Ben
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Ben
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July 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Finally bit the bullet and deleted my twitter account
March 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
As an outsider.. can any US citizens say what the possibility might be of eventual secession(?) of “sensible” states. Surely the USA we all knew is in there somewhere
March 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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He called Zelensky disrespectful....
February 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
That was one if the single worst displays from any world leader. Vance was truly awful 🤯
February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Let someone else handle malware and malicious content scanning for your SaaS so you can get on with building the rest of your product
On Monday morning I am going to turn off the maintenance mode on packetly.com

The flood gates will open but no water will come 😅

If you want to pre roast me let me know and I will share the maintenance key so you can see the marketing site
packetly.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Something new for me since joining Bluesky is the #EdTech hashtag after following a starter pack I followed when looking for tech content.

What solutions are out there that have a lot of users, but is still really poor software?
November 24, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Public appreciation post for @marclittlemore.com helping out a stranger 🙌🏻. It was great to meet yesterday
Just DM and we’ll make it happen. 👍
November 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Are there any relatively complete #opensource projects written in #golang as examples for newbies to learn from? (Beyond the basics). I’ll reply back here if I find any myself. Also feel free to share great learning resources
November 19, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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They are offsetting the cost of lower taxes for billionaires by slashing programs for the most needy.

So much for Christian charity toward the poor.
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
On another note, who has recent experience of moving from #php to #golang .. how did you get that first role?
November 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Are there any UK based developers who have remote positions with US companies? Would love to hear how you got there #laravel #remote #php
November 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Here's a technique I've used for making assertions on a mock that give confidence, but without ending up with brittle tests masteringlaravel.io/daily/2024-1...
More flexible assertions for mock calls | Mastering Laravel
But still providing test confidence
masteringlaravel.io
November 15, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Inspired by @joe.codes I’ve managed to update my handle 🙌🏻
November 13, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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If you haven’t looked at @mijustin.bsky.social’s Laravel starter pack in a while, give it another take. Lots of great new people on there: go.bsky.app/3NzQbV3
November 9, 2024 at 11:41 PM