GrandadEvans

@grandadevans
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Hello, I'm John, a British Army veteran with 10 years of service, including multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. A spinal injury cut short my military career, leading me to focus on my passion for web development. After getting titanium rods in my spine, I went from freelance to employed by Sky Bet. However, my surgery didn't fully work & I'm now confined to a bed much of the day, I now develop the site of a local cat rescue using Cypress; Laravel; Linux; Vite & Vue (to name but a few).
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GITHUBhttps://github.com/grandadevans
WEB (hardly used)https://GrandadEvans.com
Show threadGrandadEvansFeb 7, 2024
@Cookies Oh wow! I do a lot of work with a local cat rescue & we sometimes struggle to come up with names for new cats. You've just given me a great idea for a name we haven't used yet, Ms. Chief.
Good morning to a fellow Smol user by the way
Show threadGrandadEvansFeb 7, 2024
@zmonkey Absolutely, BT was an option I thought of as soon as I posted the post on using OCR type system to detect vehicle registration number
Show threadGrandadEvansFeb 7, 2024
@ln Sorry for late reply - when I 1st started with HA, I'd love nothing better than doing it the privacy way, now I just need a quick way to achieve the result... I will be looking at alternatives, though.
Show threadGrandadEvansFeb 6, 2024
@plaetzchen @ln It is just a driveway in-between the high brick side of 2 houses, & at the end of the drive there's a big black square for privacy/avoid false positives.
I've used the Rekognition service before, but I will be looking into local solutions, but my RPI3 is starting to run slow
Show threadGrandadEvansFeb 6, 2024
@plaetzchen No - My drive camera can detect cars/people & Reolink integration has a sensor for car detection. Then I'll probably send to AWS Rekognition. Looking at Frigate though, it will come in very handy for other things - thanks
GrandadEvansFeb 6, 2024
I've decided - I want an automation using #homeassistant that will monitor the drive camera for cars, then check the licence plate, and announce that my wife is home.
GrandadEvansFeb 6, 2024
Stephen Rees-Carter Feb 5, 2024

This is your periodic reminder to keep your dependencies updated.

`composer outdated` and `composer audit` are your friends! 🤓

https://securinglaravel.com/p/security-tip-keep-dependencies-updated #Laravel #PHP

Security Tip: Keep Dependencies Updated

[Tip#18] Dependencies are security risks, especially if you have a lot of them or don't keep them updated...

Securing Laravel
GrandadEvansFeb 6, 2024
Hey @Amynearlyknowledgeable , thanks for the follow back, you're actually my 1st follower - although you didn't have to follow me back just because I followed you, I'm just a disabled developer building a site for a cat rescue.
I'm looking forward to following your paranormal journey 🙂
GrandadEvansFeb 5, 2024
Joel ClermontFeb 5, 2024
Laravel recently added a password validation rule to more easily enforce a maximum length. Why would you ever want to limit the length of a password? Here's an explanation how it actually improves security. #php #laravel https://masteringlaravel.io/daily/2024-02-05-why-does-laravel-offer-a-max-password-length-validation-rule
Why does Laravel offer a max password length validation rule? | Mastering Laravel

Doesn't hashing make this irrelevant?

Mastering Laravel
GrandadEvansFeb 5, 2024
One thing on my mind recently, is starting to blog my journey building a cat-rescue complete admin center, site, and everything else.