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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

"Conventional" commits is such a bamboozle given that there really isn't a single fixed convention, thus failing to solve the problem it's named for trying to solve.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Sure, AI can be great for writing tests, but I still think there is a huge value in writing at least the first few ones yourself. When you sit there and write code to replicate code paths, you will probably find great refactoring opportunities and bugs the AI would have missed.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Instead of using arrays and having too many concerns in a single class, HydePHP v2 will have code refactored to use internal typed value objects. These won't change the public API, but it makes it so much easier for me to write and test new code, and maintain existing features.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

With the #Laravel Artisan console testing helpers, is there a way to get all the output from the command? I know I can do `withoutMockingConsoleOutput()` but then I can't use fluent testing helpers which I need to interact with input when there are questions.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Stuff like this is so extra, but I think it's really fun to work with. And #PHP and #Laravel makes it so easy!

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Tip: When using ternary expressions, at least temporarily split them to multiple lines so you can see if your test is covering all code paths! If they're all in a single line, that line is green even if only one path is tested. #php #phpc

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Just learned that it's possible to create custom Git commands!

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The next minor update of #HydePHP will automatically transliterate logographic writing systems to ASCII compatible representations when generating slugs in order to improve internationalization. What more can we do to improve support for developers making sites with HydePHP in other languages?

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Okay so it looks like I wasn’t kidding when I said my passion is open source

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Pro tip: If you make #PHP packages that need to work on multiple operating systems, make sure you don't use `GLOB_BRACE` since some Linux distros don't support it. Use Symfony Finder or even RecursiveDirectoryIterator from the start to save you some headache.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Excited to announce that I’m starting as a Backend Developer at #Grebban today! 🚀 I’ll be working with #PHP and #Laravel, two things I’m really passionate about. Can’t wait to join the team and get started! 🙌

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

People underestimate the value in things that "just work". It's a low bar, but it's exceedingly hard to meet. But it pays off. Take Apple as an example, people (and especially companies) are willing to pay a high premium for an ecosystem of products that Just Work, and that work well together.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Okay I'm loving this UI so far. I'm actually thinking about making this the default. Personally, I don't think I've ever wanted to publish all #Laravel views for a package. Am I weird? What are people's thoughts on this? There will be a button and a flag to select all views of course.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

HydePHP v2 will make use of Laravel Prompts! Look at this gorgeous thing! #Laravel #PHP

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Well this Google card is really nice! Is it autogenerated, or did someone write this?

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Would you trust a web host that stores your admin panel password using encryption instead of a proper one-way hash?

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Gemini 1.5 Pro with 2M context window is really really good for analyzing changes across massive diffs. Wanted to double check my release notes were up to date for a parent PR with around 10 sub-PRs, and totalling 20 000 line changes over almost 500 commits. Looks to be really accurate!

Gemini Playground output detailing enhancements and breaking changes to HydePHP v2, including Vite integration for frontend asset compilation, improvements to HydeFront, and custom heading and blockquote rendering.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Which style do people prefer? $extraAttributes is an array that may or may not be empty, and may or may not contain a class key. In my opinion the first one is more readable, but it's annoying me that there is so much repetition. The second doesn't look as readable to me though

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What do people think about adding a fluent cache helper method to #Laravel Eloquent? #php #phpc

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is a map of the Internet. And it is beautiful. Source and details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...

A map of the internet's physical structure, illustrating the global network of cables, routers, and data centers that enable communication and data transfer. The image displays the complex web of connections between various nodes, highlighting the scale and complexity of the internet's infrastructure.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

If anyone has a relatively simple #WordPress website (preferably a blog with lots of content), I would love to do a free migration to #HydePHP. Let me know! Only requirements are: - It needs to work as a static site, so no dynamic content - I'm allowed to do a blog post and/or video cast

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

After a few weeks break it's back to writing! In case you didn't know, in addition to software engineering, I'm also working on a psychological science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Thanks to Claude and Cursor I could finally figure out the @cloudflare.social GraphQL API, and could download all my analytics data for the past year. So now the HydePHP analytics site is nicely updated with long-time traffic!

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

#Gemini seems to be the best online chatbot for making image alt texts. This is just the free Gemini version and I love that it gives several options.

A screenshot of a Gemini response highlighting Gemini's ability to generate multiple alternative text options for images. Prompt was simply "Generate an alt text for this image" using the free Gemini Flash version.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Noticed on Fathom that HydePHP is getting some traffic from AI services, so decided to test what various services suggest when asking for #PHP static site generators. Found this quite interesting, and amazing, that many models list Hyde as the number one result!

A table comparing three popular PHP-based static site generators: HydePHP, Jigsaw, and Sculpin. Each generator is described in terms of its features, such as template engine and content format support.
A list of static site generators built with PHP, including HydePHP, Jigsaw, and Sculpin. Each generator is briefly described with its key features.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Okay gotta dogfood a bit more, but I just think it's so cool that HydePHP can parse #PHP directives in Blade and use them as front matter. In this example, the page is indeed hidden from navigation menus!

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

It feels weird to me that the GitHub Actions for caching NPM and Composer packages are so slow. Several minutes to save a cache? That defeats the whole purpose.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Need more cool #PHP and #Laravel folks to follow here!

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

I think Bluesky would get much higher mainstream usage if it had the domain Bluesky dot com.

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Emma De Silva @emmadesilva.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Okay, so I guess it's time to start posting here!

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