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Clay Smith

Clay Smith

@davidclaysmith.com

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- He/Him - Mainly Laravel @ Eventhub GmbH. - Built @Akita. - Helping my wife with https://www.instagram.com/letsfurl/ - Father to three wonderful sons, husband to a wonderful wife - Live in the Azores.

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Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 4h

You should buy one of the gizmo's my wife is starting to manufacture.

Made with partially recycled cotton and, for a limited time, 15% tariffs!! Yay!

letsfurl.com

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 1d

@calebporzio.bsky.social needs to stop talking about Buffalo wings. Killing me.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 4d

They need to say "we hate that the Republicans are going to raise your health care costs but we can't risk children going hungry".

Allow for a clean continuing resolution on the condition that Johnson and the republicans re-instate the subsidies...

Which they won't. But points maybe scored?

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 4d

I like that the Democrats are "taking a stand" but I don't think they have a real strategy -- not that they have much leverage at all.

I'd say it's time for them to back down. They can't let SNAP benefits lapse and people need to live...

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 4d

Just thinking that.

I've had a Postgres extension idea for years that I am 100% not qualified to research much less create.

Claude wrote it for me in Rust while I was waiting in line to pay for my glasses.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 5d

Man I miss @barackobama.bsky.social right now.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 5d

And maybe a:

.config
- /ai
- /claude
- /phpunit.cache

It's just workspace pollution.

Think about the children.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 5d

Can we do something about all the ".{directory}" and "/{config}.yaml|json|js|xml" hell?

Maybe:
"config.json|yaml|js|xml" is just a reserved file and if you need to write a config file it goes in a top level element:

{
"pint": {},
".mcp": {},
"jsconfig": {}
}

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 5d

youtu.be/qi1LMIUOOAI?...

oh no! we suck again

YouTube video by theMariner

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 5d

Not sure but dollars to donuts there would be 'synergies' involved.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 6d

The Price Andrew of "Democratic Party royalty".

NPR @npr.org · 6d

Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty. n.pr/3Wkh6vb

Mamdani's rise in NYC reflects generational fight within the Democratic Party

Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 6d

Man people are really hyping up the Hawks this season... stars, great support, deep bench, financial flexibility, and good draft picks...

A smart better puts them between 6-10 in the East like they've been for every year EVER.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 7d

What a shit-show of a trilogy though.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 7d

I love this nickname for Atlanta Hawks player Dyson Daniels -- Australian basketball player who led the league in steals by a wide margin -- The Great Barrier Thief.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 13d

I find that I spend most of my time making sure that Claude code:

- Is consistent across the code base;
- Makes reasonable design decisions (appropriate use of the service container, interfaces, etc).

Rector, phpstan, etc. then provide good guardrails...

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 13d

My #laravel agentic workflow is:

- Claude Code
- AgentOs 2.0 (thx @briancasel.com)
- Rector
- Phpstan
- Pint
- Pest

The end result is type-safe, good looking, Laravel-way and well-tested code...

...that I had very little part in writing.

The role of a developer is changing so much.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 13d

I mean, they are pretty forthcoming...

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 15d

As a heavy Claude code user, this is basically me working:

youtu.be/a8K6QUPmv8Q?...

Dance Paul Rudd, Dance | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | adult swim

YouTube video by Adult Swim

Reposted by Clay Smith

Shane Becker @veganstraightedge.com · 21d

~20 years of Ruby/Rails experience
~5 years of engineering management
~15 years public speaking at confs
…a lifetime as an artist and designer

I'd be great as:
-StaffEng
-Senior EM / Director
-VPE (at small/medium size company)

shanebecker.dev

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 18d

Meanwhile... www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 18d

Looking forward to our call. Thanks for accepting such an early Sunday time slot. Chat soon!

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 20d

Congrats. I bet it felt good to ship it. I'm going to take a look at it this afternoon I hope!

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 20d

The guy in the middle the image of the late, great George Wendt.

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 20d

@briancasel.com

**Ahem**

Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com · 21d

Johnson will just propose some bill in December that restores subsidies and cuts one leg off every puppy in the world and blast the Dems for not caring about your health care!