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Wurstcon: The Musical

May 22, 2026

Wurstcon: The Musical

Last night after Wurstcon someone started singing a "hot dog related song" and somehow we got on the topic of how we need "Wurstcon: The Musical" I gave Claude the following prompt: Plan a five...

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Advanced SQL: The Features You've Been Ignoring (But Shouldn't) - PHP/JS Tek 2026

May 21, 2026

Advanced SQL: The Features You've Been Ignoring (But Shouldn't) - PHP/JS Tek 2026

I presented my talk on Advanced SQL at PHP/JS Tek 2026. Advanced SQL: The Features You’ve Been Ignoring (But Shouldn’t) While your app sleeps, your database dreams... of being useful. This talk...

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PHP Tek/JS 2026 - Day 2

May 20, 2026

PHP Tek/JS 2026 - Day 2

These are my raw notes from PHP Tek/JS 2026 Day 2. "Sometimes it takes courage to eat breakfast" Framework to manage change? "You already know what to do. the gap isn't knowledge it's courage"...

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PHP Tek/JS 2026 - Day 3

May 20, 2026

PHP Tek/JS 2026 - Day 3

These are my raw notes from PHP Tek/JS 2026 Day 3. AI works best as a fast collaborative implementation engine Now Describe intent Guide the agent Classic Workflow Ticket -> Analysis -> eng...

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Taming Time in PHP: Best Practices and Gotchas - PHP/JS Tek 2026

May 20, 2026

Taming Time in PHP: Best Practices and Gotchas - PHP/JS Tek 2026

I presented my talk on Time in PHP at PHP/JS Tek 2026 Join.d T-Shirt Giveaway Podcast Support Community Corner UnleashedPodcasts LinkedIn LinkedIn Mastodon:...

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PHP Tek/JS 2026 - PHP Tek/JS 2026

May 19, 2026

PHP Tek/JS 2026 - PHP Tek/JS 2026

These are my raw notes from PHP Tek/JS 2026 Day 1 The Trust Protocol - "Trust is not a value. Trust is infrastructure" Need to be able to have trust but it's very easy to have trust failures The...

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The GitHub issues approach to AI agent orchestration

May 15, 2026

The GitHub issues approach to AI agent orchestration

Last week, I lost an entire afternoon to my own AI workflow. Nothing broke. Nothing crashed. I'd just finished one PRD with Claude and was partway into the next one, except I had no idea where I'd...

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May 13, 2026

Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Joe Devon

Check out my video on "Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Joe Devon" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/758c4PSg78c Find more episodes on our Introducing the Community...

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May 9, 2026

Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) For PHP Developers

Check out my video on "Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) For PHP Developers" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/Nk9ayWxkJ1M

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Claude Code won't exit? Kill it from the process tree!

May 8, 2026

Claude Code won't exit? Kill it from the process tree!

One of my long-term goals using Claude Code is to create a truly "autonomous" development workflow while I'm building UnleashedPodcasts.com. I've been using a "Ralph Wiggins" loop as the basis, and...

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