Andy Swick

@techenby.com

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Lead Programmer at @tighten.com. They/them 🏳️‍⚧️. AuDHD. An all-around silly, weird, nerdy human. Laravel | Livewire | 3D Printing | LEGO | Band | etc. https://pinkary.com/@techenby

Andy taking a selfie on a wood stage with a concert hall in the background.

A 3D printed case on a wood coffee table. The print has a large compartment across the top that stores my syringes, and the bottom section is divided into three. The left section has three cylindrical holes for testosterone. The middle section takes up 75% of the bottom section. It's for storing alcohol wipes, but also conveniently holds my daily med case. The last section is small and holds some of my rescue meds.

Andy speaking on stage at Wire:Live. The slide has the text “once upon a time” and two developers are heading out on an adventure

Myself and Mary Perry both smiling for the camera, I’m wearing a blue button down shirt with lemons, my hair is currently silver, blue, and pink and is spiked up in front. Mary is wearing a black tshirt with a gray zip up hoodie, has her hair up in a ponytail under a black PHPxNYC baseball hat.

A small white dog looking down while being cuddled up in a blue blanket.

A code snippet from a Livewire component using the Flux component library. Highlighted is a CSS class "flux" which should be "flex".

The code snippet:

```
<flux:main class="space-y-6">
<div class="flux">
<flux:card>
```

A Laravel code snippet where I'm setting up a customer with two users attached. One is Jim, the primary user, and the other is Dwight, the secondary user.

```php
$customer = Customer::factory()
->hasAttached(
User::factory()->state(['name' => 'Jim']),
['is_primary' => true],
)
->hasAttached(
User::factory()->state(['name' => 'Dwight']),
['is_primary' => false],
)
->create();
```

A side-by-side comparison of my custom light theme. On the left is IntelliJ IDEA, and on the right is VSCode. The IDE on the left has the same background colors as the right, but the editor section is different.

Taylor Otwell is speaking on Laravel Cloud at Laracon EU. The slide's text says "we must ship" in white text on a red background.

A top down view of my desk. From the left to right there is a whiteboard, keyboard with wrist rest, and trackpad with wrist rest. In the background are a couple of LEGO minifigures, a timer, streamdeck, tiny dash board, assorted LEGO pieces, airpod case and phine charger.

A small white board with a blue dry-erase marker. It is on a bamboo desk, and a couple of LEGO minifigures are in the background.

A white and black dog laying on a blue blanket.

Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe by Andy Newhouse
30 min prep, 30 min cook, 1hr total time

Ingredients:
1100g Russet Potatoes (~4 large ones)
958 g veggie broth
250 g low-fat half and half
20g salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder (to taste; this might be a little too much)
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp thyme
65 g sharp cheddar
150 g mild cheddar

Directions:
Peel and cut potatoes into 1" or less seized pieces (the bigger they are, the longer they need to get soft)
Put the potatoes, veggie broth, and half and half into a pot and boil (try not to let it boil over like I always do)
Add in spices
Turn the heat low once the potatoes are soft enough to stab them with a fork.
Blend with an immersion blender.
Add cheese slowly while stirring.
Once cheese is melted and incorporated, it's ready to eat!

18 servings of potato cheese soup divided into deli containers.

Three large pots boiling soup on a gas range. A wooden spoon can be seen in the background.

LEGO Santa’s Post Office set

Alpine Lodge LEGO set with a Christmas puzzle in the background.

A baked mac and cheese with a breaded top on a stove

A sunset through some trees. There's snow on the ground and a shoveled sidewalk.

A video showing me opening up Bambu Handy (an app to control my 3D printer) and navigating to the models stored on the SD card. I then scroll to the bin print I'm looking for and click print.

LEGO tiles organized into 3D printed Gridfinity bins

LEGO City with buildings and a theme park in the background.

A desk setup with dual monitors displaying colorful animated scenes that reference One Piece, a microphone, a tablet, a keyboard, trackpad and two diet coke cans. There is art and a light in the background

Two small dogs (one white terrier, one black poodle) looking at the camera wearing matching grey and red sweaters.

Pokémon Red title screen, Ash is holding a Pokémon ball and looking at a Charmander

Dashboard showing time, date, weather for Plainfield, times in coworkers timezones, status updates for Andy and Ashar, a calendar, and schedules with appointments.

Two dogs resting on a bed with a blue blanket; one black dog looks at the camera with a sharp side-eye, while the other light-colored dog is curled up sleeping.

A desk setup with dual monitors displaying colorful animated scenes that reference One Piece, a microphone, a tablet, a keyboard, trackpad and two diet coke cans. There is art and a light in the background.

Hotel room TV mounted on a piece of dark gray wood. The top left and bottom right have large border radiuses, and the top right and bottom left have small border radishes.

My desk, there are two monitors. The main 27” monitor has the Arc browser open with the original post open. On the left side of the main monitor is a smaller monitor with slack and Spotify open.

Under the monitors is a Diet Coke can, keyboard, trackpad, and a stream deck.