UltraSimplified
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— Robin Layfield, Cotswolds-based freelance PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter & WordPress developer.
I spend my time cutting code into tiny bits.
I spend my time cutting code into tiny bits.
I got 9/10 on the Laravel Senior Developer practice exams. Maybe I should do the full thing.
certificationforlaravel.com
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October 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I got 9/10 on the Laravel Senior Developer practice exams. Maybe I should do the full thing.
certificationforlaravel.com
certificationforlaravel.com
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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Jakob Engel-Schmidt told the Guardian: “In the bill we agree & are sending an unequivocal message that everybody has the right to their own body, their own voice and their own facial features, which is apparently not how the current law is protecting people against generative AI.”
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Jakob Engel-Schmidt told the Guardian: “In the bill we agree & are sending an unequivocal message that everybody has the right to their own body, their own voice and their own facial features, which is apparently not how the current law is protecting people against generative AI.”
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Broligarchs promise revolution—but deliver chains. When so many #Palantir employees walk away and say this, listen closely:
“Big Tech, including Palantir, is increasingly complicit, normalizing #authoritarianism under the guise of a ‘revolution’ led by oligarchs. We must #resist.”
“Big Tech, including Palantir, is increasingly complicit, normalizing #authoritarianism under the guise of a ‘revolution’ led by oligarchs. We must #resist.”
August 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Broligarchs promise revolution—but deliver chains. When so many #Palantir employees walk away and say this, listen closely:
“Big Tech, including Palantir, is increasingly complicit, normalizing #authoritarianism under the guise of a ‘revolution’ led by oligarchs. We must #resist.”
“Big Tech, including Palantir, is increasingly complicit, normalizing #authoritarianism under the guise of a ‘revolution’ led by oligarchs. We must #resist.”
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Tests Show That Top AI Models Are Making Disastrous Errors When Used for Journalism
Tests Show That Top AI Models Are Making Disastrous Errors When Used for Journalism
The media industry is betting its future on artificial intelligence, going as far as to start replacing journalists with the tech in an effort to keep costs down. The result of these efforts so far has been nothing short of abysmal. We've come across countless examples of publications resorting to publishing garbled AI slop, infuriating journalists and their unions, highlighting the tech's glaring and persistent shortcomings. Widespread hallucinations are infecting large swathes of our online lives, from hilariously terrible Google search results and brainrot gambling content in newspapers, to entire AI slop farms that blatantly rip off real journalists' work. […]
futurism.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Tests Show That Top AI Models Are Making Disastrous Errors When Used for Journalism
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Alpha male LOL
Trump, the “tough guy,” folded like a lawn chair when the mob came knocking.
According to Michael Cody, son of union boss John Cody, recalling how Trump handled pressure during the construction of Trump Tower, the union boss’s son said, “He would cry like a little girl.”
All bark, no backbone.
According to Michael Cody, son of union boss John Cody, recalling how Trump handled pressure during the construction of Trump Tower, the union boss’s son said, “He would cry like a little girl.”
All bark, no backbone.
‘He Would Cry Like a Little Girl’: Mobster Son Says Trump Always Folded When Confronted
Donald Trump liked to act tough in public—but behind closed doors, he crumbled when faced with real muscle, according to the son of a powerful New York mob-connected union boss.
dailyboulder.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Alpha male LOL
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Wealth ≠ money. It’s control of real resources. If the ultra-rich own all the land, energy, and tools, then you—and your government—own nothing. Without ownership, you can’t feed, house, heal, or create. Ownership isn’t just power—it’s survival.
#WealthTax #Limitarianism #Economy #RBE #EndOligarchy
#WealthTax #Limitarianism #Economy #RBE #EndOligarchy
August 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wealth ≠ money. It’s control of real resources. If the ultra-rich own all the land, energy, and tools, then you—and your government—own nothing. Without ownership, you can’t feed, house, heal, or create. Ownership isn’t just power—it’s survival.
