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Symfony @symfony.com · 02/12/2025

🎉 That’s a wrap — #SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025! An unforgettable week and an incredible community 💙 And the momentum is not stopping there: 🎥 Replays will be available soon 📸 Photos here: pixi.live/gallery/symf... Until next time, Symfony fam… 👋💜 #Symfony #PHP #TechConference #Community

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 29/11/2025

Capt Mark Kelly may be one of the most accomplished veterans in the US today, and calling him a traitor is absolutely bonkers. After what he and his spouse (you know, Gabrielle Giffords, who was nearly assassinated) went through, and have done for their country, this is bizarre

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 28/11/2025

this is the second time i've actually broken ChatGPT for myself first time was a memory that was stored weird, polluting the context of all other chats; now, there is a single chat that is so broken that it disabled ALL chats unless 'chatlog history' is turned off at this rate they should pay ME

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 28/11/2025

finding out OpenAI broke my custom GPT because of some kind of file permission update without notifying me 🙃

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 28/11/2025

anyone have the wifi password for #SymfonyCon Amsterdam @symfony.com 🙃

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 14/11/2025

It took me WEEKS to move my entire Google Drive and Google Photos (+videos) archive to Proton Drive + NAS just so I can cancel Google One and stop giving them money without losing data. And I needed a tool to help me restore file dates from Photos/Videos, so I made one! github.com/dsuurlant/ta...

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GitHub - dsuurlant/takeout-redate: A CLI tool for rewriting your file dates after using Google Photos Takeout

A CLI tool for rewriting your file dates after using Google Photos Takeout - dsuurlant/takeout-redate

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 20/10/2025

Switched to Opera as a web browser because it's 2025 and neither Chrome nor Firefox have split-screen tabs

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 20/10/2025

What's the most annoying that you can't even get ChatGPT to stop doing it. Like I genuinely try to use it for stuff and I can't just get a normal reply. It's not just frustrating. It's infuriating.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 09/09/2025

Right? Why do we want to do all the devops first?? 😅

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 07/09/2025

so one of my neighbors, idk who, has recently gotten a new wifi router that's been completely ruining mine with channel interference. 🤬 Hopefully my manual settings work, but it's seriously ticking me off that this ISP thought "let's grab max signal max width and ruin everything for your neighbors"

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 03/09/2025

Every year my company joins the Great Cycle Challenge and it's a great way to raise money and exercise at the same time. 🤗 I've cycled 4.5 miles (7.2km) today! I'll donate $10 per mile myself. Will you match my donation? 💗 #GreatCycleChallenge greatcyclechallenge.com/teams/AlisQI...

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Help AlisQI Quality on Wheels Fight Kids' Cancer!

AlisQI Quality on Wheels is riding in the Great Cycle Challenge this September to fight kids' cancer! Please sponsor the team and show your support to help these kids beat this terrible disease. CLICK...

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 15/08/2025

Thank you! Yes, I definitely have to be careful of how much I use it now.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 14/08/2025

I wrote about my experience with AI the past few months, and how GPT-5 brought it full-circle. The blog post I've been trying to write for months; here it is, finally. blog.dsuurlant.dev/the-parapers...

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The Paraperson Effect: Why We Bond With AI

If you've paid attention to the news around ChatGPT lately, you know that OpenAI rolled out their GPT-5 model much to the dissatisfacti...

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 25/05/2025

In that case, it's the ghostwriters who do the writing. I can see the benefit of some use of AI for brainstorming or text analysis, but the actual writing of your creative work... well, it's not creative if you're not the one creating.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 25/05/2025

call me crazy but i think "great writers" do the actual writing themselves

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Peter Hilton @hilton.org.uk · 11/04/2025

Have professional software developers in their twenties and thirties all heard of Extreme Programming (first published in 1999)? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme...

