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Michael Pritchard (AKA Pen-y-Fan) @MikeAPritch

Loves my family, loves Motorsport, especially #F1. Enjoys programming, particularly in #php and using #laravel

Joined July 2014
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💖 I'm sponsoring Leo Khoa github.com/sponsors/leokhoa?… because he is the author of Laragon laragon.org/ which I've used for years. It's simply the best development experience on Windows 🚀🚀 I promote it to all our devs at work!

Sponsor @leokhoa on GitHub Sponsors

Support Laragon so the author can earn a living to develop it.

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Hopefully, you haven't been in a car accident in 20 years. Convince me that you don't need a seat belt and are happy to disable the airbags.
Sebastian Schlein@seb_sebsn
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I haven't used strict types in php for 20 years. Convince me that I need them now.
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Has a regular listener of @pfwd Peter fisher's podcasts it was a pleasure to meet him today #phpuk23
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I wrote a blog to help PHP developers setup Xdebug in VS Code 1.5 years ago pen-y-fan.github.io/2021/08/… I got to meet @derickr today at #phpuk23 ! Great talk on what's new in PHP 8.1 & 8.2
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My latest blog post: How to run cron jobs on Windows pen-y-fan.github.io/2023/01/… #php

How to run cron jobs on Windows

Laragon 6 added the ability to run cron jobs. Here is an example on how to run them on Windows using Cronical.

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My latest blog post is pen-y-fan.github.io/2023/01/… How I upgraded eight PHP katas to #php 8.0 standard using @rectorphp, @phpstan, Easy Coding Standard (ECS) and @phpunit. I explain how I set up and used these tools.

How I upgraded eight PHP katas

I recently upgrade eight PHP Katas from a minimum PHP 7.3 to a minimum of PHP 8.0. I used Rector, Easy Coding Standard (ECS) and PhpStan to help me. This is how I approached the upgrade and used...

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#PlatinumJubilee flypast is on the way!
💖 I'm very happy to contribute towards the server costs of @PHPOnlineDev by sponsoring @JustSteveKing. I think this will be a brilliant resource for PHP devs and Steve is doing excellent live streams. github.com/sponsors/JustStev… #php

Sponsor @JustSteveKing on GitHub Sponsors

I'm a PHP/Laravel developer who spends a lot of time working with Open Source and the PHP community.

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Join me @StripeConEU for my talk on how we use @silverstripe CMS to build bilingual and accessible websites @HEIW_NHS #StripeCon2021 #PHP #PHPC
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I hope my latest blog post pen-y-fan.github.io/2021/08/… will help with setting up @Xdebug on #PHP in Windows using VS Code and Laragon by @leovn #PHPC
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I enjoyed presenting a talk @phpSouthWales yesterday, thanks to @opdavies for hosting, I hope others enjoy the talk refactoring @emilybache's Yatzy Code Kata using #php, @phpstorm and @VotrubaT's Easy Coding Standard.
PHP South Wales@phpSouthWales
30 Jul 2021
New video! Michael Pritchard - My Approach to Code Katas and Refactoring Code (July 2021) youtube.com/watch?v=wo2dB6Yi… #php #phpc
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💖 I'm sponsoring @votrubaT because I regularly use github.com/symplify/easy-cod… and Tomas's contribution wall github.com/TomasVotruba always impresses me! Keep up the open-source contributions! github.com/sponsors/TomasVot…

GitHub - easy-coding-standard/ecs: The Easiest way to add coding standard to your PHP project

The Easiest way to add coding standard to your PHP project - easy-coding-standard/ecs

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Thanks, @opdavies for hosting @phpSouthWales last night and allowing me to speak about my blog "Troubleshooting Docker" pen-y-fan.github.io/2021/02/… #php #phpc

Troubleshooting Docker

I have been using Docker since I installed Pop!_OS On my laptop Oct 2020. I deliberately have not installed PHP, MySQL or Apache on my laptop, which has forced me to learn to use Docker! The first...

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I did my second ever tech talk today: Lightning talk about scripting a standard @laravelphp project with @phpstan and Easy Coding Standard, inspired by @VotrubaT. See my gist for more details: gist.github.com/Pen-y-Fan/b1… Thanks to @phpSouthWales and @opdavies
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Rain alarm said splash, lets hope qualifying is dry #BritishGP #F1
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What a fantastic #BritishGP come on @LewisHamilton ! Who said it's difficult to pass #BritishGP , really enjoying the race :-)
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Hello Twitter! #myfirstTweet
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