iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 01/03/2025

I've been reminiscing about a childhood toy my parents vetoed because of its astronomical price tag. The beautiful thing about adulthood? No one can tell me no anymore 🤣 My 1988 vintage (re-release) Tamiya Avante is arriving next week! #ChildhoodDreams #AdultingPerks

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 04/02/2025

We've got a new family member! Meet Luna—she’s absolutely AMAZING! 🐾 A pro at napping, cable-chewing, and midnight head-stomping. Follow her adventures on Instagram: www.instagram.com/luna_purrspe... 🐱✨

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 18/01/2025

That's a bit of a sketchy generalisation IMO. TikTok is not operating in China, because they have a sister app called Douyin, which does operate there. I don't think TikTok has been banned per se.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 18/01/2025

Haha, nice to see someone else does this. I also move wp-config.php outside the public directory. And if you really want to get nasty, configure it to use a network drive, so that slow downs from that show up more prominently. This is hard to tolerate all the time though!

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 13/01/2025

"real website" ... I think Ghost users would disagree with that terminology lol

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 10/01/2025

The answer was "endearing" :) I received a response back today. The new owner is very friendly and is happy for me to come visit!

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 06/01/2025

You have some really useful looking features in there. I think it would be great if some package like that became a generic commonly used tool in the WordPress community. It would make some basic development stuff a lot easier to implement.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 06/01/2025

That looks quite useful. The queue system in particular is something I've been wondering about for a while, as I don't have a standard way to do that. Are you still developing/using that package?

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 05/01/2025

That was where I learned about it from.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 05/01/2025

🚀 I've launched StaleCache - a #Laravel inspired library for #WordPress that implements stale-while-revalidate caching. It serves stale content while silently updating, prevents cache stampedes, and reduces load on expensive operations. Available as a #Composer package. github.com/ryanhellyer/...

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GitHub - ryanhellyer/stale-cache: Stale Cache for WordPress

Stale Cache for WordPress. Contribute to ryanhellyer/stale-cache development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 05/01/2025

It's nice to see you here on Bluesky BTW :)

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 05/01/2025

I find myself usually doing a terrible custom job of it each time, because I don't have time to implement it properly. So hopefully this little class will make me do things more "correctly" in future. Hopefully today I'll have turned it into a composer package, time permitting.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 05/01/2025

I built a stale cache handler for #WordPress (borrowed some ideas from #Laravel's new Cache::flexible implementation 😉). It's rough around the edges but working nicely! Take a look: github.com/ryanhellyer/stale-cache

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 04/01/2025

Specifically, this is for stale cache handling of WordPress internal caching functions, transients etc. I'm not referring to page caching, or basic transient caching here.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 03/01/2025

Does anyone know of a class/library/package that handles stale caches well in #WordPress? I tried building my own tonight but I made a mess of it 😅 I'd love to use something that's already been through the wringer, rather than my half baked spare of the moment attempt 😀

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 02/01/2025

When I saw this originally, I thought it was code comments on an internal WordPress file.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 02/01/2025

Interesting explanation here on why to watch out for strange interactions between commenting, cookies, SEO and caching systems. It's specific to WordPress, but I could imagine other platforms suffering similar problems too.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 01/01/2025

Tracking my 2024 fitness journey 📊 Red = rest day 🛋️ Yellow = light activity 🚶‍♂️ Green = full workout 💪 Had a breakthrough in July and was super happy with the second half of the year (despite two winter colds!). Aiming to keep this up in 2025! #FitnessGoals ryan.hellyer.kiwi/2025/fitness...

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Fitness 2024 - Ryan Hellyer

I’ve been tracking my fitness activities this year with a super simple system – red days for total couch potato mode, yellow for when I squeeze in some movement, and green for those proper sweat sessi...

