Hello! I'm Dan, a UK based full stack web developer with a love of open source software. Most of my free time is spent working on BookStack, playing video-games or getting distracted by one of many hobbies like 3D printing.
I primarily develop in PHP using Laravel, with VueJS being my front-end framework of choice, but I also dabble in Go, NodeJS, TypeScript and Android development.
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An easy-to-use and free platform for sharing documentation.
Evaluating the actual FOSS status of projects.
A simple twitter-feed-style RSS aggregator.
A system for managing batch sends to subscriber lists.
A basic HTTP/JSON based monitoring system.
An app for viewing and calculating thermocouple info.
An app to convert between RTD resistance and temperature.
More projects can be found on my Codeberg profile.
Sharing another piece of my favourite tech from the past.
This time the CPU from my first PC build:
The Intel 2500k
Designed and printed a stand for my smart watch charger.
https://www.printables.com/model/1806278-amazfit-active-2-watch-charging-stand
Designed a little organiser for daily contact lenses:
https://www.printables.com/model/1804074-contact-lens-organiser
Today I announce my cat Ben has escaped his security confinement, and gained access to the bath, where he has enabled & consumed unauthorized streams.
While this is concerning, it of course demonstrates his advanced capabilities as a frontier-level feline.
Printed an open ATX frame to display my first self-built PC (Intel 2500k, sandy bridge, ~2011).
It's also useful as a test system with lots of SATA ports!
What I've been working on in July:
Got sent a .rar archive today 🦖
The last time I remember interacting with RAR files was many years ago when downloading (totally legit) PSP games, which were provided split across multiple RAR archives.
My experience with Ubuntu Desktop 26.04:
https://danb.me/blog/ubuntu-desktop-2604/
TL;DR: A solid base with strange self-inflicted issues which puts it in a strange place.
Made this cute sign for my allotment.
Printed in ASA and ABS.
Just finished up an initial version of a new PHP library I've been working on for the last month.
This is a PHP implementation of Yjs/Y-CRDT:
https://codeberg.org/danb/yphp
This uses PHP FFI to wrap an underlying rust-based library.
Getting thumbnails for Orca Slicer created 3MF files in Gnome files (and maybe other Linux file managers):
https://danb.me/blog/3mf-gnome-thumbnails/
This builds upon code originally created/shared by @rcarmo
New blog post about more economical use of a Sodastream with cheaper (unofficial, non-Israeli-Pepsico-subsidiary) gas:
What I have been working on in June:
3d printer company Prusa close the issue which asked them to clarify that their "Open Community License" is not open source, after they advertised it as such:
https://github.com/OpenCommunityLicence/OpenCommunityLicence/issues/2
Running Snyk On Forgejo/Codeberg Actions
PHPStorm's text checking always feels a bit overly eager/thorough for a coding app.
I wonder if "rubbish collection" in my program is managed via wheelie bins? 🤔
Just came across OpenDisplay, which seems like an awesome project for setting up e-paper displays:
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