April 2024

Developer Journal

Tuesday 30th
build Use Documentation, Laravel, PHP and TDD - Migrating console commands from FuelPHP to Laravel
Using TDD and plenty of documentation. Important commands. Intermediate (5 hours)
task_alt Completed AI skill journey - Setup a local Llama
Monday 29th
build Use APIs, Laravel and PHP - Working on some API data, and order Pipelines
Interesting use of pipelines to verify orders at various stages. Intermediate (5 hours)
Friday 26th
build Use Laravel - Transferring some model logic to eloquent scopes Advanced (2 hours)
build Use Laravel and PHP - Scoping of data queries, complex relationships Intermediate (4 hours)
Thursday 25th
build Use APIs, Laravel and PHP - Adding some filters to a report and API routes Intermediate (5 hours)
Wednesday 24th
build Use AlpineJS, Javascript and NodeJS - Working on some asset and resource issues, legacy system Intermediate (6 hours)
Tuesday 23rd
school Learn Laravel and PHP - Reviewing policies and authorisation (v8) Intermediate (2 hours)
Monday 22nd
build Use AlpineJS and Javascript - Fixing some issues with dependencies and CDN loaded resources, webpack and npm Intermediate (4 hours)
Friday 19th
build Use Laravel and PHP - Fixing some small issues and bugs
New code base so a bit lost.... Intermediate (3 hours)
Thursday 18th
build Use APIs, Laravel, PHP and TDD - Debug and fix an API route issue Intermediate (3 hours)
Tuesday 16th
build Use APIs, Laravel and PHP - Learning a new code base and looking at some API bugs. Intermediate (2 hours)
Thursday 11th
build Use Documentation and PHP - Writing up project documentation Intermediate (3 hours)
Wednesday 10th
school Learn AI - Exploring local fine tuning models
Uploading documents to the LLM Basic (4 hours)
Thursday 4th
task_alt Completed AI skill journey - Run a local Text to Speach model
Tuesday 2nd
build Use AI and Python - Working on a simple LLM project Basic (4 hours)
build Use Laravel, Livewire and PHP - Front end components for chat assistant Intermediate (1 hour)