Gary Bell

I'm a web application developer working mainly with the LAMP stack and playing with various front-end tech. Header image Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@TechnoTimLive Your parcel is 7 stops away...now due Thursday. That happened to me last Tuesday for some new memory.

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Serious respect to Google here for blocking a bunch of racists from spreading their vitriol

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

🚨 ELECTION INTERFERENCE ALERT 🚨

Big Tech giant @Google has BLOCKED our Ad Accounts. They are trying to stop the Reform message.

I hope @MattBrittin can look into this issue as a matter of urgency. We want action.

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

These are so cool. Not always practical, but shows the limit is really your imagination

[Madza 👨‍💻⚡ @madzadev]

So happy to publish my new blog article! 💖🎉

12 Creative Toggle Designs for Your Inspiration (with Code)
{ by @madzadev } from @hashnode

Read it here: https://t.co/mAY4yTLYAB

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@Linux4Everyone Debian. Fairly simple and it works. I run it on everything...desktop, laptop, servers. Though I think I've got a couple of Ubuntu servers still though

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@paw_lean Sorry to hear this. Our paths only crossed briefly a few years ago when Gitpod was integrating with GitLab, but you've been a great advocate for Gitpod since then.

Best of luck for the future. I look forward to seeing where you go from here

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Is anyone running a beelink mini PC for development and what is it like? I've just upgraded my monitor to an ultra wide 34" and have a 27' monitor, but my laptop won't output to both at full resolution

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@TechnoTimLive Thanks. It's one I was looking at. Hopefully the affiliate link works on UK purchases for you. Love the content

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

I get an uneasy feeling every time I try to sign up for something and they limit the length of the password...even if that password length it 30 characters.

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Now I know correlation isn't causation, but has anyone else had the same issue after using @SportsDirectUK and Evri?

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Getting a lot of spam text messages from couriers at the moment. Like if you know my number to let me know the package is damaged and address lost, you'd have enough info about a parcel to print a new label.

Interesting that they started after a particular order...

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@MvRemmerden New section for each date. It allows us to look back at previous topics and see if things have changed over time...or rather how things have changed over time

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@MvRemmerden Running 1:1 Google doc which keeps action points accessible. Questions are added a couple of weeks in advance so we can each prepare thought-out answers and not just stumble through

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@madzadev Pop. But looking to reinstall to just Debian

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

@FrancescoCiull4 @ThePracticalDev 1. How do you stay motivated?
2. Where do you draw inspiration from for all the topics?
3. How do you get past the feeling of not knowing enough on a topic to write about it?

I've built a career being a jack of all trades that I don't feel I'm enough of an expert to keep going

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Oh dear. I have blog post ideas coming on top of project ideas. Too much to do and not enough time.

On the plus side, I have some motivation to do some of it.

[Michael Friedrich 🌈 @dnsmichi]

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[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Code. The infrastructure bit would be more fun short term, but I realized I was putting off the code because it's at a more complicated part

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Choices for tonight...
Development work or infrastructure changing.

Both have their learning benefits and take me closer to a goal...one seems more fun right now, but that might be because the other seems more challenging short term

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

Choices for tonight...
Development work or infrastructure changing.

Both have their learning benefits and take me closer to a goal...one seems more fun right now, but that might be because the other seems more challenging short term

[Gary Bell @_GaryBell]

New project idea...new domain purchased. I'll have to finish building this one now