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  Interesting take on why the EU regulates Big Tech the way it does, and why the US doesn’t https://thebulletin.org/premium/2026-09/three-reasons-europe-learned-to-distrust-big-tech-before-america-did/

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  😬 https://bambamramfan.github.io/ai-compass/

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  One reason I’m transitioning to the role of product engineer. Product engineers are accountable for outcomes, however they get there. I don’t want my value to be tied to specific inputs while AI is reshaping those inputs. https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-it-feels-like-to-work-with-mythos?hide_intro_popup=true

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  I took part in the State of PHP survey by @thephpf and PHPStorm – join now too and help us map the herd! 🐘 https://jb.gg/stateofphp26 #StateOfPHP

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  Claude Code tip: To maximise the number of 5-hour windows I get per day, I set up a dummy routine that runs at 5:30 am. It starts my first session before I wake up, so when I begin work I have a fresh session with a couple of hours left, and can fit three sessions into the day.

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  If you're looking for a task for Claude to do semi-autonomously (and that you can monitor from your phone, for instance), try `/doctor`. It does a lot more than it used to, and will probably flag and offer to fix things currently flying under your radar

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  I understand some of the feedback around Opus 5 now. It definitely is more conservative, in an annoying way. Random directives it picks from elsewhere now seem to have as much weight as my own instructions.

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  I finally have some time to dedicate to PixelWatcher (I’m busy with a new contract, which is good!). I’m aiming for a public launch in the next few weeks (meaning there’s still time to join the private beta 👀) https://pixelwatcher.io

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  This is fine 📎 https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/openai-says-ai-models-escaped-control-hacked-hugging-face/

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  Always interesting to see how these companies use AI. I'm still not completely sure how to approach the review/verification side of things, but I totally agree on how it allows companies to scale more slowly https://replit.com/blog/self-driving-company

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  I thought switching back to VSCode from Cursor would also mean fewer updates... I was wrong 🙄

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  I really wanted to like The Man in the High Castle, but I’m halfway through season 2, and I’m bored to death

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  caffeinate -d

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  I'm currently trying to test more LLMs for PixelWatcher. Turns out it's very hard to find reliable providers: Scaleway times out a lot, OpenRouter is even worse. I can't even create an API key on evroc. Looking into Hugging Face now, but their interface is hurting my brain

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  A great summary of the current geopolitical and macroeconomic environment, and how to navigate it from an investment perspective https://www.lynalden.com/june-2026-newsletter/

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  Guess who’s speaking at Laravel Live UK in June 😌 https://laravellive.uk

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  After using Opus 4.7 for a few days, I feel the same as everyone else: the model feels less smart overall (and has a slightly more annoying personality), but it's *much* better at keeping track of multi-step workflows, which seems to confirm it's geared towards agentic work.

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  I've also been using the `/grill-me` skill instead of plan mode. So far I like it – the model asks questions one by one, which feels like more work, but in a good way: it forces you to focus on one aspect at a time, instead of glossing over a verbose plan https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/grill-me/SKILL.md

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  Currently translating a presentation from English to French. It makes you realise how much more concise and efficient the English language is. French is completely messing with my slides' layout 😩

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  There’s currently an uptick in people contacting me on LinkedIn offering to build my website. I’m inclined to feel offended.

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  Somehow missed the @mixin PHPDoc tag until now. On a PHP trait, it tells static analysers (PHPStan, IDEs) to type-check it as if it lived inside a subclass, so they don't flag calls to methods that only exist in the subclass as invalid. https://phpstan.org/writing-php-code/phpdocs-basics#mixins

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  Pretty neat and straight-to-the point explainer of the difference between jobs, actions and services, with good examples. Only thing I would change is make the action invokable https://medium.com/@radenadri/service-layer-vs-action-pattern-vs-jobs-in-laravel-4f748bd2dfb7

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  Anyone following the AI space has come across the term "evals", usually in the context of training models. But what do evals look like on the application side? This article covers why I ended up needing them for PixelWatcher, and how I implemented them: https://yellowraincoat.co.uk/blog/what-are-evals-anyway

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  I'm finally using a task tracker for PixelWatcher (I was using a notebook until now 😅). I settled on GitHub Issues, since I'm already using GitHub anyway, and I don't feel the need for something like Linear at the moment. Claude can talk to GitHub via `gh`, which is good enough.

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  Fine-tuning my slides ahead of Laravel Live UK later this month 👀 🎟️ Grab your tickets: https://app.tickettailor.com/events/laravellive/2003132

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  📢 Bristol! I'm speaking at PHPSW this Wednesday (11 March). I’ll be giving an extended version of my talk Escaping the Code Maze, introducing the Closed-by-Default Principle. Are you based in Bristol or in the area? Come say hi! https://www.meetup.com/php-sw/events/313587610/

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  Ticket upgraded from attendee to speaker! I’ll be speaking about the Closed-by-Default Principle at the PHP UK conference next week https://www.phpconference.co.uk/

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  I'm halfway through @mattstauffer's first PragmaticAI podcast episode with Aaron Francis. Good stuff so far (appreciate the balanced views), but what immediately caught my attention is the positioning of Tighten as a company taking AI ideas and prototypes to production. Smart move! Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/0d04649f

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  Man, I really welcome FrankenPHP, if only so I never have to look at a PHP-FPM config again 🙏

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  As I'm working on PixelWatcher, my Claude setup is slowly taking shape. Relevant skills are listed later in the thread if you're in a rush, but for context: I've just completed a full implementation plan, based on existing documents (PRD, technical spec, stack, HTML wireframes...). All relevant documents were automatically updated as I made decisions and refined the plan.