - hopefully I've finally got all the steps correct.
Running PHPUnit Tests in PHPStorm with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide - chrisshennan.com/blog/running...
#buildinpublic #phpunit #docker #phpstorm
Running PHPUnit Tests in PHPStorm with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide - chrisshennan.com/blog/running...
#buildinpublic #phpunit #docker #phpstorm
Since working on Scaffold, it hasn't felt like I'm drowning in all the todos from all my projects. Yes, I still have many todos (probably more than before), but as each feature and fix is completed, it feels more like a one-time fix instead of an N+1 problem... #buildinpublic
August 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Since working on Scaffold, it hasn't felt like I'm drowning in all the todos from all my projects. Yes, I still have many todos (probably more than before), but as each feature and fix is completed, it feels more like a one-time fix instead of an N+1 problem... #buildinpublic
The initial blog functionality has been merged into Scaffold (github.com/chrisshennan...). Time to start porting chrisshennan.com 🎉 #buildinpublic
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The initial blog functionality has been merged into Scaffold (github.com/chrisshennan...). Time to start porting chrisshennan.com 🎉 #buildinpublic
Small wins today. Fixed a date time bug on noticeboards.info causing events to hide too early. A combination of a yesterday/today/tomorrow bug across a dateTimeFrom and dateTimeTo properties.
On the plus side, I now have a small test suite. #buildinpublic
On the plus side, I now have a small test suite. #buildinpublic
Noticeboards
noticeboards.info
August 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Small wins today. Fixed a date time bug on noticeboards.info causing events to hide too early. A combination of a yesterday/today/tomorrow bug across a dateTimeFrom and dateTimeTo properties.
On the plus side, I now have a small test suite. #buildinpublic
On the plus side, I now have a small test suite. #buildinpublic
Issue 7 is out - How I’m Using Scaffold to Build (and Rebuild) My Own Sites #buildinpublic #newsletter
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How I’m Using Scaffold to Build (and Rebuild) My Own Sites
Build With Chris: Issue 7
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August 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Issue 7 is out - How I’m Using Scaffold to Build (and Rebuild) My Own Sites #buildinpublic #newsletter
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Lost my entire evening battling Symfony, AssetMapper, Stimulus, and my pseudo-bundle to get Stimulus controllers inside the bundle instead of the main app, but in the end, I won! 🎉
Write-up coming soon — don’t miss it 👉 newsletter.chrisshennan.com #buildinpublic
Write-up coming soon — don’t miss it 👉 newsletter.chrisshennan.com #buildinpublic
Chris Shennan's Newsletter
Backend developer during the day and aspiring indie hacker by night.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Lost my entire evening battling Symfony, AssetMapper, Stimulus, and my pseudo-bundle to get Stimulus controllers inside the bundle instead of the main app, but in the end, I won! 🎉
Write-up coming soon — don’t miss it 👉 newsletter.chrisshennan.com #buildinpublic
Write-up coming soon — don’t miss it 👉 newsletter.chrisshennan.com #buildinpublic
I've moved on to the public view of the blog pages. Still a few placeholder bits to swap out, but it's looking alright. Ported the content from chrisshennan.com/blog as a test, and I'm quite happy with it. I'll soon be able to port chrisshennan.com into buildwithscaffold.com #buildinpublic
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I've moved on to the public view of the blog pages. Still a few placeholder bits to swap out, but it's looking alright. Ported the content from chrisshennan.com/blog as a test, and I'm quite happy with it. I'll soon be able to port chrisshennan.com into buildwithscaffold.com #buildinpublic
I've been putting off adding the blog functionality to Scaffold for a while, but the documentation section on buildwithscaffold.com (WIP: buildwithscaffold.com/docs) ended up with most of the same fundamentals, so I've decided to bite the bullet. The admin section is already in. #buildinpublic
July 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I've been putting off adding the blog functionality to Scaffold for a while, but the documentation section on buildwithscaffold.com (WIP: buildwithscaffold.com/docs) ended up with most of the same fundamentals, so I've decided to bite the bullet. The admin section is already in. #buildinpublic
#PhpStorm + #Docker + #Xdebug broke after a port conflict and socket mismatch. Debugged it, fixed it, wrote it up: chrisshennan.com/blog/fixing-...
Fixing Docker‑Compose, PhpStorm & Xdebug: Lesson from a Port & Socket Mix‑up
Ran into PhpStorm + Docker + Xdebug breaking after a port conflict and socket mismatch. Here’s how I debugged it and got tests running again.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#PhpStorm + #Docker + #Xdebug broke after a port conflict and socket mismatch. Debugged it, fixed it, wrote it up: chrisshennan.com/blog/fixing-...
Week 1 - Done and Dusted! - I wish I could say it had been easy 🥵 #couchto5k
June 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Week 1 - Done and Dusted! - I wish I could say it had been easy 🥵 #couchto5k
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I put out the latest issue of my newsletter this week - "Scaffold, Noticeboards & Waitlists" #buildinpublic newsletter.chrisshennan.com/p/issue-6-sc...
Issue #6: Scaffold, Noticeboards & Waitlists
May 2025
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May 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I put out the latest issue of my newsletter this week - "Scaffold, Noticeboards & Waitlists" #buildinpublic newsletter.chrisshennan.com/p/issue-6-sc...