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 21/12/2024

Fascinating AI challenge: @maiachess created a ML bot that plays chess like a real human! Test your detection skills on Lichess (lichess.org/@/maia1) or try their "bot or not" beta at maiachess.com. I'm currently listed on the leaderboard, but it's tricky! 🤖♟️ #Chess #AI

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 19/12/2024

Any plans for non-WordPress PHP hosting? Or perhaps you already offer it? I didn't see it in my cursory glance around the site.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 19/12/2024

Finally! Now all us with functioning taste buds can log back in.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 18/12/2024

I've found asking them to think of a story, any story, as crazy as they want and in any language they want. Then I punch it into an LLM and show them the response. If they haven't seen it before, that usually blows their mind immediately. Doing the same thing for images can be good for a laugh too.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

I just copy/paste. I figure any tool that might crop up, is going to be out of date a few weeks later with the rate of progress these days anyway.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

I knew many people in the UK cared about this shit, but a day of seems a bit excessive lol.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

I was two years old, so I don't think a day off for that would have interested me then.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

You got a day off because they got married!?!?

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

I also find they're far better at doing initial code reviews than humans are. The humans are still required, but the AI can help reduce the to and fro between author and code reviewer.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

For programming, I find they're far better at writing concise documentation than I am.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

AI bots are awesome at writing meeting notes IMHO. I think everyone should be using it to proof read important messages before sending them, but I suspect many haven't picked up that habit yet.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 17/12/2024

Diana and Charles getting married. I had just turned two years old. I think I remembered it because it looked so utterly boring, but the adults kept ranting about it being important and that I should be happy to see it. They were wrong. I never watched boring pointless royal shit ever again lol.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 16/12/2024

Would you find it strange or endearing if you received a postcard with a photo taken from your house's balcony in 1987? I took it when I was 8 and lived there. Thinking of sending this to the current owners before visiting NZ next year. Creepy or sweet? 🤔

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I think it's very unclear what the AI future of coding holds. I agree that many are making claims that I suspect are likely to be proven false. But I also think there's a chance they may be correct. I do find it bizarre that there are still developers who don't use it every day ... yet.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

Ah that makes sense. I hadn't thought of that bypassing the need for an on-server cache.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

They have a fairly comprehensive addons section on their website ... statamic.com/addons That seems to cover most of the stuff I can imagine wanting to use myself. Anything else, I can just implement as required.

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Statamic Addons

Make Statamic even more awesome with addons written by the Core Statamic Team, the Rad Pack, and third-party developers.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I think @statamic.bsky.social seems promising, though not open source. Learning #Laravel to use it well is a plus given Laravel's bright future. Just my initial take as a non-expert who briefly checked out some platforms. 👀 statamic.com

statamic.com

Statamic — the answer to your frustrating CMS problems.

Statamic supports your entire team with an award-winning user experience, a kind-hearted community, and all the power of Laravel at your fingertips.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

The raw Ghost setup is presumably totally fine for testing with, but for production use I would never do that. Same for WordPress.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

You should implement caching with it too, then there's a huge reason to do it. I wouldn't run something like that without Nginx or something else sitting in front of it.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

When I look around at some of the newer competing platforms, I see they've solved a lot of problems that in the past I would have given as a reason to stay with WordPress.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I suspect if we know something else as well as we know WordPress, then we'd find ways around these sorts of limitations.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I'm nowhere near 1/3 of the followers here, but I still notice this. I probably do get more engagement on Twitter in total, but it's mostly from the same people each time, whereas here on Bluesky it's spread around a more even base of people.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

What aspects of WordPress do you feel there's no suitable alternative for?

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I stumbled across Contabo just now. They have a 1.2 TB VPS option that only costs €14. That seems like an amazing deal. It's even more space than I have use for lol. contabo.com/en/vps/

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

That seems quite useful. I hope it sticks.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I'm on the hunt for the best disk space to price ratio for a VPS. 💻💰 Netcup are offering a whopping 512 GB for just €14.99/month. 😮 Do any of you know an even better deal out there? #VPSHosting www.netcup.com/de/server/vps

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

bhahaha, I clicked off that page since it was for sponsors. Serves me right for not reading I guess. Thanks :)

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

Impressive to see ebooks available so quickly.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

I always saw Twitter as this force to be reckoned with in the future. But that was all based on it being an extremely simple to use API with built in community, not just a very basic web app.

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Ryan Hellyer @ryan.hellyer.kiwi · 12/12/2024

How many people do you typically get for these events? I'm just asking, as if it's big enough, then I'd consider coming over for it. I haven't been to London in quite a while, so it would be nice to come visit again.

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