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— Robin Layfield, Cotswolds-based freelance PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter & WordPress developer.

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
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 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
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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
December 20, 2024 at 1:40 AM
It's just great!
December 3, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Astro installation is so straightforward

astro.build/blog/astro-5/
December 3, 2024 at 11:43 PM
My favourite #PHPStorm plugin is Nyan Progress Bar by Dmitry Batkovich. It's so simple, yet it brings joy to me every time I use it.

plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8575-...

#Laravel #Development #Environment #PHP
November 29, 2024 at 12:06 AM
It's an absolute gift to be working on this beautiful project that captures the art, music, literature, culture and spirit of the place where I live.

#Laravel #Inertia
November 23, 2024 at 10:20 AM
The James Lind Library
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I was commissioned to build this site by the JLL and partners, to help document the history of evidence-based research from 500 BCE to the present day.

James Lind pioneered using controlled trials to help develop a treatment for scurvy amongst sailors.
November 21, 2024 at 9:09 AM
GET-IT GLOSSARY
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A Laravel site I built for DECIDE, Informed Health Choices and Testing Treatments Interactive to provide easy to understand definitions of common research terms (eg. false positive)
November 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 AM