# krystal (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover krystal. Page: Feed: --- ## [See Amy Goodman, her new movie, and me in Silver Spring tomorrow night](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/see-amy-goodman-her-new-movie-and) _2026-04-30 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ Friday evening at 6:45 pm, there will be a screening in Silver Spring, Maryland of the new documentary about legendary journalist Amy Goodman called “Steal This Story, Please!” I’ve heard it’s truly excellent. ## [US and Israel launch new war on Iran - Drop Site/BP livestream now](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/us-and-israel-launch-new-war-on-iran) _2026-02-28 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ For updates on the newest war on Iran, I’m live with Jeremy Scahill, Ali Abunimah in Jordan, and Iranian-American analyst Hooman Majd. ## [Breaking Points for February 26, 2026](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/breaking-points-for-february-26-2026) _2026-02-26 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ On today’s program, Krystal Ball and I discussed the latest on war with Iran, war on Cuba, the apparent AI propensity to launch nuclear war when given the chance, and also interview the American Prospect’s Dave Dayen, David Hogg of “Leaders We Deserve,” and Nida Allam, running in North Carolina’s 4th district, an election coming next week. ## [Breaking Points for December 15, 2025](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/breaking-points-for-december-15-2025) _2025-12-15 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ I filled in for Krystal on today’s program, which was a dark one, given the mass shootings in Australia and at Brown University, and the ongoing deterioration of living conditions in Gaza, fueled by Israel’s ongoing siege and routine violations of the ceasefire agreement. ## [I'm in a debate tonight in Washington](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/im-in-a-debate-tonight-in-washington) _2025-12-10 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ Come by if you're free ## [Breaking Points for 10/29/25](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/breaking-points-for-102925) _2025-10-29 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ YouTube: ## [Landslide win for Irish leftist presidential candidate; a new book recommendation](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/landslide-win-for-irish-leftist-presidential) _2025-10-25 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ The ferocity with which Catherine Connolly stood up for Palestinian dignity drew her heaps of criticism, but clearly helped her with the public. ## [Breaking Points for October 15, 2025](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/breaking-points-for-october-15-2025) _2025-10-15 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ I cohosted with Saagar today; we led with the latest on Israel ceasefire news. ## [Breaking Points for October 1, 2025](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/breaking-points-for-october-1-2025) _2025-10-01 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ On today’s program, we led with the government shutdown and interviewed Freedom Caucus Rep. ## [Breaking Points for Sept. 23, 2025](https://ryangrim.substack.com/p/breaking-points-for-sept-23-2025) _2025-09-23 · Ryan Grim · Ryan Grim_ I filled in today for Krystal because I’ll be out tomorrow, heading to NYC for the UN General Assembly meeting (where Trump is speaking now). ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0sqwsqIDkClb) _2025-09-23 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [PHP UK Conference 2025 Recap](http://wade.be/2025/04/10/php-uk-conference-2025-recap.html) _2025-04-09 · jpswade_ This year, I had the pleasure of attending the PHP UK Conference again, for the first time since 2016, only this time as a sponsor under the banner of MyApps, our currently-in-development build and deployment tool, built on Katapult , Krystal’s Cloud Platform. It was a great opportunity to not only showcase MyApps but to catch up with some old faces, see where the industry is heading, and learn… ## [Are Blameless Post Mortems a Waste of Time?](http://wade.be/2025/02/11/blameless-post-mortems.html) _2025-02-11 · jpswade_ Recently, at a meetup, I overheard some software engineers talking about a Blameless Post Mortem (BPM) they had recently conducted. They were laughing and joking about a mistake one of them had made. At first, I got the impression that they weren’t taking it seriously. This was something I had introduced during my time at the company they were talking about, and their remarks felt dismissive of… ## [Look After Your Health](http://wade.be/2024/12/24/look-after-your-health.html) _2024-12-24 · jpswade_ To some, this might sound obvious. To others, it might seem unimportant. But I’ve learned firsthand that health should be your number one priority. In 2020, after reading Atomic Habits , I took the advice and decided to become a runner. By 2022, I had joined Park Run and was regularly doing 5k runs. To date, I’ve completed over 30 Park Runs and countless 1.5k or 3k runs in between. Running has… ## [Supercharging Laravel with DynamoDB for Cache and Sessions](http://wade.be/2024/09/07/laravel-dynamodb.html) _2024-09-06 · jpswade_ Why Choose DynamoDB for Laravel Cache and Sessions? When managing cache and session data in Laravel, most developers default to solutions like Redis or Memcached. While these are solid options, using DynamoDB offers a compelling alternative that excels in performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency—especially in the AWS ecosystem. With Redis, you often need to set up an Elasticache cluster,…