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Gary Hockin

@geeh.dev

Old man. Conference speaker extraordinarily, expert software engineer, habitual liar

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Suits you mate

07.03.2026 10:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't forget this is tomorrow! It's looking like the agenda will cover the current OSS landscape and the impact of LLMs, so it'll be a lively discussion for sure.

04.03.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just had a sly beer with snoop in Swansea. Nice guy.

24.02.2026 21:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very much enjoyed giving the opening keynote at #phpuk thanks to everyone who voted!

20.02.2026 10:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's #PHPUK day! A great schedule ahead, starting with @geeh.dev keynote in just a few minutes' time. ๐ŸŽ‰

20.02.2026 09:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yes, I'm speaking at phpuk this Friday.

16.02.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have so many questions

14.02.2026 20:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.

06.02.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weirdly Ed, I'm giving a talk at PHPUK next week called "It Depends" and one of the topics is AI Agent coding!

06.02.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes Rob, you scared the hell out of me saying that it's next week when it's plainly the week after next.

06.02.2026 18:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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05.02.2026 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Join the Roave Discord Server! Check out the Roave community on Discord - hang out with 340 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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05.02.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beer is mainly water

01.01.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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08.12.2025 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tiny shaggy black Shih Tzu dog, sat on a car seat, damp.

A tiny shaggy black Shih Tzu dog, sat on a car seat, damp.

Hiccup the famous cat-dog.

Do you need specific crimes? He just ate my custard cream while distracting me by pretending there was someone at the front door.

01.12.2025 14:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just had to Google what day is it

03.11.2025 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wally world

02.11.2025 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a solid plan

29.10.2025 14:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have no idea how dating works in this era I have resorted to just liking anyone who hinge throws at me and desperately hoping we have something in common if we match

29.10.2025 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No idea what scandal is going on in the NBA this week. Guess I'll wait for the Netflix documentary

27.10.2025 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The future is here I feel like Marty McFly

24.10.2025 10:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Liar

23.10.2025 08:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Live on Twitch preparing for Longhorn PHP - STICKERS!!! BOOTH DEMOS!!! MORE????

twitch.tv/spabby

07.10.2025 08:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks mate I know that you couldn't have done it without me

02.10.2025 09:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Um... I'm Gary from Port Talbot and I like the new speed limits

24.09.2025 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fixing PostgreSQL collation version mismatch An article by Rob Allen

Blogged! Fixing PostgreSQL collation version mismatch

23.09.2025 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm going live on twitch now writing the new both demo for @roave.com I haven't done this for ages it will be a car crash twitch.tv/spabby

23.09.2025 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so old I'm looking at buying a butter dish

15.09.2025 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spoiler, they were in the car

04.09.2025 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Literally walking around looking for my glasses right now

04.09.2025 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0