Monitoring Laravel Performance—Without the Dev Tools Bloat
Track Laravel performance in production without heavy tools. This lightweight package injects generation times as invisible HTML comments. Perfect for instant developer audits.
Development
Software engineering insights, technical write-ups, and documentation of past development projects.
Chromium UI in Ubuntu 24.04 on Dell XPS 13 9320
Chromium lost its Ubuntu theme after upgrading to 24.04? Learn how to fix missing title bars and restore proper desktop integration with this simple fix.
Stale Cache
A WordPress implementation of the stale-while-revalidate pattern that serves content instantly while refreshing caches in the background, preventing slowdowns during high traffic periods.
LLM analysis of WordPress plugins and themes
Easily analyse WordPress plugins and themes using LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. This PHP script lists and displays .php, composer.json, and package.json files for seamless copying and pasting into your LLM of choice, simplifying debugging and improvement tasks.
Whoop Strap Review
After trying FitBit and Samsung watches, the Whoop Strap disappoints despite its no-screen concept and steep subscription fee. Lacking GPS and a step counter, it fails to offer complete fitness tracking. Explore why it might not be worth the investment.
WordCamp Netherlands slides
View and download my presentation slides from WordCamp Netherlands. Available for immediate access at geek.hellyer.kiwi/presentations/.
String replace SQL
Discover a straightforward bash script method to conduct a string replacement in your entire SQL database. This technique allows for a direct and efficient approach without the necessity of dumping or reimporting your database.
Compress image folders to webp
Convert entire folders of images to webp with specific file size limits using this simple bash script.
Simpler WordPress gallery
Simplify WordPress gallery code with a snippet that converts it to an unordered list. Check it out at on my Simpler WordPress gallery code page.
More Gutenberg junk
It seems that every once in a while, I need to disable more Gutenberg rubbish messing with WordPress websites. Here is an updated Gutenberg junk removal script.
Disable Gutenberg junk in SVN trunk!
WordPress keeps adding more code junk, even when you aren’t using the WordPress block editor. Thankfully this is something which is trivial to fix.
str_contains()
A simple shim function to make the super useful str_contains() function from PHP 8 work in older versions of PHP.