Mastodawn

I’m coming up on an anniversary I hoped I wouldn’t hit, but almost one year looking for a job! 🎉🥳

I’m a skilled Front End & Wordpress developer experienced in React and OOP PHP, amongst other things. I have four years of professional experience, but haven’t had any luck landing a new position after moving to Canada.

I am actively looking for work in Canada and the US - remote preferred but willing to move (almost) anywhere at this point!

#FediHire #WordPress #WebDev #React #PHP #Canada

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bsik 1d ago

aaaand it was Laravel Valet. Deployed my plugin to my Digital Ocean server and now works fine. Just gonna work on it server side with VIM.

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bsik 4d ago

@lukerufkahr remove_filter('rest_pre_serve_request', 'rest_send_cors_headers'); followed by adding back the filter with my own headers.

bsik 4d ago

Ok this is driving me mad - I am working locally with a https #NextJS frontend trying to POST to a https #WordPress REST API endpoint. I am trying to configure CORS but SOMETHING in WordPress is adding a "access-control-allow-origin: *" header and I CANNOT get rid of it. Anybody got an idea? I have NO plugins running other than my custom one.

bsik Jun 12

Dev journal:

Fixed a 'bug' where dynamic #Tailwind CSS classes were not rendering in #NextJS. Solution was to add the class names to a 'safelist' property in the tailwind config.

Unused styles are removed by static analysis therefore dynamically generated classes are unknown at this point and not included. The safelist includes these classes regardless.

bsik May 31

I want to be a #nvim nerd so badly but wasting another hour figuring out some cryptic error in an ephemeral dialog box instead of coding has me thinking it's time to accept that it's over :(

bsik May 11

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Brian Merchant May 9

So, if you have a story about how AI has impacted your working life, please send it to AIKilledMyJob@pm.me. It’s an encrypted ProtonMail account. I will keep all details private and, if desired, your identity anonymous. Your message can be as long or as short as you’d like.

Since publishing the call to my newsletter, I've gotten dozens of testimonials. So many difficult and illuminating stories—thanks to all who've written in.

If you know someone impacted, please share, and thanks again.

bsik Apr 25

While I’m out here looking for new connections in #Toronto I’m also a front end #webdev with 4 years experience in #React and #WordPress looking for work! It’s been a while and dog walking is getting tiring. I’m hireable in both Canada and US (via LLC) and willing to relocate! https://bsik.net

Brian Siklinski - Front End Developer

Proficient in React, WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, and modern frontend frameworks.

Brian Siklinski - Front End Developer

bsik Apr 25

Hey #Toronto fediverse, I moved here from the states last year and so desperately miss playing in a band. I’m a #punk / #indie #guitarist in my 30s that would love to connect with #musicians and get something going. This tidal playlist has some bands I’ve been over the years https://tidal.com/browse/artist/11529328?u while my musical taste is a very wide range, I miss playing high energy loud distorted guitar music, in that regard I’ve currently been into Turnstile, Mannequin Pussy, and Otoboke Beaver

Brian Siklinski

TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content — making it a trusted source for music and culture.

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bsik Feb 27

Just had a fairly disheartening networking call. I’ve been looking for work since July and basically the conversation went “well we outsource and they use Cursor to generate the projects” and it really feels like this industry is dead? Should I really start looking elsewhere? #webdev #webdevelopment #FediHire #ai

portfolio	https://bsik.net
location	Toronto, ON