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Ryan Lovett
@ryanlovett.au
Twin dad, developer, pilot, paramedic, Adelaidian…

Co-Founder skerric.com.au and lead developer Responder.one..
I quote Australia’s returning prime minister after today’s election, “kindness is not a weakness”…
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Even though I've worked on many closed source applications over the years and have contributed a handful of bug fixes and enhancements to open source projects, I always wanted to start on my own journey of sharing my work. That starts, very tentatively as a WIP, today github.com/ryanlovett-a... .
GitHub - ryanlovett-au/mysql-backup-sync
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github.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A few weeks ago I did my first 'laravel new' since Laravel 6.. It was such an amazing and refreshing experience, completely blew my mind..

But, that was also the day before Laravel 12 and new starter kits were announced, so now I am even more excited to do my next 'laravel new'... waiiiiting.. 😬
February 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just for funnies I have reproduced the Laravel Horizon dashboard using Laravel Prompts! It even auto updates..

😃
February 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
So.. I am working with a client who uses Filament...

And uses Laravel model attributes (think getPaidAttribute()) as columns, but you cant sort on those, right?

Because filament would add an ->orderBy('paid') to the query and if the column doesnt exist.. 💥
February 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It's too true.. In reality what the authors of this article is talking about is simply a religious attention to detail and constantly asking 'what if'... Traits that would resonate with most developers!

stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/22/w...
Why all developers should adopt a safety-critical mindset - Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.blog
February 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wow, thats google for that erosion of my self confidence (and yes @marcelpociot.bsky.social, thats even with using match all the time)...
December 13, 2024 at 2:31 AM
You know.. If I could just write APIs forever, I think I would be the happiest boy in the world...
December 11, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Why yes, I am installing homeassistant… finally time to upgrade from openhab.
December 10, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Virgin Australia has started playing Christmas carols as boarding music. 🎄

And I’m here for it!
December 3, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Sometimes I wonder if all the effort for camping coffee is worth it.

Yes, yes it is…
December 1, 2024 at 11:26 PM
This morning I changed a tyre and, for the first time in my life, used a torque wrench to tighten the wheel nuts.

I feel so, legitimate.
November 30, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Why can I never remember how to format a switch statement?!
November 28, 2024 at 9:17 AM
I attend something like 5-6 conferences a year across multiple professions and disciplines.. Hands down Laracon AU is my favourite!

It's why I was so proud an excited that I was able to present this year at Laracon AU in Brisbane.. You can now watch my presentation here: laracon.au/talks/ryan-l...
Laracon AU 2024 - Ryan Lovett - You can't do that with Laravel
Dive into Ryan Lovett's Laracon AU 2024 talk to explore what's possible with Laravel, life-critical systems, and essential programming practices.
laracon.au
November 26, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Working from “home” wins!
November 25, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Sitting on a plane this morning from SYD to ADL and just as they close the last cabin door I get an alert that the training environment for one of our customers was throwing errors.. A minute later a text message from the customer...

Thank goodness the flight had working wifi.. 15 min outage 🤨
November 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
This week I had the awesome chance to do take all modes of transport. And you know what…. Train productivity FTW!
November 23, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Dad, can you take a break from the computer so we can go for a bike ride?

There is only one answer to that question. 🥺 🙂‍↕️

Sometimes it’s hard and lonely working from home. Sometimes it’s 100% the right decision.
November 12, 2024 at 2:01 PM
I had one of those awesome Livewire moments today.

Finally working on my first Livewire app after years of Vue (which I 💚), and I needed to convert a date between formats and timezones on the FE.

So I braced myself for JS hell when I thought, wait!

This is Livewire, I can use Carbon!

OMG! 👊🏻
November 11, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Timezones!!!!!! 😡
November 11, 2024 at 7:04 AM
One of Australia's largest telcos has been fined for outages on its network that impacted access to life-critical services.

The scale of the fine was not because they had an outage, but the duration and numbers impacted.

Minimise downtime, respond appropriately..

www.acma.gov.au/articles/202...
www.acma.gov.au
November 10, 2024 at 11:46 PM
After a mid-life career change to development, this week I had my first opportunity to share my story and my experience with the Laravel community as a speaker @laracon.au. Having worked across several industries and in several states, this community just feels like I have come home.. 🙏🏻 💜
November 10, 2024 at 11:34 PM