#WealthTax #Limitarianism #Economy #RBE #EndOligarchy
#WealthTax #Limitarianism #Economy #RBE #EndOligarchy
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Printmakers are inspiring artists!
June 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Printmakers are inspiring artists!
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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America. We told you. It's happening.
#Trump #recession #inflation #wealthpump #tariffs #tradewar #QE #oligarchy #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel #NRx #MAGA
#Trump #recession #inflation #wealthpump #tariffs #tradewar #QE #oligarchy #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel #NRx #MAGA
#Trump ’s plan? Tank the #economy with trade wars and sanctions, let it crash, then watch the ultra-rich rake in #bailout billions—AGAIN. It’s not madness; it’s a #scam, and you’re the sucker footing the bill. Immoral? That’s just how #oligarchs like it. Watch Professor Richard Murphy explain⬇️
Trump wants a crash to benefit the ultra wealthy
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
America. We told you. It's happening.
#Trump #recession #inflation #wealthpump #tariffs #tradewar #QE #oligarchy #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel #NRx #MAGA
#Trump #recession #inflation #wealthpump #tariffs #tradewar #QE #oligarchy #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel #NRx #MAGA
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A billion is stolen time—obscene hoarding of wealth that could end poverty, cure plagues, save the planet isn’t success—it’s violent theft. Money is power, stripped from collective dignity. Billionaires aren’t geniuses—they’re sickness, parasites gorging on stolen time. Abolish this cruelty. Wake up
March 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A billion is stolen time—obscene hoarding of wealth that could end poverty, cure plagues, save the planet isn’t success—it’s violent theft. Money is power, stripped from collective dignity. Billionaires aren’t geniuses—they’re sickness, parasites gorging on stolen time. Abolish this cruelty. Wake up
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Gah! Getting increasingly frustrated with MacOs launching the Music app whenever I put my headphones on for a meeting.
What a relief to find NoTunes that can be installed using HomeBrew and stops this invasive Dark Pattern in its tracks.
github.com/tombonez/noT...
What a relief to find NoTunes that can be installed using HomeBrew and stops this invasive Dark Pattern in its tracks.
github.com/tombonez/noT...
GitHub - tombonez/noTunes: A simple macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching.
A simple macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching. - tombonez/noTunes
github.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Gah! Getting increasingly frustrated with MacOs launching the Music app whenever I put my headphones on for a meeting.
What a relief to find NoTunes that can be installed using HomeBrew and stops this invasive Dark Pattern in its tracks.
github.com/tombonez/noT...
What a relief to find NoTunes that can be installed using HomeBrew and stops this invasive Dark Pattern in its tracks.
github.com/tombonez/noT...
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
I'm utterly bewitched by the MacOS Sequoia screensaver.i just find myself watching it visualising moving under giant redwood trees. It's bloofy gorgeous
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm utterly bewitched by the MacOS Sequoia screensaver.i just find myself watching it visualising moving under giant redwood trees. It's bloofy gorgeous
WORDPRESS DEVS
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If you have ever used the POST selector in Advanced Custom Fields on a large site and been frustrated by seeing a list of posts with the same title in the drop down, then this very handy scriptlet from Dream-Encode is for you
dream-encode.com/altering-pos...
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If you have ever used the POST selector in Advanced Custom Fields on a large site and been frustrated by seeing a list of posts with the same title in the drop down, then this very handy scriptlet from Dream-Encode is for you
dream-encode.com/altering-pos...
Altering Post Title in the ACF "Post Object" Field
Working on a WordPress project gives the the opportunity to tinker and learn. On a project I completed recently, we used a few custom fields, courtesy of Advanced Custom Fields PRO. Although I loath...
dream-encode.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
WORDPRESS DEVS
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If you have ever used the POST selector in Advanced Custom Fields on a large site and been frustrated by seeing a list of posts with the same title in the drop down, then this very handy scriptlet from Dream-Encode is for you
dream-encode.com/altering-pos...
