James King
@jamesking.dev
AI-Augmented Software Engineer | Laravel, Symfony & Modern Stacks | Building Secure, Scalable Systems
I'm convinced we're living through software's golden age, and last week's Laracon US 2026 is why. AI does the typing. Laravel removes the friction. All built for how we work now. jamesking.dev/blog/softwa...
We're in Software's Golden Era. Laracon US 2026 Made It Obvious. | Blog
Between AI doing the typing and last week's Laracon US 2026 announcements, this feels like the best time ever to build software. Here's what stood out and why it matters.
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AI generates code that looks correct, sounds confident, and is sometimes subtly wrong. I wrote up the three-layer review process I use to catch the things AI consistently misses. Plus the tools that help: Laravel Boost and Ponytail. jamesking.dev/blog/review...
How to Review AI-Generated Code Before It Hits Production | Blog
AI generates code fast. That means more surface area to review, not less. Here's the review process I've settled on after months of daily use.
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I stopped writing tests. I ramped up debugging. Here's what actually changed when I started using AI every day: jamesking.dev/blog/what-i...
Excited to announce that I am now AI Fluency Certified by Calyptus! 🎉 Proud to be in the top 5% of talent! certificate.calyptus.co/ai-fluency/...
🎉 New site, who dis? Just shipped my personal website rebuilt from the ground up. Astro 6 + TailwindCSS + Tokyo Night theme = blazing fast static site that actually looks good. jamesking.dev #WebDevelopment #AstroJS #Tailwind
Peerlist is a brilliant platform for devs, why not join using my link below? peerlist.io/jamesking/si...
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One of the best tools when dealing with multiple storage providers, rclone: rclone.org
Rclone
Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage: Google Drive, S3, Swift, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Azure, Box and many more.
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Anyone else think that #laravel needs something better for Acceptance Testing? Dusk seems a bit underpowered and Cypress gets quite complicated. It feels like to me we need something like PestPHP but for Acceptance Testing
Bit of a Dark Pattern I spotted today in Duolingo! Duolingo doesn't tell you the price of its premium subscriptions until you finish the trial period, it doesn't even advertise its prices on the web. Very strange and not something I've ever seen an app do
Is anyone in the IT technical support field looking for a new UK worker? A good friend of mine is looking for a change of career, currently getting their CCNA, but wants to get some commercial experience. Please DM me for more details.
Any #laravel server infrastructure experts who can help me with something? Looking for a cost-effective large scalability solution for a queue worker heavy app. DM me :)
