I wanted a way to automatically detect parameters in PHP functions and methods that might contain sensitive information, so I created this PHPStan extension to help identify parameters that should be marked with the #[\SensitiveParameter] attribute.

I still remember being 13, getting our first computer and AOL account—suddenly having a voice online and being able to use my love for technology to take an idea and create something out of nothing changed everything for me. That moment sparked a journey that eventually led to 20 years in hosting and engineering leadership.

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antirez, the author of Redis, had this to say about us destroying software.

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Hit a gotcha on OPNsense today with ~/.ssh/authorized_keys not working as expected.

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I finally got around to setting up SSL with Let’s Encrypt on my Emby instance.

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I wanted a quick way to grab my public IP address from the command line. I found that CloudFlare’s DNS service allows this by looking up TXT records for whoami.cloudflare.

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I stumbled on this article about safe terminal escape codes. It’s a good read if you’re working with terminal escape codes and want to avoid some of the pitfalls.

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Following this post, I’ve set up SSH key signing for my Git commits.

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I found this tutorial about POSIX shell scripting. I tend to stick with Bash myself, but this is a good resource for writing portable scripts where there is no Bash.

ChatGPT, write a parody of The Raven starring my cats…

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