Ric Le Poidevin
@riclep.dev
Founder: U&US https://uandus.co.uk/
Ambassador: @storyblok.com
Creator: Laravel Storyblok https://github.com/RicLeP/laravel-storyblok
Host of: @curiosityofpod.com
Ambassador: @storyblok.com
Creator: Laravel Storyblok https://github.com/RicLeP/laravel-storyblok
Host of: @curiosityofpod.com
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Ric Le Poidevin
@riclep.dev
· Nov 20
U&US - Design, branding, web and advertising studio in Guernsey and Belfast
U&US - Creating great design for good brands out of Guernsey and Belfast. We offer branding, strategy, website design and development, advertising, marketing, print design and animation.
uandus.co.uk
Hey, I made it here! I'm from Guernsey, I have a design, branding and web agency: uandus.co.uk
I am creator of the Laravel Storyblok package.
I podcast with my son over at @curiosityofpod.bsky.social
That's me!
I am creator of the Laravel Storyblok package.
I podcast with my son over at @curiosityofpod.bsky.social
That's me!
Hardly the most critical thing but seeing Google incorrectly say Van Dijk scored an own goal (he scored in the correct net but it was first reported to be an own goal by a Sunderland player) hardly gives me confidence is AI. If it gets this easy thing wrong how many complex things does it get wrong?
February 12, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Hardly the most critical thing but seeing Google incorrectly say Van Dijk scored an own goal (he scored in the correct net but it was first reported to be an own goal by a Sunderland player) hardly gives me confidence is AI. If it gets this easy thing wrong how many complex things does it get wrong?
I miss all the websites covered in gifs, 100 different typographic styles, playing a midi file. They weren't beautiful, they weren't particularly technically competent, but they were a labour of love by someone who wanted to share something honest about themselves.
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I miss all the websites covered in gifs, 100 different typographic styles, playing a midi file. They weren't beautiful, they weren't particularly technically competent, but they were a labour of love by someone who wanted to share something honest about themselves.
I had a similar problem on client websites, although admittedly a fair proportion of the traffic was bots scanning for WordPress vulnerabilities etc. I don't use WordPress but it hit my CMS API to see if the URLs exist. AI crawlers have just made this worse by crawling actual URLs.
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I had a similar problem on client websites, although admittedly a fair proportion of the traffic was bots scanning for WordPress vulnerabilities etc. I don't use WordPress but it hit my CMS API to see if the URLs exist. AI crawlers have just made this worse by crawling actual URLs.
I got an accessibility nightmare. I like the Forged in Europe box too. I’m not anti-anywhere but feel it’s important to have a lot of strong centres of innovation and privacy. I recently moved our client hosting into the EU for exactly the reasons @dbushell.com mentions.
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I got an accessibility nightmare. I like the Forged in Europe box too. I’m not anti-anywhere but feel it’s important to have a lot of strong centres of innovation and privacy. I recently moved our client hosting into the EU for exactly the reasons @dbushell.com mentions.
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... which is funny because my professional profile @riclep.dev is floating off in the wrong direction. I followed too many SEO people to understand their dark arts. But as a Web dev and designer I really appreciate the work and beauty in Bluesky map.
February 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
... which is funny because my professional profile @riclep.dev is floating off in the wrong direction. I followed too many SEO people to understand their dark arts. But as a Web dev and designer I really appreciate the work and beauty in Bluesky map.
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I'm definitely an imposter, simply listening quietly to those more intelligent. My professional community is right to the north though, hi web development...
February 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I'm definitely an imposter, simply listening quietly to those more intelligent. My professional community is right to the north though, hi web development...
Such a beautiful meowkin!
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Such a beautiful meowkin!
It needs to be inside a cardboard box, then it's guaranteed to be used! I'd settle for the lap cat though. 😻
February 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
It needs to be inside a cardboard box, then it's guaranteed to be used! I'd settle for the lap cat though. 😻
Reminds me of an old website locally where all the <a> tags used onclick and not href. It wasn't like the main event booking site for the island or anything...
February 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Reminds me of an old website locally where all the <a> tags used onclick and not href. It wasn't like the main event booking site for the island or anything...
I really like this, going to be so useful. However I’m not sure about the ‘top’ and ‘bottom’ naming, scrolled: bottom; sounds like you reached the bottom, not scroll towards the bottom as ‘bottom’ is a destination not a direction.
