Rob Allen

Blogged! Sort git branches by date

Blogged! Find the slowest PHPUnit tests

You know what really bends my pins? Websites that break auto-fill for password managers. Why do you hate your users? Things like multi-step login processes, bad field names, javascript screwing with entering credentials… if your website or program interferes with autofill you’re a terrible developer

So pleased to have presented the OWASP API Security Top 10 at the Nordic APIs Summit today. This is the resources slide from the talk; all are worth perusing. #APIs

Doing real work today. I have curl and jq in my terminal and I’m not afraid to use them!

Blogged! Apidays London 2026

I was at apidays London last week and took some photos. Also learnt some API stuff. flickr.com/photos/akrab...

I have just released Slim Framework 4.15.3. Among other fixes, it addresses a route parameter constraint bypass vulnerability in the routing component. If you are using Slim 4.0.0 to 4.15.2 & use route placeholder values without revalidating them, upgrade. www.slimframework.com/2026/08/31/s...

Dropped some cash @wikipedia.org's way today.

Blogged! Opening Sublime Text from the command line

Blogged! Fixing two minor git irritations in my OSS fork workflow

What the government is doing to trans people is a society-wide version of Section 28. It is a level of bureaucratic cruelty that utterly decimates a whole group of people’s rights and puts anyone who doesn’t ‘look’ right in the eyes of others under constant surveillance. It’s a horrific thing.

I have just released Slim Framework 4.15.2. This fixes a reflected XSS vulnerability in Slim’s HTML error renderer. If you are using Slim 4.4.0 to 4.15.1 and set untrusted/user-derived data into HttpException, please upgrade to Slim 4.15.2. www.slimframework.com/2026/05/22/s...

I am so furious about the toilet BS, which creates a totally bizarre environment in which nosey people can stop anyone from having a wee. What sort of govt feels good about creating the means to stop people having a wee? We need more free public toilets, not ways to make it harder to go to the loo

After #phpday, I visited Venice.

This week I’m at #monkigras in London. Excited to meet excellent people and learn from the amazing speakers here!

Blogged! Create an HTML version of an OpenAPI spec

Blogged! PHPStan custom rules

Blogged! Feelings

I'm at #PHPUK today! The schedule's looking good and I'm excited to meet everyone. I'm speaking this afternoon on API security, looking at the OWASP API Security Top 10 in the main track at 15:30. Come and say hi!

Looking at the schedule for the PHP UK Conference next week, I see that my talk on API security is in the afternoon. There's such a great choice of topics on this schedule, too. If you don't have a ticket, you can use the code PHPUK26 for a discount. #php #phpuk www.phpconference.co.uk/schedule

Blogged! 2025 in pictures

Blogged! IPTC export changed in Photos for macOS 26 Tahoe

🎁 Wanna come to #SymfonyCon but don't have your ticket yet? We're giving away 1 conference ticket. How to play? Repost + follow @baksla.sh. Draw on October 27th. Good luck! 🍀

Blogged! Appending text to Obsidan via Shortcuts

Blogged! mac-volume: A CLI to control device volume

Blogged! Opening Slack Jira Cloud links in the right browser

Blogged! Fixing PostgreSQL collation version mismatch

Blogged! Jumping to the end of bash's history

Blogged! Converting JWKS JSON to PEM using Python

Blogged! Stop in-place editing of bash history items

This month is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Every month is a Something Awareness Month, but this month, I'm supporting @relay.fm with their fundraiser for St. Jude as they are doing amazing research work and sharing it with the world. Drop a few dollars their way? tiltify.com/@akrabat/rel...

Current status: over-engineering a simple tweak to a NotePlan JSON theme file using Python…

Also, Daniel's released three books on Slim Framework development. Vol 1 is here: ko-fi.com/s/5f182b4b22

A couple of days ago Odan released Slim 4.15! github.com/slimphp/Slim...

Blogged! Extending an OpenAPI Component Schema

Blogged! Saving the current URL to a Note

The hardest thing about blogging regularly is deciding that some trivial thing that I've worked out is worth posting. On the flip side, when looking something up, I'm very grateful that past-Rob decided to write it down!

Blogged! Accessing Longplay info for SwiftBar

Blogged! Responding to StreamDeck buttons with Keyboard Maestro

Blogged! Step-debugging Docker Compose NestJS services

Blogged! QuickSS: Screenshot the active window on Mac

Blogged! Notarising a macOS standalone binary

The important thing to understand about the current state of affairs is that Andreessen hired a partner at the most influential VC firm in the tech industry solely on the basis that the man strangled a Black man to death in my neighborhood.

Blogged! Using the 1Password CLI in a script

Blogged! Accessing my printer's web app remotely via Tailscale

Blogged! FIxing Linux Tailscale exit node routing

Blogged! Renaming files with Hazel

Blogged! Updating SMTP relay in postfix

Blogged! Global word count on Mac using Shortcuts