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grmpyprogrammer

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer.

RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada.

I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some.
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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · 2d ago

The pinko commie in me also points out that I might be a dogshit programmer but I do know my focus on “how do we prove this works in a repeatable way” has value, even as my peers bring themselves to orgasm over “agentic coding”, “I can run the debugger in production”, “who needs IDE’s”, and “I will take your shit and claim it’s mine”.

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · Mar 07, 2026

It’s not “age verification”. It’s “identity verification”. Stop thinking otherwise.

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · Mar 02, 2026

Sean and I talked about this at dinner this past Friday. No, my American friends, you do not understand how angry and upset Canadians are at the way we are being treated after years of being a close ally.

@sean@scoat.es

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · Feb 28, 2026

Okay friends, I am back at the hotel after a wonderful dinner with friends, both old and new, and before I go to sleep I wanted to talk about ConFoo.

On the one hand, it was great to be with lots of enthusiastic people who are interested in programming. As a staff-level engineer with almost 30 years of experience and having given talks for more than 20 years, I enjoy all the sharing and the conversations.

AI talks were everywhere, at least a third of all talks. People are excited and lots of examples of integrating this stuff.

But the AI stuff is very deeply personal for me because these companies stole my books and paid me nothing to use them. They are attempting to resell to others what they stole. I am not attempting to gatekeep people. If you want to use them, knock yourself out.

I am just disappointed at the overall lack of empathy being shown to folks like me who had their stuff stolen. Too many shrugs or weak comments.

You are not required to care about what happened to me. Just don’t be surprised at the frosty reception and comments you will get from me when you ask me to be impressed by what you have done with these tools.

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · Feb 19, 2026

I am not the first person to point out that a “Luddite” isn’t someone who hates tech — they hated the EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE by capital through the use of tech. Too many of my peers are on the wrong side of that and a lot of us are watching and making notes and will remember.

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · Jan 30, 2026

Today’s Follow Friday is @OndrejMirtes@phpc.social — his work on PHPStan to help with static code analysis has pushed PHP forward immensely. I met him briefly at phpday a few years ago where he was completely amped up after having given a talk.

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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Your least favourite PHP hater’s least favourite programmer. RetailMeNot Group DEI hire, building global shopper loyalty infrastructure from my snowy Fortress In Exile in Canada. I used to write books and go to PHP conferences to shout at people to write tests for their PHP code. Still a legend in the eyes of some. https://grumpy-learning.com

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@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com · Sep 29, 2025

LOL at people who, with a straight face, claim “the Overton window has shifted to the left in the last decade”

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