Ralph Schindler

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Laravel programmer, occasionally write some PHP too, and a mess of Javascript. Oh, and lots of YAML for my k8s.
Performance aside, MySQL not keeping up with Postgres in the features race is one of the sadder storylines of the last 10 years of my career.

A library I've always:

https://github.com/smwks/superprocess

This library gives you a fluent interface around all the tasks necessary to make a supervisord-like/master-worker/multi-worker/forking process command.

Inspiration for this came from me wanting laravel horizon's worker supervision code as a separate library. Feedback welcome.

GitHub - smwks/superprocess: A fluent PHP library for supervised master-child process control using pcntl and pipes

A fluent PHP library for supervised master-child process control using pcntl and pipes - smwks/superprocess

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8.5 years into this espresso machine, and we've had 2 close calls. First was remedied by replacing the grinder. Yesterday had to do deep surgery to clear out a blocked internal tube from the heater to the milk/water steamer...

Successful surgery and now onward to espresso number 10,000

#delonghi #espresso

New in 2026: AI orchestration apps are the new TODO apps.

Seems like everyone is writing one. All very different- not many similar approaches, massively different perspectives..

Everyone wants to get to gas town in their own vehicle on their own highway.

For the first time in my life, I built a complete enough project ready to ship and I have yet to buy, or even think about a good domain name for it.

Wild time to be a developer.

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

Fascinating to think I came into the workforce at the end of the 3rd revolution (late 90's) not realizing or caring what major societal/work shifts were already underway.

I'm full aware of the current one. And since timelines between revolutions appear to be shortening, I wonder if I'll be around for the 5th...

Fourth Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

Ngl, hard day of work today... for Claude... in fact he’s still working.

God, grant me the clarity to accept the problems AI confidently solves,
the patience to fix the ones it confidently breaks,
and the wisdom to know when I should have written it myself.

#FirstDayBackIn2026 #SoftwareEngineering

🧮 I use Numi.app so much I found myself needing something like it in a php/filament app.

Weekend project released (really for preview):

https://github.com/ralphschindler/calcdown

Mostly good at the dsl and basics, but will be adding better currency, financial, scientific, unit conversion, etc

GitHub - ralphschindler/calcdown: A human-readable calculator DSL for php applications

A human-readable calculator DSL for php applications - ralphschindler/calcdown

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En route to #laracon number 6 🤠