Cool Things - January 7, 2026
This week’s cool things are from device housekeeping. Here are 50 links from my laptop and phone. Resetting all my Open Tabs from Macbook. Flock of Dimes – band Spotify randomly played for me. Sounds a...
View ArticleFactory-ing Laravel Cashier in Tests
Events in Plain Sight is a Laravel app and uses Cashier for its integration with Stripe for subscription management. Pretty much every page in it checks whether there is an active subscription, so...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - ProductLed (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This is Part 2 (of 4?) for the ProductLed...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Freek Van der Herten (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) Here is Part 2 of Freek Van der Herten’s...
View ArticleCool Things - January 14, 2026
This week’s cool things are from device housekeeping. Here are 28 open links from my laptop and phone (only 1052 left.) From the laptop Ligatures Talk Series #4 – A font meetup? Don’t mind if I do....
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - MicroConf (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This is Part 2 of the MicroConf mailing list....
View ArticleLaravel [Cashier] and Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics 4
Overview ‘The Funnel’ is the most important thing in a startup. Yes, arguably more important than the app itself since you can build a funnel to gauge interest in an idea even before you start to...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Pip Decks (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) Let’s see if we can clear out the remaining...
View ArticleCool Things - January 21, 2026
This week’s cool things are continue to be from device housekeeping for the most part. Also, I’m sick so the usual hour timebox is likely going to last longer as I zone out here and there. Regardless,...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Last Week in AWS (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This, Part 2, catches me on Last Week in AWS...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - DevRel Weekly (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This is part 2 or DevRel Weekly which is...
View ArticleCool Things - January 28, 2026
More cleanup. 932 open tabs on the phone browser. From Podcasts Startups For The Rest Of Us Episode 752 - The State of SEO in 2025 talks about how if everyone is using the same frameworks and models to...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Good News (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This is Part 2 of Mike Monteiro’s newsletter,...
View ArticleCSP, Recaptcha, Laravel Debugbar and other ‘fun’
Intro Events In Plain Sight has user generated content. It is actually kinda based around it. And that content is often HTML which is just begging for nefarious uses so a Content Security Policy (CSP)...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Pragmatic Manager (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This is Part 2 (of 2) of Johanna Rothman’s...
View ArticleCool Things - February 4, 2026
It looks like we’re into 2023 on my phone as I found a bunch of links looking up my cardiologist and how the heart works. Technically there are 831 open tabs, but it is more like 800 as there are a...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Stacking the Bricks (Part 2)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) This Part 2 of the Stacking the Bricks...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Terraform Weekly (Part 3)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) Alright. We’re all caught up on Terraform...
View ArticleCool Things - February 11, 2026
Went through some tabs while mostly ish paying attention to a webinar. From Laptop In an age of delivery apps and convenience, hotels shouldn’t overlook the minibar – (subscription wall) This is about...
View ArticleMailing List Cleanup - Laravel News (Part 3)
(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…) I’m annoyed at all things programming this...
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