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matthewtrask.com
Software developer (php mostly) | reluctant engineering manager | photographer | cyclist | history nerd | certified short king đź‘‘ | Nashville, TN
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Today’s project: replacing the brick molding around a door. Wish me luck. #homeimprovement

The #PHP 30 anniversary splash screen for #phpstorm is pretty fucking good:

I’m on a mission to read about as many interesting people in American history as I can. Already have read about: Grant, Washington, Sherman, and John Lewis Currently listening to “Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow and reading “The Swamp Fox” about Francis Marion. Who else should I add to the list?

As a huge history nerd, the period from May 25th to July 4th has so many events that are incredibly consequential to American History.

"No build frontend is so much more fun" from @simonwillison.net simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/... #webdevelopmenet #frontend #javascript

"The status of the delete operation is successful if the response is empty and the HTTP status code is 204. Otherwise, the response will include an HTTP error, and its body will include the corresponding details." apichangelog.substack.com/p/http-204-i...

I’m a little worried that AI will lock in whatever best practices are most popular at this moment and we won’t evolve as easily from here

✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go. If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!

I know some of these words.

nothing gets the adrenaline going quite like a cat causally laying on cmd/ctrl+z and you dont notice it immediately.

Took that massive lens out to the airport. Not mad at these. #photography #airplanes #nashville

RIP Harambe. May 28, 2016 - Never forget.

Absolute unit of a lens. But now I can capture more fun faces at the bike races.

I shouldn't have to opt out for something I never really opted in for in the first place.

The Nashville skyline at Golden Hour. #nashville #photography

Some more from the tour de Nash @walkbikenashville.bsky.social #nashville #tourdenash

Just a few from @walkbikenashville.bsky.social's #tourdenash. More will be on my instagram (@matthewjtrask)