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Kenny @kennytran.com · 03/04/2026

I’ve spent 2026 so far just trying to absorb everything AI to prepare myself for the transition from engineer to whatever may come next. I have no idea what that is and I’m both scared and excited for it

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 13/03/2026

TIL you can use $ to quickly pick a skill in Codex 🤦‍♂️

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 06/03/2026

These hands once wrote semantic, performant and maintainable code. Now they just write 'Looks good!' and 'Let's go!' in a terminal.

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 10/01/2026

Ah sweet, I’ll be giving it a go this weekend

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 10/01/2026

How have you found Claude Code vs Droid?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 05/01/2026

This football club is an actual joke now #mufc

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 03/01/2026

Completed my annual ritual of a fresh install of macOS

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 01/01/2026

I hate how Apple Music forces you to sync your local files with the cloud to be able to use both 🤦‍♂️ or am I missing a trick?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🥳

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 08/11/2025

This has aged nicely 🔴 #mufc

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 04/10/2025

I just have a feeling that todays do or die game for Amorim will be the turning point for him and #mufc

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 01/08/2025

I’m currently working on improving our site speed at Skift and this couldn’t have dropped at a better time 🙇‍♂️

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 01/08/2025

Nothing like spending a couple of hours at the driving range to reset

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 27/06/2025

Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Bluesky can do it. Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments Freelancers/contractors: get in comments Everyone else: boosts appreciated

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 16/06/2025

YouTube Laravel devs keep fat shaming my Controllers

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 02/06/2025

Boss: You f@cked up Me: I was just hallucinating Boss: Ok 👍

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 03/05/2025

I’m hoping to improve things by removing unused plugins 🤞

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 02/05/2025

PhpStorm could be my new favourite editor BUT man, does it hog a lot of memory. 4GB after a full days use…

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 29/04/2025

LingoDeer looks like a winner

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 28/04/2025

PhpStorm is up next on my editor merry-go-round

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 09/04/2025

None that I’m aware of…

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 09/04/2025

Have you tried www.pronotes.app for adding markdown features to Apple Notes

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 06/04/2025

Don’t get me wrong, I’m loving AI as it has boosted my productivity and it’s great at writing small snippets of code and handling tedious tasks. I just find it hard to believe people without coding knowledge can build a fully functional and secure product with it

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 06/04/2025

VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf. Currently using Cursor as my default editor

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 06/04/2025

I’ve pretty much tried them all Nicole. Claude and Gemini seem to hold up best when it comes to code. With guidance, I think AI works. Without guidance, it causes chaos

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 05/04/2025

Man my head has been buried deep in Laravel this year and I need to get back to some CSS fun

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/03/2025

Just here for morale support and say I’m in the same boat!

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 09/03/2025

After spending the last couple of nights trying vibe coding a side project. I really don’t trust anyone who says they’ve built a fully working product with AI, without knowing how to code. The project I’m building isn’t even complex and AI is just fucking it up

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 24/02/2025

Has the new Laravel Starter Kits dropped yet 👀

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/02/2025

Thanks I'll give it a try!

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/02/2025

WordPress folks! What's the best approach to limit a custom block to a specific post type?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 03/02/2025

Took me a while to wrap my head around models, migrations, factories, resources and controllers but I'm getting the hang of this and I'm liking it!

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 21/01/2025

Thanks Jack will check it out

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 21/01/2025

I wish I could use React here 😭

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 21/01/2025

It's been a minute but I need to build HTML emails by hand! Are there any frameworks/libraries that will make this less painful?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 20/01/2025

It's no coincidence that my first Monday of 2025 back at the desk falls on Blue Monday

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

I was afraid I might create hurdles for myself but I chose React as it’s my bread and butter! Will see how I get on and revert if it’s causing too much pain

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

I’m using Inertia and React. Looking at the Filament landing page, I’m assuming they won’t play well?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

I took away my kid's iPad longer than they took away TikTok

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

Ah sweet, everyone is recommending Herd so I’m going to have to give it a try!

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

I have my Laravel project up and running on my machine, are there any other benefits of using Herd instead?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

I have my Laravel project up and running on my machine, are there any other benefits of using Valet or Herd?

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

Just realised you don’t need Apache, just run ‘php artisan serve’ 🤦‍♂️

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

If anyone is interested in getting Apache and PHP setup on your Mac, this is a great walk through getgrav.org/blog/macos-s...

getgrav.org

macOS 15.0 Sequoia Apache Setup: Multiple PHP Versions

Grav is a Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS.

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

Stack I’m going with: - Laravel - Inertia - React - TypeScript (because I hate myself) - Tailwind Got it set up with Laravel Breeze

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Kenny @kennytran.com · 19/01/2025

Starting a side project in a bid to learn and jump on the #Laravel train… Any offers of hand-holding through the process are most welcome!

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