Liam Mclaney

@helloitsolly The work done should be self-documenting. Moving cards into the correct columns, leaving comments, useful git and PR messages, sending a Slack note when you’re blocked or when work is ready. That’s expected. You don’t want it to become a chore or create too much noise.

Final #buildinpublic thoughts on hiring an engineer Engineer will need to document as they go, like everyone else (including me). Updates might include: -> Reproduced the bug locally -> Found the issue: image resizer not handling SVGs correctly -> Tried a CSS fix first before touching the component -> CSS fix didn't work, going deeper into the component -> Fix working locally, pushing to staging -> PR open. Tested on Safari, Chrome and Firefox (these could be automated -> @linear ) Automate Gitbhub to @linear issue status updates There will be a daily check in on Slack I am going to remove the Svelte requirement I am going to keep pay at $9,000 a month and open up the option for a profit share Continue to share the SOP in the job description I will keep no recurring meetings but have a one-week onboarding with as many 1:1 calls as required, plus ongoing calls as required I will try hiring locally in Cape Town and collabing in person I will do a deeper review after a week and a few weeks No passive Slack messages - let the person do their work or not, let go of control

A charity joined our AI support platform yesterday - in just 24 hrs it’s handled 30+ visitor conversations. The team’s already seeing the impact: less stress, valuable insights, and questions answered even while they’re offline. Feels like we’re onto something 👀

@maximehugodupre @posthog I’ve not used PostHog, but I’ve found Amplitude really easy to setup and it has a nice dashboard. Makes it really easy to track user insights and watch session replays.

I don't know why anyone would use anything other than @posthog for analytics. It's free and awesome 😄

@brandymedia Hey Andy, I'm doing alright! Been a busy year or so building my agency 😅 We're a team of 3 devs now! Yeah we used Bedrock on that WP website you helped out on. I don't normally use Sage though, only because some devs we work with don't know Blade. Hope you're doing well?

@liammclaney Hey Liam, great to hear from you, how are things? Ah yes I remember roots now after you introducing it to me a while ago. Gonna check this out in more detail 👍

The other day I installed WordPress for the first time years. It was part of research I’m doing for a new blog package I’m developing for Laravel. I was actually surprised how good it was after years of avoiding it due to past experiences. Convince me it’s good/bad?

@brandymedia I’ve bought TailwindUI. I like that I can use individual components or whole sections of pages. It’s nice that they include components for marketing pages too.

I’ve got to admit Turbine UI has not been the success I thought it would be. It’s still early days and I have lots of ideas how to market it still but the sales and interest this far have been much lower than expected. Have you ever bought a UI component library?

@luke_netti Literally said the same thing to my wife. It’s going by too quickly! Lots planned though. My first employee joining the business soon and loads of exciting projects planned. What about you?

I can't believe we are well into August! This summer is going by so fast. What else are you planning to get done this year?

@levelsio Not the way I’ve worked at agencies. It was always about producing the best results for users and the business. But we were never scared to tell the client if they were wrong. They’re paying you as the expert to make the right decisions and take control of the process.

This is why your country’s banking or gov apps user experience usually suck A LOT It’s made by dev agencies instructed by middle managers The agencies don’t have the authority to tell the managers they don’t know shit about how software should work because they’re getting paid by them Nobody at agencies actually cares about the end user experience: misaligned incentives Which is why you have startups who make user experiences that are 10x better, they have full autonomy to build whatever is best for users Which is aligned incentives

@TheJackForge First MacBook I've had an issue with - the screen stopped working one day after 3 months and had to be replaced. Otherwise, it beats the previous generation.

@Shpigford DeployHQ + DigitalOcean

What are people using these days for simply PHP + database hosting? Ideal setup is something that has automated deploys from Github, but that's about it. Will be putting dozens (and ultimately hundreds) of sites on it. But all very small and most won't even have a database.

@danielcranney The Garmin Fēnix 7 is nice if you're after a more classic watch design. garmin.com/en-GB/p/735520…

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@brandymedia Same, I’ve recently rented an office so I have a reason to leave the house every day. 4 weeks later and it’s already improved my wellbeing and health. It will be a base for future employees to visit when they need that change of scenery.

A day in the life of a dev can be a lonely one Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for remote working and it affords me the work/life balance I need with a young family But a downside is I spend hours lost in code and/or my own thoughts, which can be difficult I’m sure I’m not alone

@tobias_petry How does it work after 8.0.29 - safe to use without locking?

Beware of MySQL adding columns after another one. Before 8.0.29 the full table needs to be re-created when this option is used which locks it up until finished. Without the option, the column can be added instantly. So is the ordering that important to you? 😉

@yongfook I work with 2 agencies in this way - I spend a day with them and plough through their backlog of tasks. It seems to be working well as they keep renewing the contract 😄 The downside is that they have to wait for their reserved day with me, so not great for any emergency support

Has anyone ever managed to successfully hire a part time dev, and for it to be worth it? Lots of solo founders like me have a full backlog, but not quite able to afford a full time dev. Any tips?

@yongfook Go for it! I've just started receiving stock for a gift box that I'm planning to sell. I thought it would be fun to do something that involved less coding and could eventually lead to opening a pop up shop.

Still plugging away on SaaS but something is drawing me to start a physical business of some kind. Specifically menswear.

@brandymedia It’s been fun so far, sourcing stock and trying the samples 😅 I wanted to do something that wasn’t coding. There will be a website, but even that’s had minimal coding. Thanks Andy, I’ll reveal more when all of the stock has arrived.

@liammclaney I’m intrigued… there’s just something so tangible about running a ‘physical’ business. Whatever it is, I hope it goes well Liam 🙏

@jackmcdade 3rd party - statamic.com/addons/andrew-… I'm unable to find a similar addon, don't really need the accordion but we need to group the fields so it saves content like: left_column: content: Trying to avoid creating my own field type.

@liammclaney Are they custom addons or third party ones?

@dannypostma Have you tried Silver Queen?

Monthly chocolate haul, because for whatever reason Indonesia doesn’t sell any proper imported snacks.

@brandymedia @MrConerMurphy @joe_ashwell These days usually Vue with Inertia. The only time I use Blade is when I inherit a WordPress website built using Roots Sage - roots.io/sage/ - working on a few sites that use it.

@liammclaney @MrConerMurphy @joe_ashwell Thanks Liam. Currently it’s Blade with vanilla JavaScript but Vue.js is on my future roadmap if there is enough interest. Do you use Vue for most of your Laravel front-ends?

Been working on a 'modal' component for my 'Turbine' Laravel and Tailwind library this morning. Some decent progress 🚀 Demo 👇 *I know scousers talk fast, but I actually had to speed the video up 150% to keep within Twitter's 140 second rule 😂 @MrConerMurphy @joe_ashwell