otsch (Christian Olear)
@otsch.codes
Web Developer, PHP enthusiast.
Open source PHP packages: https://www.crwlr.software @crwlr.bsky.social
Working on a web crawling and scraping SaaS @ https://www.crwl.io (sign up for beta)
Open source PHP packages: https://www.crwlr.software @crwlr.bsky.social
Working on a web crawling and scraping SaaS @ https://www.crwl.io (sign up for beta)
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October 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Today I got 2 phishing messages via the DM system of a freelancer platform.
Tricky to spot, because the DMs are delivered as legit emails from the platform itself.
The only giveaway: a shady short-URL. If they had registered a lookalike domain, I’d probably have clicked.
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Tricky to spot, because the DMs are delivered as legit emails from the platform itself.
The only giveaway: a shady short-URL. If they had registered a lookalike domain, I’d probably have clicked.
1/2
September 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Today I got 2 phishing messages via the DM system of a freelancer platform.
Tricky to spot, because the DMs are delivered as legit emails from the platform itself.
The only giveaway: a shady short-URL. If they had registered a lookalike domain, I’d probably have clicked.
1/2
Tricky to spot, because the DMs are delivered as legit emails from the platform itself.
The only giveaway: a shady short-URL. If they had registered a lookalike domain, I’d probably have clicked.
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Great read! 🤖
Another "where's the AI code?" question: where's the shovelware? If AI coding is so hot, we should be seeing a flood of crappy little apps, and we aren't.
mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
note this post is from a huge AI bro too
mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
note this post is from a huge AI bro too
Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up
78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.
mikelovesrobots.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Great read! 🤖
🚀 Laravel & Flutter Vienna go Linz!
On Friday, September 5th, a big PHP/Dev community meetup with folks from Vienna, Salzburg, and Upper Austria is happening in Linz! Join us for tech talks, beer, and the Ars Electronica Nightline afterwards!
🤓💻🥳🍻🏭👨🏻🎤
🔗 www.phpeople.at/events/larav...
On Friday, September 5th, a big PHP/Dev community meetup with folks from Vienna, Salzburg, and Upper Austria is happening in Linz! Join us for tech talks, beer, and the Ars Electronica Nightline afterwards!
🤓💻🥳🍻🏭👨🏻🎤
🔗 www.phpeople.at/events/larav...
Laravel & Flutter Vienna go LINZ - Friday, September 5th
Join Laravel & Flutter Vienna on Friday, September 5th in Linz at Brauunion, followed by Ars Electronica Nightline. Connect with PHP devs in Austria!
www.phpeople.at
August 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚀 Laravel & Flutter Vienna go Linz!
On Friday, September 5th, a big PHP/Dev community meetup with folks from Vienna, Salzburg, and Upper Austria is happening in Linz! Join us for tech talks, beer, and the Ars Electronica Nightline afterwards!
🤓💻🥳🍻🏭👨🏻🎤
🔗 www.phpeople.at/events/larav...
On Friday, September 5th, a big PHP/Dev community meetup with folks from Vienna, Salzburg, and Upper Austria is happening in Linz! Join us for tech talks, beer, and the Ars Electronica Nightline afterwards!
🤓💻🥳🍻🏭👨🏻🎤
🔗 www.phpeople.at/events/larav...
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Made it to 10,000 installs of the crwlr/crawler package! 🥳💪🏻
Here’s to the next 10,000! 🥂
Here’s to the next 10,000! 🥂
July 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Made it to 10,000 installs of the crwlr/crawler package! 🥳💪🏻
Here’s to the next 10,000! 🥂
Here’s to the next 10,000! 🥂
PIE, the new PHP Extension Installer is 1.0.0! 🥳💪🏻
🥧 I have finally released PIE 1.0.0 - The PHP Installer for Extensions will let you install a growing number of extensions. Thank you to a whole host of people for their support in building this excellent @thephpf.bsky.social initiative! ❤️
#phppie #pie #phpcommunity #phpc
github.com/php/pie/rele...
#phppie #pie #phpcommunity #phpc
github.com/php/pie/rele...
