Software development and everything in-between

Hello! I'm a software developer from the North East of England. I currently work with PHP & Laravel. I also have a keen interest in Offensive Pen Testing and I'm currently working towards obtaining my CompTIA PenTest+ certification.

Follow me as I share problems and solutions that I encounter in my daily life.

I have also painstakingly copied the Ninja Foodie Max quick start guide which contains a big table full of cooking charts for your air fryer.

How do Enums work in PHP?

Ever been unsure about Enums or why you'd use them? In this post i'll show you real world examples and...

How to setup a DMARC record

Learn how to add SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for Gmail and Yahoo's latest changes

Amazon Kids Plus Review

My Daughter has been using Amazon Kids+ For over a year. Is it worth it, is it any good? A...

Laravel PDF API

As part of my day job I was required to make PDF's from HTML templates and expose this via an...

How to Install Laravel Spark

Doing a fresh install of Laravel Spark or even an upgrade has proved problematic almost every time i attempt it....

Notifications delayed on Android Pie?

Just recently I noticed that notifications for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger were not coming through. They'd only show if I...

Laravel Queue Delays Not Working

Using Laravel 5.7 queues along with Redis I found that whilst the events were being dispatched and handled by the...

Cached values not showing in Redis

Recently I wasn't able to access any cached values in Redis. I knew the values were being saved, but no...