Kath Young

@sifrious So thrilled for you my friend!

Let’s all say it together: complexity very, very bad. See you in Boston!

@sifrious Laraprom?

Once again I have no date to prom

Laravel "hot take": over-engineering may be a real problem Not everything needs an Action class, a DTO, and an Event. If your store method is 3 lines, LEAVE IT in the Controller. Over-engineering hurts readability more than "fat controllers."

Some great submissions for @LaraconAU so far 🙌 I'd love to see more talks in a few areas: - beginner-friendly / tools-focused - deeper technical dives (45 min) - architecture and system design - product and real-world decision-making Submit your talk👇laracon.au/speak

@mattstauffer Huge congratulations!

Guess the cat is out of the bag! I've been writing PHP since the late 90's, and its growth as a language has paralleled mine as a developer. I'm happy and honored to be able to be a part of a group of people working to continue advancing the language so many of us depend on!

@sifrious Remember, you can do whatever you want, forever.

If you can reply to this, you can just do things

We've had a number of submissions for #LaraconAU so far - but we know there are more great talks out there. If you're thinking about submitting, here's what we’re looking for 👇

The value that Shift provides is honestly _insane_ even in these new days of LLMs. If you've never done a Laravel upgrade with Shift, you owe it to yourself to checkout @gonedark's amazing tool.

@sifrious Yesss queen!

Three years today, friends. You are a person of inherent goodness, worth and dignity. No one can take that away from you. Only you can argue with it. God is good.

@michaeldyrynda Who....does this? 😮😭

I once again implore you to not use static variables in your tests 🙏

@abigailotwell Oh my word that is stunning!!

Never leaving.. 🏔️ 🐴

@sifrious Yes please let's be friends!

I know this post is going to basically die in silence because all the ones I make about the ideas I’m most interested in do, so if you read this far let’s be friends

A friendly reminder that - time is made up - any time telling technology after the sundial is subtly lying to increase societal productivity (see Postman’s ‘Technopoly’) - your value is infinitely deeper than your productivity - everything is temporary but God, who is all

@ninjaparade Are you ok mate? Slightly concerning 😟

I think after all these years I’m finally gonna take the hint. Been a fun and wild ride 🤘 ☮️

@ninjaparade @sifrious If by "paid" you mean "invited me to speak at a conference where I got to witness your talents first hand"...then @michaeldyrynda

@MidgetK @sifrious Who paid you two? My mom said she stopped doing this when I got out of high school?

Let’s take an opportunity to remind @ninjaparade he’s super talented

@sifrious @DCoulbourne YES. Hold my beer indeed

@DCoulbourne It’s about to be holdmybeer

What's everyone's terminal alias for "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"? mine is "bigclaude"

@michaeldyrynda I am now amused and terrified to try this myself

Oh no

@LeahTCodes The struggle is real 😂

I want to build a new side project, but I also want to stay in bed and sleep all weekend

@simonswiss Hey, just checking you got my telegram message?

My #1 priority right now is to ease the dread of figuring out how to pay bills at the start of February. I am in Japan until Jan 25th, without my laptop, unable to do proper interviews. 😭 Not great! Open to short term contracts, as this can be less "risky" for both sides ❤️

@gonedark Tbh it would never occur to me to use AI instead of Shift for an upgrade. I have, and I feel will for a long time, much greater trust in Shift doing it right

I try to have a "keep calm and carry on" mentality. I default to optimism. But coming off a flat year, and with the news over the last few weeks I want to share my thoughts. Specifically on AI and Shift. If I'm being honest, Shift still beats AI when it comes to upgrading a Laravel app. The domain specific knowledge I have acquired over the last 10 years, and my bar for thoroughness is much higher than AI. Can AI upgrade your app? Yes, of course. But just like a DIY upgrade, it's not trying to meet the same bar. It's bar is simply "works". It also takes time (and tokens). So it too, has a cost. Will AI ultimately beat Shift. Yes, undoubtably. But I think this is the wrong way to look at it. Shift beats AI. Or AI beats Shift. It doesn't have to be competitive. It doesn't have to be a zero-sum game. I think it can be collaborative... at least in the near term. There's a place for Shift to do the automation it does best. And a place for AI to fill in the gaps with the automation it does best. That's the ideal workflow I see. I don't know exactly how that works. But I am choosing a collaborative path. For now, Shift is dealing with a "1-2 punch". It's not just AI, but also less "major" releases from Laravel. So I'm waiting. I'm keeping calm. Shift has been here before. There have been years with soft releases, less releases, even no releases. There have been other upgrade tools. Shift has always been at some crossroad. That's the biggest reason I never hired. When it's just me, I can wait. I can pivot. When it's more, I have to make it work. That's no fun. Shift has, is, and will continue to be fun for me. I think Shift still has a place. But it needs to adapt. So, yeah, AI is awesome. And, it's probably going to "win". But, for now, Shift is still pretty awesome too.