Chris Morrell

@cmorrell.com

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Philadelphia father of two. Mostly talking about PHP/Laravel/React on here. He/him. On the web @ https://cmorrell.com Podcasting @ https://overengineered.fm/ On mastodon @ https://rtsn.dev/@chris Formerly @ https://twitter.com/inxilpro

Book cover of Whistler, A Novel, by Ann Patchett An oil painting of a horse standing in a field facing the viewer. The sky is dark and starry, and a few mountains are in the distance.
alter table `failed_jobs` add column `display_name` varchar(255) generated always as (json_unquote(json_extract(`payload`, '$.displayName'))) stored after `uuid`, add column `exception_name` varchar(255) generated always as (substring_index(`exception`, ':', 1)) stored after `display_name`, add index `failed_jobs_display_name_index`(`display_name`), add index `failed_jobs_exception_name_index`(`exception_name`);
A number of folded band tour shirts: - The Decemberists - Wolf Alice - The Format - Chappell Roan - Jason Isbell - Olivia Rodrigo - Josh Ritter - The Beaches - Lucius - Lily and Madeleine - The Low Anthem - Slowly, It Dawns
Cut of all the times Ian and Aaron mention actuallytechnical.com
CMAT standing in the middle of a crowd
“AG1” display at Target.
Photo of The Vitamin Shoppe storefront with an “AG1” supplement ad in the window.
I NEED A POEM Can we talk about the moon tonight? Low & full in the baby-blue sky. A friend at my door, the sound of her laugh & well-loved heart. I want to be held up like that. I need a poem about happiness I haven't written yet, an ode to the ducks in my neighbour's pool, another for the pink magnolias of spring—some trees make it look so easy: Yes, I can hold all this beauty up.
“Can’t Forget About You” theater program
Stage with “the format” above it
"Javascript" block tower with one small block holding it up labeled "app-root-path"
The Everlasting by Alice E. Harrow Libro.fm My listening supports Iffy Books
How do I know when to release 1.0.0? Don't.
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Scree capture of scrolling a page. The sidebar shows the active section as highlighted, but other sections on the screen are also highlighted in proportion to how much of the screen they're taking up.
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"Send Message" configuration set to "Command Return"
Demo of new IDE plugin called Chronicle that lets you record an IDE session and generate a handoff document from it.
heliographe.studio says: If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really good at icon design Followed by the Pages icons in reverse: going from basic, unrecognizable icons in boxes to a very beautiful ink pot and fountain pen icon.
In my opinion, Apple took on an impossible task: to add an icon to every menu item. There are just not enough good metaphors to do something like that. But even if there were, the premise itself is questionable: if everything has an icon, it doesn’t mean users will find what they are looking for faster. And even if the premise was solid, I still wish I could say: they did the best they could, given the goal. But that’s not true either: they did a poor job consistently applying the metaphors and designing the icons themselves.
Photo of Kevin from Grand Designs on a TV
Screen shot of dump() output with laravel-dumper: Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder {#223 ▼ sql: "select * from "users" where "email" = 'bogdan@foo.com' limit 10" #connection: Illuminate\Database\SQLiteConnection {#1518 ▼ name: "testing" database: ":memory:" driver: "sqlite" …23 } …25 }
// in PHP try { // ... } finally { doSomeCleanUp(); } // in Swift defer { doSomeCleanUp() }
Short video of security cam footage: rear view of Tesla Model X. After a second, the horn beeps briefly and 3 of the 4 doors open automatically as the lights flash.
Graph showing a line at 0, then jumps to 500M for 8 hours, then drops to 10-50M after that. It points out the 3.7 billion request spike and then comments that the section of the graph looks small in comparison but is still 1-2 million req/min.
Screen shot of earlier post with Thanksgiving spreadsheet with “Brussels” circled.
Photo of a printed spreadsheet showing a Thanksgiving day cooking schedule in great detail.
