Oliver Earl

    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.

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    • How do people blog for thirty years without running out of things to say?

      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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    • Introducing Denken, a reason to love the Internet again

      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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    • Boulevards of broken dreams

      When speaking to any experienced software developer, there’s a good chance at some point they will tell you all about the countless incomplete side projects that they have accumulated over the years – the projects that still sit dormant in their Git repositories. The side hustles that failed to materialise and were gradually swept away…

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