Ben Ramsey @ramsey@phpc.social
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Web, FOSS, PHP, & APIs. I work on @nashvillephp, @phpc, ramsey/uuid, & ShootProof. He/him.
Joined Aug 2018
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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.”
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Mozilla's take on the Edge news.
"By adopting Chromium, Microsoft hands over control of even more of online life to Google... We compete with Google not because it’s a good business opportunity. We compete with Google because the health of the internet and online life depend on competition and choice."
Current status: scheduling an online party to say goodbye to PHP 5. More details to follow soon.
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Still no documentation and not anywhere close to done, but my #ActivityPub #PHP library is open source at https://github.com/pterotype-project/activitypub-php.
My goal is to provide a well-tested, flexible library that handles the complicated parts of ActivityPub (JSON-LD, persistence, addressing, etc.) in a way that can be plugged into an existing PHP codebase with no hassle. That'll help me refactor #Pterotype, and will also make it easy for other developers to make developers to make plugins for Joomla, Drupal, etc.
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And... #PHP 7.0 is EOL. You should update to PHP 7.2 before the end of the year, by the way (7.3 is around the corner). https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php
I have a lot of new follows here, so I should probably post more.
The new iPad Pro really looks amazing.
Tim Cook is the Mr. Rogers of the tech world.
I can neither confirm nor deny whether I have Mike + the Mechanics's "All I Need Is a Miracle" on repeat.
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Happy to announce the speakers for GrumpyConf2019:
Gemma Anible
Elizabeth Marie Smith
Mark Story
Marco Pivetta
For those wondering about the event, you can check out the page for the 2018 event at https://grumpy-learning.com/grumpyconf.php
Tickets will be:
* CDN$999 for conf + 3 nights hotel + 2 lunches + 2 dinners
* CDN$475 for conf
I fund this event via ticket sales and out of my own pocket via Grumpy Learning
Also, let’s talk about how insensitive thst “shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist” line is.
So many missed opportunities to play on the word “wyrm” in this Facebook ad.
Some of my favorite Doctor Who episodes are the ones with James Corden. I wish he had been a regular companion for a while.
I’ve been having trouble lately figuring out what to post here and what to post on #birdsite. I’m still unsure how I want to engage an audience on Mastodon.
I have to learn that it’s okay to toot your own horn sometimes…
My ramsey/uuid package is currently the 40th most-starred PHP package on GitHub.
https://github.com/search?l=PHP&q=stars%3A%3E1&s=stars&type=Repositories
I have no need to buy expensive pens and replacement ink cartridges. I’ve found that these cheap Bic ballpoint pens are my favorite.
Boost if you are not a robot.
Humanities folks: are there any open source software libraries/packages that you consider good and reputable for analyzing English grammar and structure and offering hints/suggestions for improvement? Ideally, I’m looking for a library I can embed or link against from another program.
Take part in #hacktoberfest! If you’re looking for a project to help, please consider my PHP collections library. I’ve put together a list of issues you can work on, and I’ll add more throughout Oct. https://github.com/ramsey/collection/milestone/1 https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com
It looks like I screwed up that thread and it got branched. Oops! Here’s the start of the other branch, so that you don’t miss all my posts.
- GitHub
- https://github.com/ramsey
- Keybase
- https://ramsey.keybase.pub
- Untappd
- https://untappd.com/user/ramsey
Admin
Web, FOSS, PHP, & APIs. I work on @nashvillephp, @phpc, ramsey/uuid, & ShootProof. He/him.
Joined Aug 2018