Chart: "Number of Planned Tasks by Menu Item" Brussels: 5 Corn: 1 Cranberry: 1 Dressing: 4 Gravy: 1 Potato: 4 Turkey: 8
Photo of Chris wearing green sweat pants and a pink sweatshirt with three loons on it.
Screen shot from GitHub showing 149 repositories.
BROKEN SPOKE You grow old. You love everybody. You forgive everyone. You think: we are all leaves dragged along by a wheel. Then comes a splendid spotted yellow one-ah, distinction! And in that moment you are dragged under. Mary Ruefle
"Nothing Else Matters" Senior Project
Screen capture of map showing Laravel icons in a row.
Automation that runs immediately: When I get a message containing 'stop' Match text and send message…
Laravel logo in beige color with the "ar" blurred out.
Screen capture of a maze drawing in a terminal screen.
Photo of Chris dressed as the Dread Pirate Roberts from the Princess Bride.
I was lost in the chaos of spaghetti code No type hints just in and shame My functions cried out in the dark of night But then I heard the click, PhpStorm called my name Now every line's a light Guiding me through the compile fight And when the red squiggles start to show I'll lift my hands and let it know PhpStorm You refactor my soul Strict types, take control Shine your static light inside my heart No undefined Variable can tear us apart Oh, PhpStorm My savior in the storm
AlgoliaKey::for(Foo::class) ->forUser(Auth::user()) // Scopes the key to user_id ->filters( // Exclude recently deleted records that might not // have been removed from the index yet Foo::query() ->where('deleted_at', '>', now()->subMinute()) ->pluck('uuid') ->map(fn($id) => "NOT uuid:{$id}") ->join(' AND ') ) ->expires(now()->addHour());
“Why shouldn’t I?” Bilbo meme where he’s looking at the ring and decides to keep it, but the ring is “long text”
Code Snippet: ```blade <x-ui.responsive-text xs="Unsigned" md="Not yet signed" xl="This agreement has not yet been signed" /> ```
Photo of candied apple chunks with tooth picks sticking out of them.
Photo of sugar mixture boiling in a pan with a candy thermometer sticking out of it.
Photo of burnt caramel on parchment paper.
Graph showing load vs. bin log usage: on 10/6 a spike in bin log usage triggered a huge spike in load. On 10/7 and 10/8, similar spikes had no noticeable affect on load.
Screen capture from Ian's Sora video showing him with an oversized head and weird arm in a strange convertable.
Photo of The Format on stage. Orange lights in the background with a spotlight on the lead singer. "The Format" in gold letters hovering above.
Photo of ear plugs and a 5hour energy.
"cancel plan" dialog where the large primary action button does not cancel the plan
Screen shot of 9 increasingly difficult math equations.
6: 33 1: .6666 4: 3.925 9: inf 8: 720 2: 2.26 5: 10.5 3: 2.82842712 7: 403.43
Screen shot of modal pop up in iOS 26 showing checkmate where “X” button used to be, and extreme rounded corners.
CERTIFICATE ✅ Verified Human This Certificate Is Presented To Chris Morrell For poof of humanhood. They are made of flesh and blood. They smile, they grieve, they dance. They are NOT a Robot.
Screen shot of iOS 6
Screen shot of illegible Liquid Glass UI
Screen capture of clicking a YouTube "play" button and showing dozens of network requests in the Chrome web inspector.
<x-youtube-video class="my-6" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JyM8RE3PYLA" title="Preview the new InterNACHI® Agreement System" />
<?php // Non-static, type checking - array_column is 2.06× faster array_map(fn(BackedEnum $case) => $case->value, MyEnum::cases()); // Static, type checking - array_column is 2.01× faster array_map(static fn(BackedEnum $case) => $case->value, MyEnum::cases()); // Non-static, no type checking - array_column is 1.87× faster array_map(fn($case) => $case->value, MyEnum::cases()); // Static, no type checking - array_column is 1.83× faster array_map(static fn($case) => $case->value, MyEnum::cases()); // Fastest array_column(MyEnum::cases(), 'value');
<?php enum Status: int { case Pending = 1; case Started = 2; case Complete = 4; case Error = 8; } array_column(Status::cases(), 'value'); // Result: [1, 2, 4, 8]
Screen shot of Merlin bird ID app with “Common Raven” showing.