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
I really like this, going to be so useful. However I’m not sure about the ‘top’ and ‘bottom’ naming, scrolled: bottom; sounds like you reached the bottom, not scroll towards the bottom as ‘bottom’ is a destination not a direction.
If I continue moving my mouse as I release the button then it works. If I stop moving and release the button it doesn’t.
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
If I continue moving my mouse as I release the button then it works. If I stop moving and release the button it doesn’t.
When senior/skilled people retire, those with the domain knowledge, and no one below them has needed to learn the details, or those jobs simply don't exist, then do we become stuck or totally reliant on AI?
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
When senior/skilled people retire, those with the domain knowledge, and no one below them has needed to learn the details, or those jobs simply don't exist, then do we become stuck or totally reliant on AI?
I've been thinking about this a lot and the long term effects it may have, not just in writing code but generally. If AI is being used by senior developers as a 'junior' to support them and juniors are not being train and gaining experience, are we creating a long term knowledge gap?
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I've been thinking about this a lot and the long term effects it may have, not just in writing code but generally. If AI is being used by senior developers as a 'junior' to support them and juniors are not being train and gaining experience, are we creating a long term knowledge gap?
It's Guernsey!
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's Guernsey!
Saw one of these ads this week on an article and stopped reading assuming it was pay walled content.
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Saw one of these ads this week on an article and stopped reading assuming it was pay walled content.
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I wrote about how and why social media has largely become boring and why it's a bad idea to eat your own brain: www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-social-...
Is social media just...boring now?
Social media is destroying democracy and accelerating idiocracy. But it's also just...really, really boring.
www.forkingpaths.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote about how and why social media has largely become boring and why it's a bad idea to eat your own brain: www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-social-...
I hope it‘ll be more than two weeks, and also no time soon!
October 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I hope it‘ll be more than two weeks, and also no time soon!
2.46.2. for the older branch
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
2.46.2. for the older branch
If you’re getting an Undefined array key "Total" error in my Storyblok package update to 2.50.1. The API response changed. Investigating why but this will keep it working for you for now.
October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re getting an Undefined array key "Total" error in my Storyblok package update to 2.50.1. The API response changed. Investigating why but this will keep it working for you for now.
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As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
And the docs are updated with the latest features: ls.sirric.co.uk/docs/2.0/ove...
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
And the docs are updated with the latest features: ls.sirric.co.uk/docs/2.0/ove...
See more here: github.com/RicLeP/larav...
Release 2.50.0 · RicLeP/laravel-storyblok
Allow overriding the default Field classes with your own by placing them in \App\Storyblok\Fields\Default\ClassName.php and matching the original field name. For example, to replace the standard i...
github.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
See more here: github.com/RicLeP/larav...
Another day, another release! 🚀
After a chat with a user on Discord Laravel Storyblok 2.50.0 allows you to override the Field classes. Simply make a Class in \App\Storyblok\Fields\Defaults\... matching the name of the field to override and it’ll be used!
#StoryblokAmbassadors @storyblok.com
After a chat with a user on Discord Laravel Storyblok 2.50.0 allows you to override the Field classes. Simply make a Class in \App\Storyblok\Fields\Defaults\... matching the name of the field to override and it’ll be used!
#StoryblokAmbassadors @storyblok.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Another day, another release! 🚀
After a chat with a user on Discord Laravel Storyblok 2.50.0 allows you to override the Field classes. Simply make a Class in \App\Storyblok\Fields\Defaults\... matching the name of the field to override and it’ll be used!
#StoryblokAmbassadors @storyblok.com
After a chat with a user on Discord Laravel Storyblok 2.50.0 allows you to override the Field classes. Simply make a Class in \App\Storyblok\Fields\Defaults\... matching the name of the field to override and it’ll be used!
#StoryblokAmbassadors @storyblok.com
Whoops! This broke caching your config. Instead you need to load the extensions with a service provider. If you only want the default Storyblok extension then skip this step and the package will handle it for you.
October 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Whoops! This broke caching your config. Instead you need to load the extensions with a service provider. If you only want the default Storyblok extension then skip this step and the package will handle it for you.
October 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Whoops! This broke caching your config. Instead you need to load the extensions with a service provider. If you only want the default Storyblok extension then skip this step and the package will handle it for you.