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Assuming nothing and validating everything. My opinions are my own. 1st Amendment. I speak 🐘 PHP 4,5,6,7,8.x

[Gemini @Gemini]

Feeling generous to start the new year, so we loaded up a fresh wallet and decided to give it away.

🎁 $2,026 in BTC to one winner
🧡 Like this post and follow @Gemini
✅ Winner selected January 2

[Max Gagliardi @max_gagliardi]

If you watch one video today. Make it this one 👇

[Attention Alchemist @alexbunardzic]

Spending time estimating is wasteful enough, but to continue spending time re-evaluating the estimates is the next level of waste. Estimates-about-estimates adds insane levels of bureaucracy to the process.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Depth of understanding is the gateway to efficiency. Not the other way around.

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

Apple silicon unlocks a new level of performance for our users. And soon, many of these chips can be stamped “Made in America.” The opening of TSMC's plant in Arizona marks a new era of advanced manufacturing in the U.S. — and we are proud to become the site’s largest customer.

[Davor Minchorov @davorminchorov]

🔥 Top 10 Recommended Books For PHP Developers that will help you improve your skills and make you better, regardless if you use Laravel, Symfony, Laminas, Spiral, (Open) Swoole, Hyperf, X or any other PHP framework.

I would read these books if I was starting out today...

[Brant Messenger @brantmessenger]

@elonmusk @StephenKing At what point will you really address the spam issue.

How many more spam direct group messages must I receive and report before some kind of deny first control security feature is put into my own hand?

[Brant Messenger @brantmessenger]

@manchuck PHP: Healthcare Pre-Provider

[Brant Messenger @brantmessenger]

@SaaSCapo Send

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@MelkeyDev Sea-Quill

[Taylor Otwell @taylorotwell]

Some Laracon US news for you. 🇺🇸

Had to adjust dates a bit. Feeling confident it will take place on July 12-13, 2023 in Nashville, TN. Bring your laptop and cowboy boots.

We're already experimenting with secret projects here at Laravel in preparation. 😇

Website coming soon.

[andrej @reactive_dude]

📌 I asked developers: "What's the best programming course you've taken?"

Here are the most popular answers:

[Nikki Siapno @NikkiSiapno]

Git Workflow 👇

[Brant Messenger @brantmessenger]

28 years of marriage as of today. I love her so much!

[Antoine @antoine_lme]

I noticed my friends who are new to Laravel needed clarification about all their options, so I wrote an article to explain it clearly.

https://t.co/5ij8UiJtrY

[Vikas Rajput @vikasrajputin]

SOLID principles are probably the most important design principles in OOP languages like Java, Python, C#, etc.

But, more than 95% of programmers struggle to understand it.

Here's the Simplest Guide to Master SOLID principles:

[Brant Messenger @brantmessenger]

@elonmusk Allow user to confirm/deny being added to someone's list so that we do not get spammed/phished/scammed.

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

I read the 30 page FTX Bankruptcy court filing.

How bad were FTX's internal controls?

Here are the worst examples 👇

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

It begins.