Ron Northrip

Ron Northrip

@ronnorthrip.bsky.social

Your friendly neighborhood white beard! Organizer of the @kyphpug.bsky.social meetup Building @draftsmaninc.bsky.social - a visual dev tool Blog: https://friendlyneighborhoodwhitebeard.dev dev, father, husband, friend, wine-drinker, foodie, musician

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Hey everyone - Fark’s running an October subscription drive. We’re a bit short of our goal and could use a boost. fark.com/subscribe If you sign up for TotalFark this week you’ll get a special SOON badge. When “It Happens” the “SOON” badge will change to “It Happened!” Here are the two badges:

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What if you see ICE at the polls? (Don't worry! Read on for the plan!) @indivisible.org roped me in to design and illustrate a new zine! Check it out in this 🧵 - and visit linktr.ee/wewillvote to sign up for the Election Protection Program and find all the resources you need!

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I think the bigger flex is not success, it's public bravery. Everyone who is successful looks like a genius in hindsight. That's the easy part. The hard part is posting your work despite the incoming deluge of ReplyGuys™ No matter if you fail, just posting your work puts you among the elite.

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It's always the people who create nothing that are first to argue why other's creations aren't a big deal.

I'll be hosting

KYPHPUG@kyphpug.bsky.social

Coming up next time at KYPHPUG: (Thu Sep 10 at 7) Metadata Persistence Using Context API We will walk through how utilizing persistent metadata lead to a deep drive into how Laravel’s Context API works and interacts with queued jobs. Presented by @aaroneisenberg.me www.meetup.com/kentucky-php...

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diarrhea Taylor Farms, salmonella chicken parm, bags of frozen blueberries that straight-up kill your ass heavy metal sourdough, listeria soup bowl refreshing summer popsicle that's filled with shards of glass we didn't start the fire...

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Excited for this new product from much of the team that built Postmark's reputation for email deliverability. In particular that they are building features for companies like @outseta.com that send email on behalf of others. Watch this team. www.helohq.com

helohq.comAn email delivery service that *actually* delivers | Email API + SMTP | HeloWe obsess over getting your emails to the inbox (so you don't have to). Start sending in minutes. Only pay for what you use.

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I have no idea why my car restorations take so long. Anyway here's my full restoration of a random AC hose nobody will see.

And fed to the ravenous bug bladder beast of Trall

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After more than a year of labor, my book 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 has launched! It's all my best ideas -- and best writing -- on how to grow your company with your existing budget and team. And yes, I read the audiobook myself. :-) (1/5)

Coming up next Thur (Aug 13 - 7PM) at the KYJSUG IntersectionObserver, or: How I Learned to Stop Listening to Scroll A look at how IntersectionObserver moves visibility detection off the main thread, and why this pattern shows up all over the browser. Sign up on here: www.meetup.com/kentucky-jav...

meetup.comIntersectionObserver, or: How I Learned to Stop Listening to Scroll, Thu, Aug 13, 2026, 7:00 PM | MeetupA look at how IntersectionObserver moves visibility detection off the main thread, and why this pattern shows up all over the browser. * Presentation by Neal Powers * 7:00