Release 1.0.0 · php/pie
1.0.0
Total issues resolved: 0
Total pull requests resolved: 1
Total contributors: 1
documentation
258: Review and update of docs wording thanks to @asgrim
github.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
PIE, the new PHP Extension Installer is 1.0.0! 🥳💪🏻
🧑💻 I’m open for freelance projects!
Complex custom Web apps, APIs, Web crawling/scraping - PHP-focused 🐘, with many years of experience 👴🏻
More + CV: www.otsch.codes
Feel free to share!
Complex custom Web apps, APIs, Web crawling/scraping - PHP-focused 🐘, with many years of experience 👴🏻
More + CV: www.otsch.codes
Feel free to share!
Christian Olear (Otsch) – Freelance Web Developer – Linz (AT)
Christian Olear (Otsch) is a freelance web developer based in Linz (AT). Focus areas: (SaaS) web apps, PHP legacy projects, and web crawling & scraping.
www.otsch.codes
June 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🧑💻 I’m open for freelance projects!
Complex custom Web apps, APIs, Web crawling/scraping - PHP-focused 🐘, with many years of experience 👴🏻
More + CV: www.otsch.codes
Feel free to share!
Complex custom Web apps, APIs, Web crawling/scraping - PHP-focused 🐘, with many years of experience 👴🏻
More + CV: www.otsch.codes
Feel free to share!
PHP turns 30 today! 🐘🥳
My story with PHP started about 25 years ago, when I was 13, coding a guestbook 😅
When did you join the party?
My story with PHP started about 25 years ago, when I was 13, coding a guestbook 😅
When did you join the party?
June 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
PHP turns 30 today! 🐘🥳
My story with PHP started about 25 years ago, when I was 13, coding a guestbook 😅
When did you join the party?
My story with PHP started about 25 years ago, when I was 13, coding a guestbook 😅
When did you join the party?
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Friends who are EU citizens, please consider signing this initiative against conversion "therapies":
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/
About 400,000 signatures are still needed in just a couple of days. I think it's possible! Sign!
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/
About 400,000 signatures are still needed in just a couple of days. I think it's possible! Sign!
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Friends who are EU citizens, please consider signing this initiative against conversion "therapies":
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/
About 400,000 signatures are still needed in just a couple of days. I think it's possible! Sign!
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/
About 400,000 signatures are still needed in just a couple of days. I think it's possible! Sign!
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🥳 Looking at the votes, it seems like we’ll have a Pipe operator in PHP 8.5
wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe-ope...
#php
wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe-ope...
#php
May 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🥳 Looking at the votes, it seems like we’ll have a Pipe operator in PHP 8.5
wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe-ope...
#php
wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe-ope...
#php
Just found that I still have this bag 😅
Anyone else been there?
Anyone else been there?
May 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just found that I still have this bag 😅
Anyone else been there?
Anyone else been there?
When I go for a run! 🏃🏼♂️🐘😅
May 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When I go for a run! 🏃🏼♂️🐘😅
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Reached some install milestones for the crwlr packages 🎉
- url passed 50,000 installs
- query-string is at an unbelievable 3,000,000 installs (thanks to bref!)
- robots-txt is approaching 15,000
- crawler will soon reach 10,000
Thanks to everyone using and supporting the packages! 🫶
- url passed 50,000 installs
- query-string is at an unbelievable 3,000,000 installs (thanks to bref!)
- robots-txt is approaching 15,000
- crawler will soon reach 10,000
Thanks to everyone using and supporting the packages! 🫶
May 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Reached some install milestones for the crwlr packages 🎉
- url passed 50,000 installs
- query-string is at an unbelievable 3,000,000 installs (thanks to bref!)
- robots-txt is approaching 15,000
- crawler will soon reach 10,000
Thanks to everyone using and supporting the packages! 🫶
- url passed 50,000 installs
- query-string is at an unbelievable 3,000,000 installs (thanks to bref!)
