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Matt Cockayne

Always leave the codebase better than you found it. Go, Rust and release trust. The PHP is where the name came from, not where it stopped.

Location Manchester, UK Joined Joined on  Personal website https://phpboyscout.uk github website

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he/him

Work

Building and maintaining an open-source Go and Rust estate, in public

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Fifty-four tools before a word was typed

Fifty-four tools before a word was typed

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Two encrypted emails in twenty years

Two encrypted emails in twenty years

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A client you can still use when you configured it wrong

A client you can still use when you configured it wrong

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The config key that quietly did nothing

The config key that quietly did nothing

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Middleware for CLI commands, not just web servers

Middleware for CLI commands, not just web servers

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Half your users don't have eyes

Half your users don't have eyes

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Check the code you're reading is current

Check the code you're reading is current

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Nobody's coming to clean your supply chain

Nobody's coming to clean your supply chain

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The off-switch was never a button

The off-switch was never a button

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Building it yourself is the third thing I try

Building it yourself is the third thing I try

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Everyone wants Rust's safety, nobody wants Rust

Everyone wants Rust's safety, nobody wants Rust

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Sandboxed isn't safe

Sandboxed isn't safe

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The secret that wasn't on my branch

The secret that wasn't on my branch

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The take-home goes in the bin

The take-home goes in the bin

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I went looking for the reason not to build it

I went looking for the reason not to build it

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A Slack channel with nobody in it

A Slack channel with nobody in it

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What I took back off the shelf

What I took back off the shelf

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House rules

House rules

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The rung we sawed off

The rung we sawed off

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They'll meet me eventually

They'll meet me eventually

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Where should a CLI keep your API keys?

Where should a CLI keep your API keys?

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The greybeards' edge was never typing

The greybeards' edge was never typing

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Who owns the pager?

Who owns the pager?

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The campsite was never the point

The campsite was never the point

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