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Richard Howes

@richardhowes.tech
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Software developer since 1981. Excited about the utility of AI and LLMs. Use to say building with VueJs, InertiaJS, Laravel and Tailwind. Now developing in whatever tech stack makes sense for each project since LLMs can code in anything.

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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 19h
What a great story, but that also looks like a staffie and not a pitbull. Here is our Angel and she is just as friendly.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 10/09/2026
My real world testing, which is daily and extensive, has increasingly shown me that benchmarks are becoming useless if they’re not already. Gemini 3.8 Flash is really good, but it’s not better than Astra or Fable.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 05/09/2026
I think it's clear benchmarks are no longer useful.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 04/09/2026
I'm a lifelong tennis player at a fairly high level and I KNOW I could not take a point off Serena. Those guys are idiots.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 03/09/2026
Can Gemini 3.8 Flash really be this good? 😮🤷‍♂️
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 04/08/2026
Mate, printers have been unfathomable since I started using them in the 80s.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 04/07/2026
First compiter I touched or had even seem was also a ZX81 a friend of mine had. The first I ever owned was the original ZX Spectrum 48k.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 03/06/2026
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 25/05/2026
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 24/05/2026
Our morning Angel.
Our black, white and brindle staffie with her morning greeting. Tongue out as usual.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 19/05/2026
My driveway when I got back from gym this morning.
Sun shining through the trees that line my driveway, creating a serene atmospheric picture.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 29/03/2026
Sorry for your loss mate. I know too well how it feels. Here’s a pic of our girl in solace.
Black, white and brindle staffie.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 23/03/2026
This vehicle is the calssic Emperor's New Clothes metaphor. Ugliest damn vehicle every made, and that's saying something.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 14/03/2026
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 12/03/2026
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 11/03/2026
This is vibe coding done propping you want to know. 😉
Blonde woman vibe coding using two MacBooks at the same time.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 10/03/2026
Snap!
Black, white and brindle staffie.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 12/02/2026
Great post, thank you!! Let me down a rabbit hole investigating my own situation.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 28/10/2025
And 3, the fact that the wealthy, who can afford to pay more with no ill effect, would rather leave than support the poor, is exactly the problem with a late-stage capitalist system.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 13/10/2025
I don’t normally comment on these sorts of posts, but “never worked a day in her life”? Seriously? 😮‍💨 I’m a husband & father & I feel insulted for her. Hers is a INFINITELY more challenging role with a TON more work & NONE of the glamour.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 25/08/2025
Well the last 100 took a LOT longer than the previous seven. 🤷‍♂️
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 20/08/2025
Maybe, but are you getting better at this rate?
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 28/07/2025
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 08/06/2025
One of my favourite movies I keep watching periodically.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 22/03/2025
We’re all sorry. America and the rest of the world would be a better place if you were wrong.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 22/03/2025
Hey @adamkinzinger.bsky.social, why did you delete this post?
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 12/03/2025
Never thought I would ever have anything but a dark IDE theme, but here we are. 🤷‍♂️
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 10/03/2025
As of right now it's about $7 lower.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 10/03/2025
The find out phase is in full swing. 🤷‍♂️
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 10/03/2025
This explains its use for teaching. The Wikipedia article also said this, “It was widely used as a teaching language in university-level programming courses in the 1980s”.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 09/03/2025
Reminds of this meme I love.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 27/02/2025
I have a two year old staffie that sits like that... 🤷‍♂️
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 26/02/2025
Used Anthropic's Claude (latest Sonnet 3.7) to design the DB schema by passing it a spreadsheet we are using to record our ops data. Claude created the DB after asking some questions & made some great suggestions. Then it created the Laravel migrations and told me how to run them. 🔥🔥
A Laravel migration created by Anthropic's Claude AI.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 26/02/2025
Progress! Not sure about the UI/UX (I'm no expert) but this was created using the latest agentic Cursor.com in a almost one shot (there were heriocon import issues that needed another prompt to fix paths). Looks 🔥🔥 to me with Shadcn/Vue and Cursor doing all the work. I love Laravel and Cursor!!
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 25/02/2025
And now I have it deployed on cloud.laravel.com and using WorkOS for authentication. A little tricky and things to understand, but not too difficult in the end.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 25/02/2025
I decided to use WorkOS for authentication which added a learning curve but it does allow for using our company Google Workspace accounts for access. And the default starter kit dashboard looks amazing if you as me. Love it!!
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 13/02/2025
🤦‍♂️ Turns out of course that the post above is #1000.
Picture of "Midvale School for the Gifted" with a student pushing on the door that clearly as a 'PULL' sign.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 08/02/2025
With four dogs in the house it’s best to keep your favorite toy close while you sleep. 😉
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 08/02/2025
Little Angel gets stressed when the cat starts licking nearby and finds a safe place… 🤷‍♂️🤣
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 02/02/2025
I hate click bait like this!! Just one of the reasons I watch my esports on YouTube when I can these days. I already pay for YouTube Premium to get rid of adverts.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 27/01/2025
Our #stevia trial farm is looking fantastic at this time of year. Mid-summer the stevia grows incredibly quickly!!
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 23/01/2025
True to its word.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 22/01/2025
ChatGPT tasks could be very useful. Used to get my news on the hellsite and was wondering how to replace that. This might just be the solution. I’ll keep you posted. 😉 #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 20/01/2025
I'm often reminded of this movie where a more advanced civilisation eventually decides the human race cannot be allowed to destroy any more biodiversity.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 19/01/2025
Well there’s the 600. A lot of bots of course, which is a pity, but still… 🤷‍♂️😉
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 17/01/2025
I’ve never understood why Boomtown by David and David wasn’t bigger. Absolutely cracker album.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 17/01/2025
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 13/01/2025
Much much older. 👴
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 08/01/2025
Saw this post and made another attempt to implement and test Flare. Sigh, so close. I really want to try it.
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Richard Howes @richardhowes.tech · 07/01/2025
I never used the mute feature on the other site, and should have. I've decided today is the day on here.
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