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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · 27d

I've been using Claude, GPT and Gemini for tasks like content, image and coding, but I don't get the results that others are crazy about. They're dumb in most cases. You can't say it's only a context issue. It's useful for grammar checks and summarising large data. What am I missing, premium models?

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · 27d

I got my first subscriber for a project launched with a single subscription form on 3 July. It's a really slow start, but exciting! Now I'll refine the landing page to clarify the project's purpose and share it with you once complete.

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · 28d

Yesterday, when I was driving home after dark, there was a car whose driver (instead of flashing their high beams at me) thanked me for giving them priority by quickly turning their lights off and on again.

I was surprised that I had never thought about this before.

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · 28d

I woke up at 7:30 today, made a coffee and sat down at the computer for some nice early coding. But my son sad no, feed me and wait for further instructions.

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Sep 11

It was another great evening with another fantastic talk!

Join us at the next PHP South West on 8th October 2025 when Graham Campbell will be talking about database optimisation.

Follow for more updates: meetup.com/php-sw

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Sep 10

Come and learn about @filamentphp.com at PHP South West this evening in Bristol, directly from its co-creator @danharrin.com. I'll be there!

Introduction to Filament, Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 6:45 PM | Meetup

We have another amazing speaker at PHP-SW in September - Dan Harrin the co-creator of Filament. Filament is An open source UI framework, built with Livewire to help you shi

www.meetup.com

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Sep 9

Welcome to modern society built on AI!

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Sep 9

I've started writing weekly blog posts to collect the things that infused me or I was working on, but mainly for accountability and a pinch of self-marketing. It will be delayed, so it contains the things I did the previous week.

The first post is arriving this Sunday.

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Sep 6

Could move them into annual playlists based on the liked date, then unlink them to start January fresh. Although I believe the algorithm is highly dependent on your likes.

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 27

I've always been puzzled how fixed energy prices are not classified as a scam.

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 21

This is the same as forgetting: remote work doesn’t mean exclusively working from home. Until you stay productive, you can work from your favourite coffee shop, pub, or seashore.

Just like you're not forced to work only for UK companies, there's a whole world out there looking for remote workforce.

Freelancers forced to look overseas for work as UK job market freezes - Freelance Informer

As UK companies tighten their belts and freeze hiring, a growing number of freelancers and contractors could soon be packing their laptops and heading for high-growth markets such as Asia. We look at ...

www.freelanceinformer.com

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 20

I'm coding with Cursor for a week now and I must tell you how amazingly WON'T replace any developers in the next few years.

Does it make me more efficient? Hell ya! Does it write better code than me? Of course not.

But you should all use AI for coding, it's the best feature since code completion.

a man and a woman are talking and the man says " fundamentally it 's code based art "

ALT: a man and a woman are talking and the man says " fundamentally it 's code based art "

media.tenor.com

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 17

Amazing job, congratulations to everyone who was involved. I hope we see you next year! 👏🐘

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 17

Welcome everyone from PHPverse 2025! Such a fun day with some great talks. Are you all pumped to make PHP great again?

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 11

Farewell Brian Wilson.

The Beach Boys - 'Til I Die (Visualizer)

YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 11

Working from home almost exclusively for five years, I could get used to this working environment at lunch breaks, that's for sure.

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 10

It took six hours to find the root cause, then another six to deploy it. This is why you will always need human developers 😏 Aside from the joke, I can't wait to read the post-mortem.

Elevated error rates - OpenAI Status

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

status.openai.com

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Jun 6

That really takes some nerve!

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · May 25

Can I guess: is it scheduled after six days, isn't it?!

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · May 23

It could only be more accurate if two guys on a moped were running away with your phone 😀

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · May 22

There is no safe and valid business reason for AI video generation with sound other than for misinformation. Similar to when they cloned Dolly the Sheep and the world decided that human cloning wasn't cool. Folks need to decide this isn't cool.

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · May 22

I clearly don't understand how the gov try to sell this as a win. People don't want to come to the UK or rather, leave the country permanently, and that should be worrying. Meanwhile "asylum and other reasons for entry broadly stable".

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Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · May 21

It's hard not to share your journey when you have doubts, but also stay motivated every day. Learn to trust yourself first, then you can seek feedback.

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · May 19

I'm finally working on a side project which requires to build a bunch of forms. I was genuinely eyeing with Livewire Flux Pro for a while, but building my own components from scratch in Blade is unexpectedly fun.

Tamas Erdelyi @terdelyi.co.uk · Apr 24

Absolutely default from the day the feature exists.

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