Ben Ramsey 💙💛 @ramsey@phpc.social

I’m Ben, a web dev, author, & speaker. I’ve been at this for >20 years, & I’m always eager to help. If you have questions about the Web, FOSS, PHP, or APIs, ask.

I advocate for decentralization, open source, open standards, & the Commons; I believe good UX is the key to mass adoption.

I’m active in the PHP community. I founded Atlanta PHP & co-organize @nashvillephp, & I authored the popular ramsey/uuid library.

I’ve spoken at many conferences. If you see me at one, say “hi.”

#introductions

I'm curious what you think about this @Gargron@mastodon.online @ashfurrow @Gargron@mastodon.social @stux @kev

Someone from mastodon.online reported an account on this instance as "very obscene," but the report is in Chinese, and the reported posts are also in Chinese. When I run them through a translator, I can't figure out what's obscene, and I have no way of communicating with the reporter for more details.

I've never had to deal with a report like this before. How do other server admins handle these?

#WordPress devs in the #Nashville area:

Hands On Nashville is looking for a volunteer to help The Contributor build their new online newspaper. Check out the opportunity here:

https://www.hon.org/opportunity/a0C5a00000iOEIF/website-build-for-the-contributor

I wish I could have taken a picture of this, but I was just driving behind a vehicle flying both the Confederate and Israeli flags. I am so confused.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of my first commit to ramsey/uuid. Thanks to everyone who has contributed and used my library over the past decade. You're the ones who have made it special. 🙏💜💜💜

https://github.com/ramsey/uuid/commit/dc93facbac7fbecedba6fa9fc81fbfdae0a53391

Judah & the Lion - “scream!” https://youtu.be/FCjT2EIxIdM

My son just sent this to me, and OMG, it’s so good! 🤣🤣🤣 #craiyon

AI-generated images of Steve Irwin catching a baguette:

I'm very excited to be able to share this with the rest of the world. Back in May, #Skillshare announced international support, starting with Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. I worked on this library to support those efforts, and I hope others find it useful.

FormatPHP is a PHP library & CLI tool to help with internationalization & localization.

https://github.com/Skillshare/formatphp

The new Regina Spektor album is 💯 https://songwhip.com/regina-spektor/home-before-and-after

Has anyone gotten Apple's Universal Control to work yet? I have two laptops, and I would like to use the same keyboard/trackpad to control both. It sounds like that's possible with Universal Control, but when I push the pointer to the edge of the screen, I get no options to continue to the other laptop.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212757

Seriously though, today’s @phproundtable was great. You should check it out.

Absolutely zero posts mentioning me regarding @phproundtable. I see how it is. 😉