Ben Ramsey

I’m really honored to be among the speakers selected to speak at this year’s @longhorn PHP Conference. I hope you’ll join me there! https://longhornphp.com #PHP #LonghornPHP

What’s up with Bluetooth connectivity on macOS lately?

I really hope DoorDash doesn’t buy Instacart. I canceled my DoorDash account because their customer service experience was beyond terrible, and Instacart hasn’t had any of the problems I had with DoorDash. 🙁

Why are opinions always humble? Where are all the egotistical opinions?

I feel like the people naming RCEs are getting lazy about naming. Someone cleverly pointed out that maybe we should name the pattern. So, here it is: https://2shell2furio.us

Everyone has kind of laughed it off but there’s actually now an official investigation by multiple organizations into why my US election ballot hasn’t been released from US customs in a month without any explanation.

Maybe baking "trusted" certificates into every OS, browser, and programming library out there was a bad way to manage certification.

Philomena: Some people have been writing PHP for over 20 years. Is that because it's particularly difficult to finish? Expert: No, software is constantly evolving. Philomena: So they've been writing the same website for 20 years? Expert: No […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

If I were an author, this would be my book jacket photo.

Tired: 6 7 Wired: 4

What a wild quote from the BBC! “Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged people to check if their publicly available websites ran on PHP.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmly0lg3w5x2o #PHP

Wait until the announcement that includes all the details before rushing to implement a partial fix. The only way to mitigate fully is to upgrade. #PHP

Happy Software Security Awareness Week!

Happy Software Security Awareness Week!

OH: “You must be rich. I work in Drupal.”

“When reviewing PRs generated by AI, the cognitive effort never decreases.” IOW, you can’t build trust over time with the person submitting those PRs, and every time you review their code, you have to apply the same high level of critical thinking to assess its quality. (Paraphrase of a […]

Please share and tune in, if you’re able! #PHP #LonghornPHP

Sending death threats over a discussion about LLMs is not okay. What are we even doing?

Wizards of the Coast has really been dropping the ball on a whole new segment of D&D players: Retirement Communities. You got millions of people all hanging out in the same place all the time with nothing to do. Get them into TTRPGs. Make large print versions of key books, oversized high […]

The current CEO of Identity Digital (_formerly Donuts Inc_) named Akram Atallah, used to be the president of ICANN, the folx that “own” and “run” the internet. Under his leadership, ICANN introduced the new generic Top Level Domain program, or new gTLD, giving the creation of a new domain […]

Pay attention to Cornell’s complicity in gang rape on its campus. https://www.wonkette.com/p/is-writing-an-essay-an-appropriate

We’re quickly approaching @longhorn, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone. I hope you’ll join us! Use code 2026-september-flash-sale to get 20% off (good through Monday). https://ti.to/longhorn-php/longhorn-php-2026/discount/2026-september-flash-sale #PHP #LonghornPHP

What if MAGA are the Sea Peoples? 🤔 https://presterjohnsrevenge.substack.com/p/the-burger-age-collapse #history #sensemakinh

Do I know anyone at PyPI or NPM who can help with an account issue?

Are you interested in learning how to use Git for the first time? (or almost the first time) we're looking for Git beginners to give us feedback on a Git tutorial! The tutorial will be open source when it's released, so you'll be helping many future beginners! Sign up here […]

Please give me a dollar a month on Patreon. Your support boosts my confidence. https://www.patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heyokyay/117303280812787539 This is me.

To celebrate Talk like a Pirate Day on Sept 19, @grammargirl Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty posted a great etymology adventure tracing words like Arr and Shiver Me Timbers! https://youtube.com/watch?v=E_4I3DxwxQM&si=_oYve-8ESe6q4aU3

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PCMag/117281205658363830 Installing. The word you are looking for is "installing".

I was out and about and noticed my phone connected to a WiFi network called “Open Roaming.” I’ve never seen this before, and it freaked me out because. It turns out, it’s a thing, and my device supports it automatically […]

So excited this year has brought new music from both Lindsey Jordan and Phoebe Bridgers. (I’ve not been listening to much music lately, and I need to change that.)

laravel-activitypub, a batteries included ActivityPub package for laravel. Soon will power @pixelfed and @joinloops Shoutout to @FediverseSymbol https://github.com/dansup/laravel-activitypub #laravelActivitypub #laravel #activitypub #pixelfed #loops

I maintain that Bo Burnham’s Inside is one of the best pieces of art to come out of the 2020 lockdown.

ramsey/uuid: now with support for brick/math 0.19, 0.20, and 1.0! Thanks, @localheinz! https://github.com/ramsey/uuid/releases/tag/4.9.4

I don't need farm-fresh outrage, nor even mass-produced outrage. I have perfectly sufficient outrage stockpiles at home.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/117272757390130027 Sooner or later, politics comes for us all, even Ed Sheeran.

The W3C Test Suite License is interesting. You use it if you want to make claims about your software like “passes all 𝑛 W3C tests.” It allows you to copy the tests, but you are not allowed to make any changes to them; they must remain byte-for-byte identical to the original. Totally makes sense […]

Amodei asking everyone to “slow down” the pace of AI

Amodei asking everyone to “slow down” the pace of AI

Earlier today, @_elena spoke about success stories on the #Fediverse – a network created "by the people and for the people". Btw, don't forget to check out her excellent blog: https://blog.elenarossini.com/ #Fediday #Berlin

No one seems to be explaining to younger generations what happened. (I'd think this would be covered in a high school history class or something but my Massachusetts students claim it's not.) Their understanding of what happened has just kind of been pieced together by random cultural references.

“Sandbox is blocking [some command]. This is a genuine sandbox restriction, so I’ll retry outside it.” What even is the sandbox for?

I’m not really all that excited about a foldable screen, but I was willing to visit a store and check it out, until I saw the price tag, and that priced it right out of consideration for me.

Information about the aftermath of September 11th has not been provided to the public. For years, families, city workers, and survivors have been crying out for more transparency from their government. That is why the Mamdani administration has made a significant investment to give the public […]

I didn’t know I needed medieval “Teenage Dirtbag,” but it turns out I did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfZBqH1NgM&feature=youtu.be