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Phil Sturgeon

Phil Sturgeon

Software Engineer gone ferril. Digital nomad since 2018 (bike/van). Now dedicated to woodland creation and restoration, as co-founder of UK climate chairty Protect Earth.

PHP Static Analysis in Sublime Text

PHP Static Analysis in Sublime Text

Coding Standards have been around for the longest time and recently they're starting to become more widespread in PHP. While learning Python I really enjoyed how Sublime Text 2 would shout at me for using too many empty lines, using tabs instead of spaces and even things like

Progress in the PHP-FIG

Progress in the PHP-FIG

The PHP Framework Interoperability Group (PHP-FIG) has been around for 4 years, and it's produced 4 PSR's, which to some is a sign of inevitable doom or something. To those "in the know" the future is looking bright, and I'd like to

Beware the Route to Evil

Beware the Route to Evil

As programmers we should all be used to the fact that our personal preferences and habits are all subject to change. I used to be a big fan of Alman and tabs > spaces, now I follow PSR-2 happily which contradicts those two rules and couldn't care less.

Building a Decent API

Building a Decent API

Update: This initial list of tips is aimed mostly at beginners, but I expanded upon it so much I turned it into a whole book. I'm a little less shouty in that, and it is good reading for beginners, intermediates and experienced API developers alike. PHP developers are

Geeks Giving for Aids

Geeks Giving for Aids

After doing my 100 mile bike ride to raise money for autism research I've decided to step things up a gear (ha) and go further in a bid to raise more. Next I will be riding the 285 miles from Boston to New York over 3 days, with

Biked to the Beach 2013

Biked to the Beach 2013

Last month I posted about an upcoming bike century called Bike to the Beach. As lots of you were amazingly generous with sponsorship money I figured it would be rude not to post a review. The bike ride was fucking brilliant, but really hard. Apparently there was a tropical cyclone

Bike to the Beach 2013

Bike to the Beach 2013

I have always liked to bike around. I bike to the pub, bike to my friends house, bike to dates (that never worked out so well) and bike up, over and around mountains for the sake of it, but I've never done anything quite so tricky as this