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Alister Bulman

alister@hachyderm.io

<p>Programming with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PHP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Symfony" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Symfony</span></a>, specialising in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Scaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Scaling</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/StaticAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StaticAnalysis</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CodeQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CodeQuality</span></a></p><p>I do things with computers, mostly PHP🐘 &amp; :ubuntu_logo:. Not a Serbian Thrash-Heavy Metal band. But they&#39;ve got a good name :)</p>

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    Thanks, I hate it.... `&lt;?php echo print(1) + 2, &#39;b&#39;;` #php

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    @kim_harding@mastodon.scot I&#39;ve been writing a blogpost in the last couple of days about the nightmare I had getting any &#39;cloud&#39; deployed when I was working in the Home Office (actually, for HMPO - passports) way back in 2014. The amount of wasted time (for me and the team of mostly contractors that I was working with), as well as outside agencies that ended up delivering nothing, was utterly ridiculous

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    @alienghic@timeloop.cafe @foone@digipres.club the first copy of my CV was written to a 8&quot; floppy disc. The second one to a 5.25&quot;, with WordStar, and I still use the WS compatible keybindings for editing files on linux machines

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    I&amp;#39;m a (back-end oriented) developer, specialising in #PHP &amp;amp; #Symfony - especially Code-quality/System-Optimisation, and I&amp;#39;m looking for a Tech-Lead/Staff-Engineer or Senior Developer role. PHP has been my language of choice since 1999, with Symfony for the last 10 yrs. Writing quality, well structured new code, improving what is already there, and helping junior developers become great senior devs is what excites me the most. You can contact me via https://github.com/a...

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    As someone that has worked on 3 different government websites, including one for nhs.uk, I&amp;#39;ve put my signature to https://keepthingsopen.com/

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    I had a 2nd interview on Friday May 1st - a tech-test. Not only did it go well, it was also an actually useful tech-discussion that they, and I, could *both* get something useful from. Here&amp;#39;s my write-up about it: https://alister.github.io/blog/2026/good-tech-test-interview/