Richard Hyland
@richardhyland
Head of Technology | Ran some dev teams, Symfony, Commerce, Advertising at Time Inc. UK | PHP/Laravel, Swift, Kotlin | F1 and McLaren fanatic | Views all mine
The VAT on private school fees seems to be a very divisive one, and mostly focused by Labour supporters on private school parents being able to suck up a 20% increase Well here’s my take on the lesser talked about issues, and it’s about the wider scale of the problem 1. If…
Watching the Commons today is a joke. All I hear from Angela Rayner, in answer to questions, is 14 years of tory failure. Yep, they lost the election as a result, I don’t care what they did now, because they lost as a result of the publics opinion. I want YOU to answer what…
Why are you using an adblocker? You’re causing the publisher to lose money
Something deeply disturbing when a Labour Chancellor chooses to protect huge banking interests over the interests of those who’ve been ripped off by car loan sharks. theguardian.com/business/2025/…
For years, politicians promised the Online Safety Act would target only illegal content — protecting kids from porn, exploitation and suicide forums — without touching free speech. But from the moment age verification checks took effect on 25 July, that reassurance began to…
Hot take, you can both be concerned about children accessing 18+ websites at the same time as government overreach and censorship
2018: GDPR is coming, you must secure user data or get a big fine 2025: literally upload your passport or driving license to any random website to prove you’re over 18
Resist censorship. Repeal the Online Safety Act.
So I see the Online Safety Act is already being abused to block news content in the uk that isn’t the slightest bit porn related Who’d have thought, oh yes, almost everyone knew this would happen And to those blaming the Tories for initiating the law, yep they did. Labour also…
Bac to school adverts on the radio this morning. Seriously can retail just knock it off. They don’t break up until today. Let us at least enjoy a week of holidays before you bombard us with your next retail event
I hope all the moaners are happy. Glass icons and notifications have been totally ruined in beta 3. Looks awful now. Disappointed
Been playing all week with Konva in Vue.js. Damn it’s such a cool library to make Canvas easy to use
It was an absolute honour it was to be presented the ‘Legend’ award at the Nordoff and Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards, and by the one & only Trevor Horn! #o2silverclefs @nordoffrobbins @trevorhornmusic #TheCorrs 📷 JM Enternational
Way to go with the, over the top, AI branding Microsoft. What is each app meant to do?
The more you grift for him, the more Dr Ranj gets through the High Court. That’s how libel works. You’re literally raising money for Dr Ranj 👏🏼
How does anyone use the web without an adblocker these days. Ads on websites as do broken and cause everything to slow down and move all over the place