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Ben Lumley

@benlumley

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Freelance Senior Web Developer - specialise in all things PHP, especially Symfony, Laravel and WordPress. Also assistant keeper of 2 small children.

Near Bath, UK
Joined April 2008
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@benlumley
Ben Lumley
5 years
Upgraded the firmware on my router. Now my lights won't turn on. The world we live in 😂
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@nicalpi
Nicolas Alpi 🍪
6 years
@benlumley Haha great one! I also rely so much on these history that I symbolic link my .zshrc to a place like dropbox folder so there is always a copy somewhere just in case
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Ben Lumley
6 years
How has it taken me over 10 years to realise I can make by bash history much more searchable by adding comments after commands? eg: ssh user@ip # server name
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Ben Lumley
6 years
Recent bike use has so far resulted in 1 broken bottom bracket, bent derailleur and snapped hanger + 1 snapped wheel axle. Teach me to leave it neglected in the garage for 14+ yrs…
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Ben Lumley
6 years
Someone doesn't want to use git because there'll be conflicts. Yes. This is the point; we need to know.
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Ben Lumley
6 years
I know the world has bigger problems… but pretty upset to see that I now have to spend £25 and not just £10 for free delivery on Toolstation….!!
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@heyjoecampbell
Joe Campbell
6 years
Sick of telling clients/users they need to clear their browser cache to see the #WordPress updates - try this nifty plugin by @benlumley for automatic filename based asset cache busting https://t.co/hhRqcTDlF8
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Ben Lumley
6 years
Bootstrap - $enable-responsive-font-sizes: true; and everything worked… kinda.
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Ben Lumley
6 years
Looking forwards to being involved in this later.
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@Glass_Mountains
Glass Mountains
6 years
We're running a free WordPress Webinar on the 24th April at 14:00 (BST) @Joel_Hughes & @benlumley will discuss practical steps you can take when managing your business' WordPress site. Sign up for free access details https://t.co/1xLLV2QiOF
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Glass Mountains
6 years
WordPress Webinar 24th April at 14:00 @Joel_Hughes & @benlumley from Glass Mountains will discuss practical steps you can take when managing your business' WordPress site. https://t.co/1xLLV37TGd
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Glass Mountains
6 years
Ben & Joel chat about WordPress & Security in the first of two videos: https://t.co/M2ByUkXm7U /ht @Joel_Hughes @benlumley
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@pfwd
Peter Fisher | Web Development courses
6 years
I'm on the job hunt. Who needs a full stack developer on their team. Please let me know! I can PHP, Python, Docker, JavaScript, Linux, CSS things together https://t.co/vz18ZWFTfR
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Ben Lumley
6 years
Dining chair all day not good news… Wondering if a trip to my office to fetch my chair is essential healthcare related work… :/
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Ben Lumley
6 years
Maybe your WordPress website has seen an uptick in traffic and you are worried about keeping it fast, secure or updated? I could help with that today!
@benlumley
Ben Lumley
6 years
A lot of availability at the moment if anyone needs a developer! #covidcancellations
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Ben Lumley
6 years
I should add - DMs open!
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Ben Lumley
6 years
A lot of availability at the moment if anyone needs a developer! #covidcancellations
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