After 20 years on WordPress, I rebuilt my site with Laravel recently. I'm super happy with the transition. Full story: ryan.hellyer.kiwi/2026/build…

I’ve dealt with Dell on 3 continents over 20 years with mixed success. Dell Germany has officially reached "Administrative Deadlock" for me. Full info here: ryan.hellyer.kiwi/2026/dell-…. @DellCares @DellHilft

.@DellCares I contacted you for assistance, not to be told everything is fine. Everything is NOT fine. You are refusing to honor my warranty due to a "system hold" caused by YOUR failure to collect a unit for 1,068 days. Fix the administrative deadlock. #Dell #XPS

.@DellCares AI analysis of my 3-year support history confirms a "total systemic collapse of Dell Premium Support." I am being unfairly penalized for a logistical failure lasting 1,068 days. Fix this. #Dell #XPS #DellSupport

I built Stream Spool today, a Bash tool that fetches stream segments in the background and stitches them into a single, playable file in real-time. Super useful for sketchy streams with buffering issues. Check it out on GitHub: github.com/ryanhellyer/strea…

I finally reached peak developer laziness. I made gitmeh ¯\(ツ)/¯ It uses Google Gemini to auto-stage, write commit messages, and push to the cloud so you can close your laptop sooner. Perfect for personal projects. GitHub: github.com/ryanhellyer/gitme… Blog: geek.hellyer.kiwi/2026/gitme…

Sick of spam bots hitting Telegram, Discord etc. when you share a invite link publicly? Then check out my invite link spam protector ... spam-destroyer.com/ I did a little writeup about the recent rebuild I did of it here: geek.hellyer.kiwi/2025/how-i… #spambots #laravel

I caught a cold, so instead of resting, decided to create my first #laravelphp package :) geek.hellyer.kiwi/2025/larav…. Just a super simple performance tracking gizmo, exactly how I've always handled basic performance tracking in WordPress.

Happy birthday to my website(s) which turned 18 today~ I meant to have a long overdue complete redesign for today, but life got in the way and it's delayed by a few weeks. ryan.hellyer.kiwi geek.hellyer.kiwi I look forward another 18 years of website maintenance :)

My gorgeous kitty kat Luna just passed 2000 followers on Instagram! instagram.com/luna_purrspect… 🎉🥳🎊

Is anyone else getting ticked off having to stop using em dashes—those elegant punctuation marks—because now people think you're posting straight from an AI bot?

Does anyone out there have a loose idea of how much WordPress plugins sell for? I'm getting offers for various plugins I own, but have zero idea if they're even vaguely within the right ballpark.

I've been thinking lately about a toy I wanted as a child, but my parents flatly refused due to the insane price. Turns out, that as an adult, there's nobody here to say no 🤣🤣🤣 My 1988 vintage (re-release) of the Tamiya Avante should arrive within a week 😀

Nice to see my work proving useful :)

We've started a family! Her name is Luna and she is AMAZING! She is an expert at sleeping, chewing cables and stomping on my head at night to wake me up. She has her own Instagram channel if you would like to follow her there: instagram.com/luna_purrspect…

Thanks to @remkusdevries for mentioning my Stale Cache package in his recent WordPress newsletter ... remkusdevries.com/newsletter… [github.com/ryanhellyer/stale…]

🚀 StaleCache - a #Laravel inspired library for #WordPress that implements stale-while-revalidate caching. Serves stale content while silently updating, prevents cache stampedes, and reduces load on expensive operations. Available as a #Composer package. github.com/ryanhellyer/stale…

I created a new #WordPress stale cache implementation inspired by #Laravel's new Cache::flexible system. Early development but promising results. Check it out 👇 github.com/ryanhellyer/stale… (still in alpha)

I'm looking for recommendations on handling stale caches in #WordPress! Any favorite libraries/packages that do this well? I tried building my own solution tonight but... let's just say it didn't go as planned 😅 I'd love to use something battle-tested instead! Thanks.

Hmm. Interesting food for thought here on how commenting can interact with caching systems and SEO in unexpected ways.