Hi, I’m Oliver.
Senior software developer, former CS teacher, and serial builder of things on the Internet.

I work at Spindogs on bespoke software projects, mostly with PHP and Laravel. Outside work, I build web apps and games, contribute to volunteer and open-source software, and occasionally write about what I learn along the way.

Oliver Earl

Latest Posts

  • I’m not the biggest fan of agentic development as a concept, but where it shines is breaking up some work that you did into logical, smaller pull requests that are easier to review, and picking up any little mistakes you might’ve made along the way. Maybe add some extra tests. In any case, whilst hard…

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  • Throughout my time on the Internet, I’ve made numerous attempts at blogs, some ranging from simple online journals to others where I’ve essentially just ‘reblogged’ whatever it was that I found interesting at the time. I think it’s generally fair to say, with the benefit of hindsight, that airing my dirty laundry, insecurities, and perhaps…

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  • For years, people told me that the best side projects or hustles come from solving a problem that you actually care about. For the longest period of time, I honestly felt like nothing truly bothered me enough to warrant the time and energy to build something around it. The Internet as it was then was…

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