CTO | AI-Augmented Software Engineer | Laravel, Symfony & Modern Stacks | Building Secure, Scalable Systemshttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.devhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3mjms72musb2dI stopped writing tests. I ramped up debugging. Here's what actually changed when I started using AI every day: https://jamesking.dev/blog/what-i-stopped-doing-when-i-started-using-ai16 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjms72musb2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3mj36lmyyez2oExcited to announce that I am now AI Fluency Certified by Calyptus! 🎉 Proud to be in the top 5% of talent! https://certificate.calyptus.co/ai-fluency/4171-james-king09 Apr 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj36lmyyez2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3miwahsqptt2a🎉 New site, who dis? Just shipped my personal website rebuilt from the ground up. Astro 6 + TailwindCSS + Tokyo Night theme = blazing fast static site that actually looks good. jamesking.dev #WebDevelopment #AstroJS #Tailwind07 Apr 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwahsqptt2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3mbm45yhyh226Peerlist is a brilliant platform for devs, why not join using my link below? https://peerlist.io/jamesking/signup04 Jan 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbm45yhyh226https://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3m5kb4xflz22yJoined the Laramap 💪 https://laramap.dev/developer/019a7f6a-7af4-7385-8125-73ab581c865213 Nov 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5kb4xflz22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lthcjh6bbs2nOne of the best tools when dealing with multiple storage providers, rclone: rclone.org https://rclone.org/08 Jul 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthcjh6bbs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lr6jalxxac2iAnyone else think that #laravel needs something better for Acceptance Testing? Dusk seems a bit underpowered and Cypress gets quite complicated. It feels like to me we need something like PestPHP but for Acceptance Testing09 Jun 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6jalxxac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lqsqq7tuz22eBit of a Dark Pattern I spotted today in Duolingo! Duolingo doesn't tell you the price of its premium subscriptions until you finish the trial period, it doesn't even advertise its prices on the web. Very strange and not something I've ever seen an app do04 Jun 2025 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsqq7tuz22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3loh2tfeht22rIs anyone in the IT technical support field looking for a new UK worker? A good friend of mine is looking for a change of career, currently getting their CCNA, but wants to get some commercial experience. Please DM me for more details.05 May 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3loh2tfeht22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3llbq65v63k2oAny #laravel server infrastructure experts who can help me with something? Looking for a cost-effective large scalability solution for a queue worker heavy app. DM me :)26 Mar 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbq65v63k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lihpf4louc26Its a great feeling when Taylor merges your PR into #laravel 🎉18 Feb 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihpf4louc26https://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lhm5dw7zi32mGenuine question, is Jetbrains AI any good for #laravel projects?07 Feb 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm5dw7zi32mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lhm4xoe4532mQuick Tip: Laravel's HTTP client truncates thrown exceptions by default which can make it difficult to debug issues with the HTTP client requests. ✨Add this to your AppServiceProvider to get the full exception: RequestException::dontTruncate(); #laravel #php07 Feb 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm4xoe4532mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesking.dev/post/3lhm4puylft2mHello World! What is this place? It looks cool 😎 https://media.tenor.com/nB37dEyQ_H4AAAAC/hey-cat.gif?hh=372&ww=49807 Feb 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:5zklejtoxw332f5vm2fvilpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm4puylft2m