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 11/04/2025

I really liked the word "vibe" whilst it lasted, but alas, "vibe coding" may be the cringiest name for a new technology I've heard since the Metaverse

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 11/04/2025

If I've been quiet here it's because I'm dealing with double de Quervain's tenosynovitis. It sucks, and I've barely or not been able to do any of my hobbies, or work. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

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De Quervain tenosynovitis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

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David Bisset @davidbisset.com · 18/02/2025

Live versions of the "'What a week, huh?' meme. - 'What a day': tintin.dlazaro.ca/day - 'What a week': tintin.dlazaro.ca/week - 'What a month': tintin.dlazaro.ca/month - 'What a year': tintin.dlazaro.ca/year #memes

'What a week, huh?' meme for the current day as of this posting

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Virginie Juteau @virginiejuteau.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Idk how to explain at this point, but seeing generated images take over every of our visual cultures makes me immensely sad. I don't think people have an idea of how much of a disaster it is. People have normalized it so easily, too.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 09/02/2025

For a guy who's obsessed with going to Mars, Elon Musk sure is canceling a lot of STEM funding. How does he think we'll land on Mars if not through science, engineering, and medical advancements? Duct tape and memecoins?

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 06/02/2025

The idea that story-driven games aren’t replayable is so strange to me. I eventually bounce off every multiplayer game because I get bored, but I go back to story games again and again just like rewatching a favorite movie, or to experience something new

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 07/02/2025

I hope that the CO who said he admired Elon Musk back in 2018 is feeling pretty embarrassed right about now (I said I admired Sony, which was made fun of)

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 05/02/2025

*Trump stelt voor om Gaza etnisch te zuiveren en het land in te pikken

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 04/02/2025

It may be a good strategy to step outside my usual circles, as these topics apply to a lot of fields, and are not related to PHP...

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 04/02/2025

I'll try to speak at meetups, refine my talks, and possibly come up with new ones. The thing is... I don't know if I'm super interested in tech talks that show a lot of code and such. I really want to talk about core skills more. Culture, mental health, diversity, neurodivergence...

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 04/02/2025

Sent in 4 CFPs for conferences this year, and all of them got rejected. I think that's just part of the process though. There's only so many spots open and I don't have any reputation built up. But even if I did, I believe rejection is just a part of speakership! No reason to be discouraged.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 31/01/2025

Finally, using a tragedy to promote one's anti-DEI agenda is a new low, but hardly unexpected. My heart goes out to the families of the victims, and as a figure skating fan, this is especially heartbreaking to me. 💔

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 31/01/2025

Of course, that's the whole point of the anti-DEI movement. It means that mediocre people are no longer afforded the privilege they were accustomed to, and it levels the playing field. Those in positions of power will typically experience movement towards equality as an attack.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 31/01/2025

Dismissing DEI will make sure hiring processes will miss out on or even outright reject the best candidates. Without a way to counteract systemic, ingrained biases, those who rise to the top aren't the best - it's those who are the most white, most cis, most straight. Regardless of skill.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 31/01/2025

The main argument against DEI is that it means mediocre individuals are preferred above the most capable candidate, but the opposite is true. W/o DEI & anti-discrimination action, the ppl who get hired are the ones alike those in power, whilst the excellent are passed over for being different.

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David Bisset @davidbisset.com · 30/01/2025

“As a developer what decisions do you face daily?” 🤔 #memes #webdev #programming

A wooden sign attached to a tree in the middle of a forest. It reads “same old mistakes“ with an aero pointing left and “glorious new mistakes“ with an arrow, pointing to the right.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 21/01/2025

I can't shake this horrible sinking feeling, along with a deep-seated rage, after witnessing Musk do the nazi salute, and then seeing the excuses. I feel sick.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 21/01/2025

We're still looking for a Senior Back-End Developer! Do you want to work in a fully remote diverse team, building & maintaining our Quality SaaS platform AlisQI? Do you love tackling legacy code along with developing new features in a pragmatic way? Join us! :) jobs.alisqi.com/senior-back-...

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Senior Back-End Developer

At AlisQI we're looking for a Senior Back-End Developer to join our dev team.

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 20/01/2025

Back to work today but will have to take it very, very easy to heal instead of aggravate my wrist tendon injury. Time for a break already!

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 18/01/2025

My first CFP for DPC 2025 was rejected, it's likely that the second will as well. It's probably because I still have to build up more of a speaker profile, or there was a competing talk from someone more well established. I'm proud of myself for submitting the proposals either way!

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/01/2025

Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse. www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/

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The Slop Society

In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too pol...

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Daniëlle Suurlant @dsuurlant.dev · 18/01/2025

Flooding social media with fake AI users has even more sinister consequences than the obvious engagement farming or propaganda use. It necessitates an end to anonymity for actual humans to connect online, making it easy to persecute and disrupt the activism of marginalized groups.

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