I’ve been using github copilot on and off in 2023 (more on than off the last few months), but just recently learned about https://codeium.com. Couple of points in their favor: 1. They exclude non-permissive licensed code from their training models (no gpl, etc)2. There’s a “chat” interface to ask for explanations of code. I’m not…
Maari Casey over at uncompany had a recent LinkedIn post about planning for freelancers. She made some good points, but I think skipped one, and it’s not just relevant for freelancers. Even well before an organization might need extra work – be it freelance or employee – companies need to have a plan for onboarding….
Just worked through a small problem with a friend who had sporadic issues with the wordpress “redis object cache” plugin. “socket read errors” were not uncommon, and sometimes “script already running” messages from redis itself. I didn’t quickly get a handle on what the plugin is trying to cache, or how, but my sense is…
Talking with a friend today, I was reminded of an idea I shelved (temporarily) several years ago. The tech recruiting world is going through a bit of a shakeup; tens of thousands of layoffs just a year or two after years of a hiring binge in the industry. Large tech companies have traditionally had the…
Have been needing to programmatically fill out an I9 PDF, retrieved from gov site. Should be fairly straightforward, right? Well… the field names are… a mess. Field names like topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].U\.S\._Social_Security_Number__Last_4_numbers_[0]topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].expiration_date__if_applicable__mm_dd_yyyy[0] topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].Employers_Business_or_Organization_Address_Street_Number_and_Name[0] and so on make it pretty… not straightforward to create a usable key/value combination to search and replace. But… today, I noticed it got…
Background Years ago, I was brought in as a consultant to a company that had recently developed and deployed a ‘version 2′ of their core internal software, then had the entire development team leave (well, one person remained behind). Smallish business of maybe 50 or so folks, but no development team to support and grow…
I get an email newsletter from Martin Joo every week or so. The newsletters generally have some useful tips around the Laravel framework or sometimes just general development tips. I’ve learned a couple of neat tricks here and there, and will continue to receive. This morning I received an email with a Laravel ‘tip’ regarding…
I’m starting to read “Four Thousand Weeks” from Oliver Burkeman. I initially listened to much of the audio book, then bought a copy (link above to Amazon – no affiliate link). Have not finished yet, but the core message of the book seems to be There’s certainly more to it than this, and again, I’m…
This has been a thorny issue for a while, and *may* have been resolved in Laravel 9 (have not upgraded projects to 9 yet). Testing both that an email was triggered in a Laravel test, as well as verifying the content of the mail body – that has often seemed to be a tricky step….
I’ve accumulated a number of tech stories from various projects over the years. I thought I’d write some down and share. This first one… I’ve told the highlight portion during interviews years ago, and it probably comes across as either total BS, or me seemingly not knowing what I’m talking about, or what not, but…