Rob Allen

I nearly always open Sublime Text from the command line using subl and have specific requirements for when it should open a new window or re-use one.

For OSS work, I work with two git remotes: upstream: the canonical OSS project repository, where main is the default branch and is what gets released. origin: a personal fork.

I have a new project where we will be integrating with a third party API that is currently being written.

Recently I discovered that this code passed our PHPStan level 10 checks: use http\Exception\InvalidArgumentException; // ...

Today has been a struggle entirely due to my own internal negative thoughts and feelings about impacting events that are outside my control.

I don't often post personal things here, however last weekend my dad died peacefully in his sleep and it feels important to acknowledge this.

As we reach the end of 2025, I take this opportunity to look back over the photos that I have taken and thing about the year.

I've recently upgraded my MacBook Air to macOS 26 Tahoe and one thing I noticed was that Rodeo's rules were no longer working.

Sometimes it's helpful to add some text to my current Obsidian daily note without having to switch to Obsidian, find the daily note and then type my text.

I've set my Mac up such that video calls such as Zoom use the microphone and earphones attached to my Behringer UMC204HD, which all other audio plays through the my normal speakers which are the default.