Ed Grosvenor

Semi-nomadic web developer and occasional founder.

[Stephen Rees-Carter @valorin]

I've got some capacity opening up over the next few months, so If you've been meaning to get a security audit / pentest done on your Laravel app - now is the time! 🕵️

👉 DM or https://t.co/HKndchlPzP

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@davidcrawshaw Playpen

[Stefan Zweifel @_stefanzweifel]

If you've been using my "laravel-backup-restore" package in your projects, please upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible.

v1.9.4 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities that could affect you, if your dump files have been compromised.

https://t.co/uRubDv4CDw

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@engineering_bae Our was. It was a heavily modified Sears catalog house from the 50s and had done a ton of settling and shifting. The problem is actually worse on new builds where the settling hasn’t occurred because a tight seam won’t hold up well over time.

[Swiss Laravel Association @swisslaravel]

"You're Not Being Left Behind" — Ed Grosvenor's April talk on why your skills as a developer aren't becoming obsolete. They're growing in value.

"The one thing that will definitely survive is deep knowledge of what makes great software."

→ https://t.co/ZHtqOoLSL9

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@dabernathy89 The DoJ has removed that page so I guess we have no choice but to take his word for it.

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@marcelpociot Airports are different for me. I’m just drinking a beer in the lounge, hoping the tv selection is better on the way home than it was on the way here.

[Artisan Build @ArtisanDotBuild]

This doesn't have the polish we usually like before we launch something and it's still very WIP, but it's timely and it works. Free for public repos. Super affordable for private repos and servers. So we're cracking the door open a little early. https://t.co/7StruFreVN

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@glcst They thought it was an internal Google product and the Kill Department is off pace for its Q2 quota.

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@ThePrimeagen This can only end well.

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

This very friction is what made great software great. If a feature wasn’t going to move the needle, it wasn’t built.

I suspect he’s right about who will reign for the next decade and software is going to suck because of it.

[Jonathan Ross @JonathanRoss321]

For 50 years, software engineering ran on code rationing. Writing code was expensive, so we rationed it carefully through roadmaps, RFCs, prioritization meetings, and scope reviews.

This created a role: the No Engineer. No, that won't scale. No, we don't have bandwidth. No, that's out of scope. No, we need a design doc first. The No Engineer was valuable for 50 years. Every "no" saved real money. Their judgment was the rationing system.

LLMs will be the end of code rationing. Code is cheap now. And while the No Engineer is explaining why something can't be done, the Yes Engineer has already shipped three versions of it.

If you're a Yes Engineer, the next decade is yours.

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@GergelyOrosz We should probably save a little of the blame for the AI boosters who spend their days preaching about how agents have replaced engineers and anyone who hasn’t gone all in on using and trusting them for anything will be forever locked in a permanent underclass.

[Daniel Coulbourne 🦋 @DCoulbourne]

We are actively looking to add a client to the roster at @ThunkDev

We're a team of product-driven software devs. We help our clients plan, design, and build software.

We are not butts-in-seats staff-augmentation, we are true partners to our clients in planning, designing, building, and launching (or re-launching) mission critical software.

If you've got a project for us, or think you know someone who might, my inbox awaits you. 🥰

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@dabernathy89 Door Dash. Pull into the lot, place the order to the store’s address, and send the dasher a note with your license plate number.

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@engineering_bae It’s always the taxable events in long-term incentive comp that get you. Suddenly you owe a bunch of money on cash you didn’t put in your pocket.

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@engineering_bae It starts very early. My 2-year-old son has just shed his shoes in the monkey house at the zoo.

[Ashley Hindle @ashleyhindle]

Only 5 days until Laravel Copenhagen Meetup ���

AI weirdness & fat enums could be in your future 🔮 See you there?

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

@snyff Evergreen tweet

[Ed Grosvenor @MaybeEdward]

I’m going to demonstrate some really fun ways that you can (ab)use Enums in PHP with or without the help of AI. It’s going to be a great time!

[Ashley Hindle @ashleyhindle]

I'm speaking about the future of AI coding at the Laravel Copenhagen meetup April 7th https://t.co/NUykSYYPu0 😁

You should probably be there, it's gonna be lovely 🫶