Kevin Ullyott

@kevinullyott.com

Software Development Director @ Canyon GBS

Thinking of proposing a PHP RFC to be able to define class methods via an Attribute. And then be able to define method / function arguments using an Attribute. Which would all lead to my final RFC proposal to be able to define Attributes using an Attribute.

The speed of writing code has never, and will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck, the limiting factor, is always in the thinking about the code and how it works, understanding it. People who use chatgpt to write code are literally removing the only part of programming that is actually useful.

This article touches on much of what I talk to my team about around AI. In order to be any sort of developer worth their salt, you must have gone through the hard and easy parts alone. No vibes, no AI, just pure problem solving experience. Looking at the output of an LLM, you will never learn.

The promise that wasn’t kept

AI is distracting us from creating real value. While we chase speed and automation, meaningful and human-centered work is getting left behind. Is this progress?

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Laravel Dev Partners, know that if you find your partner's search history filled with searches for "Laravel Relationships", they are not cheating. They are just bad at remembering which one uses associate and which one uses attach.

one of the most powerful forces is the need to be self consistent make one bad (or good!) decision and your brain _bends_ to align with it laugh at an over-the-line joke and find yourself a little later defending the indefensible we radicalise ourselves

Moving off of Twitter and onto here I feel has started to repair a lot of my feelings of what good a social media platform can be. Informative, kind, no ads, easy to use and consume without any particular narrative pushed to me that I don’t opt into. It’s great!