Ray Blair
rayblair.bsky.social
Ray Blair
@rayblair.bsky.social
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What AI tools are you using at the moment for PHP and JS development?

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
March 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Number of the beast 👹
March 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I don’t need AI to write code for me. I need AI to write my Jira tickets.
March 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
WTF is "vibe coding"?
March 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
For those who often speak at meetups, conferences, and similar events, do you reuse talks, rotate a setlist, or mix it up? Creating a new talk with research and review for every event seems overwhelming, especially with 2–3 talks a month. How do you manage it?
March 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Created a new Reddit account to share some of the stuff I’ve been working on in subreddits like Laravel, PHP, etc. But it’s literally impossible to get a post or comment through without it getting banned. I get the need for spam protection, but seriously, come on!
March 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Heading to London for the @phpukconference.bsky.social tomorrow. If you're around, let me know!
February 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
On a personal note: Arizona Peach Iced Tea is the best thing ever, if you know where to bulk source this in the UK. Let me know!
February 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Speaking of domains, I own getagig.co.uk, if any businesses in that space are interested, I’d be happy to part ways with it for a legit offer. Otherwise, who knows? I might just get bored one weekend and build an app for it.
February 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I own the domain isphpdying.com, this question comes up all the time, and it's a bit of a funny running joke. I've been thinking about doing more with it but I'm not quite sure. Open to any suggestions!

P.S. I know the TLS is expired, (don't worry! it's safe) I haven't gotten around to renewing it.
No.
isphpdying.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Still looking for a Senior Software Engineer that is experienced with PHP and JS at Wordnerds. It's hybrid so ideally looking for someone around Newcastle-Upon-Type area.

If that's your thing, check out the details and apply!

www.wordnerds.ai/company/care...
Become A Nerd - Wordnerds Careers
Join our wonderful team who are passionate about helping businesses do more with their customer feedback.
www.wordnerds.ai
February 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey! I'm looking for information and case studies on using distributed SQLite (or similar variants). What are the key use cases, the benefits observed, and the drawbacks or considerations when implementing this kind of architecture?
February 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
ChatGPT really struggles with generating Caddyfiles. Every time I ask for improvements, suggestions, or alternative approaches, it spits out nonsense that doesn’t work. I then end up wasting time searching for modules that don’t even exist.
February 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I've been pretty unwell over the past week, so wanted to productive on the weekend. I've been meaning to rebuild my Homelab for a while now, and I came across Komodo (komo.do) a server management tool that handles containers, which is exactly what I've been looking for.
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Built a package to encourage type-safety in PHP, particularly for arrays, since PHP lacks native features. It also supports type-safe primitives like integers, strings, and booleans.

Feedback welcome 🙌

github.com/rayblair06/t...
GitHub - rayblair06/type-safety: Runtime Type Checking for PHP
Runtime Type Checking for PHP. Contribute to rayblair06/type-safety development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The concept of a poppadom implies the existence of a poppasub.
January 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What are some methods you wish Laravel Collections had?
January 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Curious what boilerplates people are using to generate Laravel/PHP packages?
January 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What's new technologies are people hoping to learn/try in 2025?
January 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Ray Blair
When I gather ideas for new features, this is roughly the proportion. Figuring out which ideas go into which bucket is hard. Being disciplined enough to not do the orange and red boxes is even harder.
December 17, 2024 at 4:46 PM
When’s the right time to wish people Happy Holidays without it feeling weird? Are we there yet?
December 17, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I've got four Raspberry Pis sitting in a drawer. I originally planned to build a distributed computing network with Kubernetes, but it seemed like support for Pis wasn't great. Any other ideas for how I could use them, or should I just go all in on Kubernetes?
December 10, 2024 at 12:01 PM
What's the reason for using Renovate over dependabot? Not throwing shade, just generally interested.
December 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Not a big fan of this shift to video content over written articles. Sure, some things are better explained in video format, but I don’t want to sit through a 44-minute video for something I could just skim and read.
December 3, 2024 at 1:33 PM
For the past four years, I’ve used Docker extensively, especially with PHP and JS. It’s invaluable for managing environments, from local setups to production deployments. Docker simplifies building and serving apps while seamlessly handling shared services in my local development workflow.
November 19, 2024 at 10:40 AM