JD Lien

@jdlien

Tweets about PHP/JS/Laravel/Tailwind. I help web developers be awesome at their craft. Bluesky: @jdlien.com Mastodon: @[email protected]

🇨🇦 Edmonton, Alberta

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JD Lien
@jdlien
Nov 19, 2024
I'm more active on Bluesky these days — it's a rapidly growing, fun platform, without a lot of the negative aspects of X, so it's well-worth checking out. Follow me there at bsky.app/profile/jdlien…
JD Lien
@jdlien
Apr 11
My MacBook Neo review:
JD's 2026 MacBook Neo Review
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JD Lien
@jdlien
Nov 10, 2025
That's my story in a nutshell. I left a job I was good at and enjoyed to go freelance. It was scary (maybe more so for my wife), but I've got plenty of work now—and when I work hard these days, I actually earn what I'm worth.
Andrei Verdes
@theandreiverdes
Nov 8, 2025
My coworker got promoted over me. He was worse at coding. Better at politics. I wrote better code. Fixed more bugs. Shipped faster. He talked in meetings. Took credit. Played the game. He got the promotion. I got "keep up the good work". That's when I realized: corporate
JD Lien
@jdlien
Jan 9, 2025
Looking for work in the tech industry these days has gotten rough. I seriously underestimated this situation when I left my job with no plan last year. @theo made a pretty solid video talking about this that resonates with me.
Getting a Dev Job in 2025
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JD Lien
@jdlien
Jan 7, 2025
If you work with databases enough, you’ll eventually need to migrate a database from one RDBMS to another. This can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be! My latest article for @aarondfrancis covers planning migration of a DB from SQLite to Postgres. masteringpostgres.com/articles/migra…