Finally got a landing page set up for noticeboards.info last night. Spent a little time adding the basic waitlist functionality to it and now that's another feature I can backport into buildwithscaffold.com and then have out of the box for new projects. #buildinpublic
April 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Finally got a landing page set up for noticeboards.info last night. Spent a little time adding the basic waitlist functionality to it and now that's another feature I can backport into buildwithscaffold.com and then have out of the box for new projects. #buildinpublic
I'm not ready to give up my day job just yet
April 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm not ready to give up my day job just yet
Tonight's achievement - I've added the ability to set a colour on an event type. A tiny bit of JS needed to link the colour picker to update the text input and vice versa, and a bit of reading up on how to use custom colours with Tailwind (tailwindcss.com/docs/border-...) #buildinpublic
April 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Tonight's achievement - I've added the ability to set a colour on an event type. A tiny bit of JS needed to link the colour picker to update the text input and vice versa, and a bit of reading up on how to use custom colours with Tailwind (tailwindcss.com/docs/border-...) #buildinpublic
So apparently screely.com isn't supported by Chrome anymore. Any suggestions for a decent alternative? #buildinpublic
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So apparently screely.com isn't supported by Chrome anymore. Any suggestions for a decent alternative? #buildinpublic
In the #AisleOfAldi this week - while stocks last 😂
April 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In the #AisleOfAldi this week - while stocks last 😂
This is cool. Basic Tailwind CSS styles straight out of the box 🙌
symfony.com/doc/current/...
symfony.com/doc/current/...
symfony.com/doc/current/...
symfony.com/doc/current/...
February 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is cool. Basic Tailwind CSS styles straight out of the box 🙌
symfony.com/doc/current/...
symfony.com/doc/current/...
symfony.com/doc/current/...
symfony.com/doc/current/...
I tried DaisyUI for a couple of hours but struggled to get it working comfortably for me. Rolled it back, installed Preline and was up and running in half the time and it fits my flow much better.
I've been using Tailwind UI (tailwindui.com) for my projects over the last few years but the license stops me from using it for buildwithscaffold.com.
Preline UI (preline.co/index.html) looks like a viable alternative - Any #indiehackers using this? What is everyone else using?
#buildinpublic
Preline UI (preline.co/index.html) looks like a viable alternative - Any #indiehackers using this? What is everyone else using?
#buildinpublic
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I tried DaisyUI for a couple of hours but struggled to get it working comfortably for me. Rolled it back, installed Preline and was up and running in half the time and it fits my flow much better.
I've been using Tailwind UI (tailwindui.com) for my projects over the last few years but the license stops me from using it for buildwithscaffold.com.
Preline UI (preline.co/index.html) looks like a viable alternative - Any #indiehackers using this? What is everyone else using?
#buildinpublic
Preline UI (preline.co/index.html) looks like a viable alternative - Any #indiehackers using this? What is everyone else using?
#buildinpublic
January 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I've been using Tailwind UI (tailwindui.com) for my projects over the last few years but the license stops me from using it for buildwithscaffold.com.
Preline UI (preline.co/index.html) looks like a viable alternative - Any #indiehackers using this? What is everyone else using?
#buildinpublic
Preline UI (preline.co/index.html) looks like a viable alternative - Any #indiehackers using this? What is everyone else using?
#buildinpublic
I'm writing a #symfony bundle to hold my core boilerplate code. First time working with bundles since Symfony 4.
I've got the initial routes, controllers and templates wired in - it's starting to get interesting! #buildinpublic
I've got the initial routes, controllers and templates wired in - it's starting to get interesting! #buildinpublic
January 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm writing a #symfony bundle to hold my core boilerplate code. First time working with bundles since Symfony 4.
I've got the initial routes, controllers and templates wired in - it's starting to get interesting! #buildinpublic
I've got the initial routes, controllers and templates wired in - it's starting to get interesting! #buildinpublic
"Make this wee change" they said, "it'll be quick" they said
January 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Make this wee change" they said, "it'll be quick" they said
This wasn't the side project I was expecting to start the year with, but the kids had different ideas.
Still, it gave me a chance to dog-food buildwithscaffold.com and I had this in under an hour.
#buildinpublic
Still, it gave me a chance to dog-food buildwithscaffold.com and I had this in under an hour.
#buildinpublic
January 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This wasn't the side project I was expecting to start the year with, but the kids had different ideas.
Still, it gave me a chance to dog-food buildwithscaffold.com and I had this in under an hour.
#buildinpublic
Still, it gave me a chance to dog-food buildwithscaffold.com and I had this in under an hour.
#buildinpublic
4 generations of indiehackers
January 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
4 generations of indiehackers
Reposted by Chris Shennan
⚔️ARC request form now open!⚔️
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As RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS approaches the final phases it's time to open the doors. Numbers are limited & looking at Jan 2025 delivery.
Reposts appreciated
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As RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS approaches the final phases it's time to open the doors. Numbers are limited & looking at Jan 2025 delivery.
Reposts appreciated
Ringlander Book 2: Fallen Shards ARCs | Page | Michael S. Jackson
Digital and physical Advanced Review Copy requests now OPEN! THE RINGLANDER SAGA CONTINUES Enter your details to register interest for an Advanced Review Copy (ARC) of Ringlander Book 2: Fallen Shards...
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December 24, 2024 at 1:31 PM
⚔️ARC request form now open!⚔️
mjackson.co.uk/contact/arc/
As RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS approaches the final phases it's time to open the doors. Numbers are limited & looking at Jan 2025 delivery.
Reposts appreciated
mjackson.co.uk/contact/arc/
As RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS approaches the final phases it's time to open the doors. Numbers are limited & looking at Jan 2025 delivery.
Reposts appreciated