Jim Winstead

jimw@mefi.social

A software developer who used to own an art supply store in downtown Los Angeles. Also used to work for <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/MySQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MySQL</a>, and a long-time contributor to the <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PHP</a> project.

Posts

Post #4217619
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@emd/117003166201654599 Not really my community (although it almost was), but the Laravel leadership always gave me car-dealership-owner vibes, so an embrace of DHH is not surprising.
Post #3733837
Looks like I have a fan. #PHP
Post #3733836
It’s not every day that you see a Black woman with a swastika tattoo, but Los Angeles is a rich tapestry.
Post #3733835
Trimmed my beard, got a haircut, didn’t magically fix my life. Oh well, at least now my face itches and my head is cold.
Post #3733834
Here for opening night at the #HollywoodBowl, Broadway Night. We were so aggressively on time that we were the first people up to our level of seating.
Post #3733833
Just noticed that blo.gs is no longer online, now it just redirects to wordpress.org. Another dead link in my résumé.
Post #3733832
Trying to come up with side hustle that I could work 10-12/hours month to pay for medical bills and the occasional Dodgers tickets. I guess here&#39;s an Upwork profile for now. https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01be060a532ece41c9
Post #3733831
I came to this very late for someone who moved to #DTLA over 20 years ago in part due to Grand Central Market, but the tacos at Tacos Tumbras a Tomas are an incredible value. $5 for a taco that is a meal by itself. https://grandcentralmarket.com/vendor/tacos-tumbras-a-tomas/
Post #3733830
Someone used my Linode referral code to sign up, which means I got a $25 credit, which would have been nice if I hadn&#39;t stopped using Linode two years ago.
Post #3052960
Watching a staging deployment script run all of our #Django migrations and thinking it’s probably time to learn how to squash them.
Post #3052959
Oh no, I’m being subjected to withering sarcasm, how will I get through my day.
Post #3052958
I have some questions about how this turned out. https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/09/25/joe-watkins/
Post #3052957
RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven/116596168533713373 I think about this sort of thing all the time, particularly in wondering about how small of a Linux environment I could put together. I am sure most of that is just chasing old highs. But I have no space in my life for computer-related hobbies right now.
Post #3052956
New morning routine: check how many white men have voted to keep a link to a dead account on a transphobic white supremacist’s website on the homepage for PHP.
Post #1039760
We just opened the job listing for another mid/sr. full-stack engineer at the startup where I&#39;m the director of engineering. It&#39;s a hybrid position, so you&#39;ll need to be able to come into the office in Santa Monica at least three days per week. Tech stack is Next.js and Python/Django. https://jobs.lever.co/athletetoathlete/f4e4d6e8-acbb-45e7-94bb-5d9bedbc565d #GetFediHired