Jordan Hall @DivineOmega@mastodon.xyz

My 15 month old daughter learnt the word fork today. Dinner time consisted of her shouting 'fork fork fork' a million times.

Guess how she pronounces fork. 😂👍🍴

"Two things are infinite - the universe and node_modules. And I'm not sure about the universe."

Albert Einstein

#webdev #javascript #nodejs

Looks like Digital Ocean will be releasing some sweet new features in 2019, including managed databases!

https://blog.digitalocean.com/whats-new-for-2019/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=ProductBroadcast012019

Prevent users registering with passwords from data breaches

#webdev #security #passwords @haveibeenpwned

https://jordanhall.co.uk/prevent-users-registering-with-passwords-from-data-breaches

I recently released a new open source PHP library to convert Wikipedia article infoboxes to associative arrays. 😃👍

#wikipedia #php #opensource #webdev

https://github.com/DivineOmega/wikipedia-info-box-parser

The question all web devs should be asking themselves:

Does your JS framework spark joy?

#webdev #javascript

How can there be a Captain's log when the Enterprise doesn't seem to have any toilets?

Lots happened in 2018.

- My first full year of being a dad!
- Daughter's 1st birthday!
- New job at @LangleyFoxall.
- Learnt React & React Native.
- Created ~35 new open source packages.
- Over 300,000 package downloads.

#parenting #webdev #opensource #react #reactnative

https://jordanhall.co.uk/2018-achievements

New post! Traits of a senior developer.

#development #business #communication #teaching #softskills #adaptability #estimating

https://jordanhall.co.uk/traits-of-a-senior-developer

Look here, a Christmas coding break. 😎👍

PHP 5 is finally end of life! #webdev

Open source software can be great for your business. Here's a few reasons why.

#opensource #software #business

https://jordanhall.co.uk/five-reasons-why-open-source-software-is-good-for-your-business

I just added a link to my Mastodon profile on my personal website. 😀

https://jordanhall.co.uk/

Woo. New Men In Black film! 😎

#MIBInternational

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BV-WEb2oxLk

Remember: No deployments tomorrow!

#webdev

Toot toot!

Moving databases: The Guardian recently switched from Mongo to Postgres.

#webdev #databases

https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-hello-postgres

Adding .env file support to a legacy PHP project

#php #opensource #webdev #legacy

https://jordanhall.co.uk/adding-env-file-support-to-a-legacy-php-project

Last year, I wrote about various ways of automating processes using the Java Robot class.

#automation #development #java

https://jordanhall.co.uk/automation-with-the-java-robot-class

What do clocks do when they're hungry?
They go back four seconds.

🥁

#dadjokes