Writing
Notes, essays & opinions
Some of this is teaching, some is thinking out loud. Filter by topic, or just scroll.
ai automation ci/cd claude code dotfiles git laravel neovim opinion php security tooling
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PHP2Shell: why I took every Laravel app offline, and why it was easy
How I handled the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities across my Laravel applications: weighing business impact, taking PHP-FPM offline, patching server by server with Ploi, and what to check afterwards.
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Why commits matter, and what you can do with them
How Conventional Commits and release-please turned my commit history into automated versions and changelogs, and why scopes made the biggest difference.
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How Claude made my life easier by helping me build dot
How pair programming with Claude Code helped me finally build dot, my portable dotfiles CLI, and what I had to keep an eye on.
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Switching to Neovim: why it made my life harder, but easier
What switching from PhpStorm to Neovim and terminal tools really costs, and why I’d still do it again.