Writing somewhat aimlessly about my (mis)adventures in software engineering and life.
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Valet is great. Occasionally though I need an app to respond on a different TLD to the default one. And there are even times when it...
Read article arrow_forwardMy Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I confidently believe I don’t have the kind of mind it takes to ‘always expect...
You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies I’ve got a little present for you: you’re enjoying a well-earned break...
Code: Selfish I want to talk about coding selfishly. This isn’t what you think. Coding selfishly is about assessing...
How your choice of tech can help you grow I’ve been working at Elvie for almost 2 years. My remit has been to migrate...
Why and how you should use Tailwind to build your next Statamic theme I have been building out a custom eCommerce solution in a Statamic (“stat-a-mic” or...
Smile Be thankful Resist the pressure to own things Be good to yourself, but no more than necessary Be a friend Reflect; don’t regret Fail, learn,...
Job within a Job: Scheduling Inception with Laravel Queues This article originally appeared on LaravelUK. This may seem obvious to many of you, but I always...
Announcing Ensemble Bringing your Composer dependencies together This post originally appeared on the LaravelUK blog. TL;DR: Ensemble is an app to help you...
What if we, the consumers, took control of our data completely… what if we all make a stand that forced big tech (and others eventually) to come to us for...
Thinking in packages If you’re in the mindset of writing and using your own Composer packages, no doubt you’ve come across the following problem: “How do I...
A New Way to Hire Tech Talent? Hiring goes a little something like this: Hire traditionally — firewall interviewing (resumé culling, technical testing,...
A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen If you use Laravel, you’ve probably heard of Lumen. In case you haven’t: Lumen is the micro-framework to Laravel’s...
On API Evolution: Globally Consistent Interfaces Maintaining the interface contract is a two-sided affair Before you dive into this article, it’s worth...
Breaking the Chain Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your application I’ve got to admit I’ve been doing something that some may find pretty...
You Don’t Need a Website I came across this Reddit post the other day. The gist of it is: Websites are an expensive necessity that companies hate paying...
When deciding which framework to use a few months back for all of our new systems, there wasn’t even a mention of framework speed. The truth is in practice...
Stuff to do when you’re not well Last week I was sick with a cold. I was basically indoors for 5 straight days (one of those actually in bed all day). I was...
I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. Thankfully, I’ve only had a few gut-wrenching moments and they’ve all been largely recoverable. The worst panic...
How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac Yes, I use MAMP. Sue me (please don’t sue me). It’s actually a pretty good stack for standard web dev...