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If you have ever used the POST selector in Advanced Custom Fields on a large site and been frustrated by seeing a list of posts with the same title in the drop down, then this very handy scriptlet from Dream-Encode is for you
dream-encode.com/altering-pos...
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Carmakers, meanwhile, claim that there’s no reason to worry about harms from oversized cars b/c new tech will prevent crashes entirely.
In Slate, I called bullshit.
The only way to eliminate car bloat’s harms: Stop building needlessly gigantic vehicles.
slate.com/business/202...
In Slate, I called bullshit.
The only way to eliminate car bloat’s harms: Stop building needlessly gigantic vehicles.
slate.com/business/202...
The Solution to Giant Killer Cars Is Really, Really Simple
It’s not cars that are more sophisticated.
slate.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Carmakers, meanwhile, claim that there’s no reason to worry about harms from oversized cars b/c new tech will prevent crashes entirely.
In Slate, I called bullshit.
The only way to eliminate car bloat’s harms: Stop building needlessly gigantic vehicles.
slate.com/business/202...
In Slate, I called bullshit.
The only way to eliminate car bloat’s harms: Stop building needlessly gigantic vehicles.
slate.com/business/202...
I've had a productive Christmas break, upgrading the Nova Advanced Image field to be #Laravel11 #Nova5 #PHP8.4 compliant.
It's the first time I have released a composer package so it's been an amazing experience going through the process. Here's to many more 🥂
novapackages.com/packages/ult...
It's the first time I have released a composer package so it's been an amazing experience going through the process. Here's to many more 🥂
novapackages.com/packages/ult...
Image Cropper
This is a Laravel 11+, Nova5+, PHP 8.4 compliant update of Clément Tissier's original nova advanced image field that allows Nova editors to upload and crop an image in any format.
novapackages.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:59 AM
I've had a productive Christmas break, upgrading the Nova Advanced Image field to be #Laravel11 #Nova5 #PHP8.4 compliant.
It's the first time I have released a composer package so it's been an amazing experience going through the process. Here's to many more 🥂
novapackages.com/packages/ult...
It's the first time I have released a composer package so it's been an amazing experience going through the process. Here's to many more 🥂
novapackages.com/packages/ult...
LARAVEL NOVA & HERD GOTCHA
— I've just spent around 2 hours trying to work out why my large file transfers to Digital Ocean from a fresh Laravel 11 / Nova 5 instance were intermittently failing —
Turns out that I hadn't configured the Max File Upload Size to be greater than 2mb.
#laravel #herd
— I've just spent around 2 hours trying to work out why my large file transfers to Digital Ocean from a fresh Laravel 11 / Nova 5 instance were intermittently failing —
Turns out that I hadn't configured the Max File Upload Size to be greater than 2mb.
#laravel #herd
December 20, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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I've build an Unified Dashboard for #Laravel Apps.
As an independent developer, my main concern is to ensure that all the projects I manage are functioning correctly, for both my clients and my side projects.
As an independent developer, my main concern is to ensure that all the projects I manage are functioning correctly, for both my clients and my side projects.
December 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
I've build an Unified Dashboard for #Laravel Apps.
As an independent developer, my main concern is to ensure that all the projects I manage are functioning correctly, for both my clients and my side projects.
As an independent developer, my main concern is to ensure that all the projects I manage are functioning correctly, for both my clients and my side projects.
Downloaded & Installed ✊
The official Laravel VS Code extension is now available in beta.
✨ Blade syntax highlighting
🖊️ Eloquent autocompletion
🔗 Route, config, & middleware linking
🧠 Smart diagnostics
And more...
Get it now → marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...
✨ Blade syntax highlighting
🖊️ Eloquent autocompletion
🔗 Route, config, & middleware linking
🧠 Smart diagnostics
And more...
Get it now → marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...
December 17, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Downloaded & Installed ✊