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Big tall anti-entropy machine

Maker + coder, spending most of my dev time in #Laravel these days

he/him // Wisconsin, USA

wwwhttps://benholmen.com

I need a thousand of these switches (no reason), can you help me find the cheapest version of an illuminated push switch, latching?

Like this but... much cheaper
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1442

16mm Illuminated Pushbutton - Red Latching On/Off Switch

A switch is a switch, and an LED is an LED, but this LED illuminated button is a lovely combination of both! It's a medium sized button, large enough to press easily but not too big that ...

If you use Homebrew on MacOS, you're affected—do 'brew update' and 'brew upgrade’.
https://infosec.exchange/@wdormann/112179988525798247
Will Dormann (@[email protected])

Just a backdoor in XZ. Nothing important. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

Infosec Exchange

I did something new: made a video for @laravelnews!

Why are timezone definitions so weird, and how can you avoid timezone pain with Carbon?

Feat. a core C lib by @derickr himself!

https://youtu.be/jwLzkSyxInM

Timezone Management In Laravel: Your Complete Guide

YouTube
The Lee A. Tregurtha arrives in Duluth for winter layup, 15 January, 2024. Photo by Nicholas Narog.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior

This is a great Wikipedia list article: Islands in lakes on islands in lakes on islands in lakes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_islands_and_lakes

Recursive islands and lakes - Wikipedia

Sometimes it helps to remember that you're basically a very old baby. Are you cranky? Have a snack. Are you sad? Take a nap. Do you feel frustrated for no reason, like the whole world is against you, but you don't know why? Maybe you need to go play outside!
🖨️ I just published ~3500 words on my journey to understanding and appreciating web components. It has lots of example code more or less straight from production, interactive CodePen embeds, Shadow DOM shade, an `<aside>` that’s actually an aside, the works. Share and enjoy! https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2023/11/01/blinded-by-the-light-dom/
Blinded By the Light DOM

I only recently had a breakthrough about using web components, and now I quite like them. But not the shadow kind.

If you finally found the solution to your coding problem in a deep comment or something after having dozens of tabs open, you should write about it in your own blog.

Really. Describe the problem in your own words and the solution for it, even if the solution seems really obvious now. Doesn’t matter. Give credit and whatever, but use your own words because you will be surprised at how many people will land on it.

Write the blog post you wish you had found.

Ready for action! Take your PHPUnit tests back to the 90s

https://github.com/benholmen/defrag

GitHub - benholmen/defrag: Disk defrag output for PHPUnit tests

Disk defrag output for PHPUnit tests. Contribute to benholmen/defrag development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

Engineering: "I don't have the requirements"

Engineers say this as if product isn't doing its job. The real problem is that engineering and product aren't working closely enough together. Engineering shouldn't brainlessly implement requirements from product. The best engineering teams are involved and understand their customers, and actively negotiate what is being built.