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In the comedy television series Parks and Rec, Ron Swanson’s character is someone who so despises government control he takes a career in...

In the comedy television series Parks and Rec, Ron Swanson’s character is someone who so despises government control he takes a career in government just to sit on his hands, waste resources and otherwise and render it ineffective. I always thought this was a silly, if hilarious premise. Turns out I’m the silly one because there are many such people, and the U.S. is currently answering the question “what if the whole federal government was run by people who hate government”.

That moment when your muscle memory fails and then you have no idea what keyboard shortcut you need to do that thing you do hundreds of...

That moment when your muscle memory fails and then you have no idea what keyboard shortcut you need to do that thing you do hundreds of times every day.

One curious thing about the Westminster parliament model, as used by Australia and obviously the UK vs the American model with it's...

One curious thing about the Westminster parliament model, as used by Australia and obviously the UK vs the American model with it's executive branch is that the opposition party always has a leader. Whereas in the U.S. system, there's no clear leader until the primaries before the next presidential election.

I read @ramsey's February update email for phpc.social, and I just want to say, what a great roundup. Thanks Ben, @ian et al for all you...

I read @ramsey's February update email for phpc.social, and I just want to say, what a great roundup. Thanks Ben, @ian et al for all you do to maintain this community.

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I'm not everyone's cup of tea, but that's just because I'm not in fact a cup of tea.

I'm not everyone's cup of tea, but that's just because I'm not in fact a cup of tea.

A horse with no pie#PieASongOrPoem#HashTagGames

A horse with no pie

#PieASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

Does one say one's peace or piece?

Does one say one's peace or piece?

Did you spell class with one "s" or two?#ObliqueDebuggingStrategies

Did you spell class with one "s" or two?

#ObliqueDebuggingStrategies

One of my favourite things about React is being able to make tiny private subcomponents inside a component.

One of my favourite things about React is being able to make tiny private subcomponents inside a component.

People don't realise just how big the original AWS Consoles were back in the analog days.

People don't realise just how big the original AWS Consoles were back in the analog days.

There is no declarative code. It’s just someone else’s procedural code.

There is no declarative code. It’s just someone else’s procedural code.

Did you know that #PHP has a magazine?In publication since 2002 (I think) and still very much alive and well. You can subscribe in print or...

Did you know that #PHP has a magazine?

In publication since 2002 (I think) and still very much alive and well. You can subscribe in print or digital.

www.phparch.com/magazine/

Are you looking at the correct browser dev tools window?#ObliqueDebuggingStrategies

Are you looking at the correct browser dev tools window?

#ObliqueDebuggingStrategies

Finally, (and this is the key to our secret efficiency sauce) before delivering the message we summarise the key points in a concise dot...

Finally, (and this is the key to our secret efficiency sauce) before delivering the message we summarise the key points in a concise dot point form for the recipient, saving them the effort of digesting all that padded filler.

We believe this will revolutionise the AI revolution.

You summarise what you want to say in dot points, saving you the effort of fleshing out your thoughts into elegant persuasive prose.We then...

You summarise what you want to say in dot points, saving you the effort of fleshing out your thoughts into elegant persuasive prose.

We then run that through our black box algorithm and send the result to the recipient.

I’m working on a revolutionary AI summarisation communication tool. It will work with less than 100th the compute of a traditional LLM,...

I’m working on a revolutionary AI summarisation communication tool. It will work with less than 100th the compute of a traditional LLM, and *no GPU*. It can run locally on any device, even low spec IoT.

It works like this:

Sometimes, selling sugar water sounds like a pretty good gig to be honest.

Sometimes, selling sugar water sounds like a pretty good gig to be honest.

$appends is an ant-pattern#Laravel #Eloquent

$appends is an ant-pattern

#Laravel #Eloquent

#Laravel friends, suppose you have an enum to represent a string column with a discrete set of known possible values (e.g....

#Laravel friends, suppose you have an enum to represent a string column with a discrete set of known possible values (e.g. "status"), what do you call and where do you normally put that file in your app?

I am "print out the code to review it" years old.Edit: My point is that I’m now so old and tired I need to print out the code to...

I am "print out the code to review it" years old.

Edit: My point is that I’m now so old and tired I need to print out the code to review it, not that I was born so long ago that that is how we used it so it.