- robots-txt is approaching 15,000
- crawler will soon reach 10,000
Thanks to everyone using and supporting the packages! 🫶
First talk „So, you think you know PHPUnit“ by Sebastian Bergmann 🤓
May 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
First talk „So, you think you know PHPUnit“ by Sebastian Bergmann 🤓
Looking forward to see Sebastian Bergmann and other great speakers and people at the Laravel Vienna Meetup later today! 🙂🤓🥳
www.meetup.com/laravel-fram...
www.meetup.com/laravel-fram...
ViennaPHP ❤️ Laravel Vienna x Sebastian Bergmann, Tue, May 6, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Fellow PHP artisans!
YES, you've read the title right: Sebastian Bergmann is nice enough to stop by on his way to ComoCamp.
Let's come together for talks, pizza and drinks,
www.meetup.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Looking forward to see Sebastian Bergmann and other great speakers and people at the Laravel Vienna Meetup later today! 🙂🤓🥳
www.meetup.com/laravel-fram...
www.meetup.com/laravel-fram...
I just transferred a domain to a different registrar. My DNS records were already managed at a different provider, so I just wanted to point the domain to those nameservers again. I was prepared for a little downtime and immediately tried to change the nameservers after the transfer was done…
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April 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I just transferred a domain to a different registrar. My DNS records were already managed at a different provider, so I just wanted to point the domain to those nameservers again. I was prepared for a little downtime and immediately tried to change the nameservers after the transfer was done…
1/5
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Laravel 12 is Now Released
Laravel 12 is Now Released - Laravel News
Laravel 12 has been released. It introduces new starter kits for React, Vue, and Livewire and updates the latest upstream dependencies.
buff.ly
February 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Laravel 12 is Now Released
Reposted by otsch (Christian Olear)
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
This is f***ing great! 🤣
HTML explained by Satan using the medium of Death Metal…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27dn...
via @brucel.bsky.social of course
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27dn...
via @brucel.bsky.social of course
SATAN EXPLAINS HTML using DEATH METAL
YouTube video by RiffShop
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is f***ing great! 🤣
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Tagged a bugfix release of the robots-txt package, thx to this issue github.com/crwlrsoft/ro... by Martin-Matchory. 🙏💪🏻
Doesn't seem to work with this robots.txt · Issue #12 · crwlrsoft/robots-txt
robots.txt ---------------------------- User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-admin/ Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php User-agent: * Disallow: /*blackhole Disallow: /?blackhole ---------------------------- url...
github.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tagged a bugfix release of the robots-txt package, thx to this issue github.com/crwlrsoft/ro... by Martin-Matchory. 🙏💪🏻
Posted an article! 🤓📚
A new blog article is out! 🤓📚
Learn how to use a crawler to perform a health check and warm your cache after every deployment of your website or web app. Ensure smooth performance and error-free user experiences. Happy reading!
www.crwlr.software/blog/post-de...
Learn how to use a crawler to perform a health check and warm your cache after every deployment of your website or web app. Ensure smooth performance and error-free user experiences. Happy reading!
www.crwlr.software/blog/post-de...
Crwlr Recipes: Using a Crawler for Website Error Detection and Cache Warming
Have you ever deployed your website or web app, only to discover hours later that you’ve introduced bugs or broken links? Or do you clear the cache with every deploy, leaving the first users to experi...
www.crwlr.software
January 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Posted an article! 🤓📚
Reposted by otsch (Christian Olear)
Google is serving a malware version of the homebrew link to some users. Isn't ad-driven SEO great?
Via x.com/ryanchenkie/...
Via x.com/ryanchenkie/...
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Google is serving a malware version of the homebrew link to some users. Isn't ad-driven SEO great?
Via x.com/ryanchenkie/...
Via x.com/ryanchenkie/...
Yay! My @spatie.be Shirt and Stickers (Top Secret Challenge Goodie) arrived! 🤩😊💪🫶
Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻
Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻
December 30, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Yay! My @spatie.be Shirt and Stickers (Top Secret Challenge Goodie) arrived! 🤩😊💪🫶
Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻
Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻
CSS z-index can be such a pain! 🙈
December 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
CSS z-index can be such a pain! 🙈
Love the new 24h view in the google search console 🙂
December 12, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Love the new 24h view in the google search console 🙂