Jesus follower. Husband. Father of 2. Building @usebudgee.

Grand Rapids, MI
Joined April 2012
In spirit of silly software from @_christinacodes's Laracon talk, I made a way to turn any blog into a newspaper! The newspaper style idea was inspired by a tweet of @aarondfrancis's from awhile ago. newspaper.laravel.cloud/
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The new Laravel Installer v5.31 that was released yesterday comes with something @joetannenbaum and I have been cooking in the last few weeks. The laravel package command that brings to you the official Laravel Package Skeleton, with everything that you need to create your new Laravel package! 🚀 [IMAGES 1 AND 2] It comes with an interactive configuration script that let you configure everything you need for your package, including 9 features 5 tools out of the box, that remove all the "boring" configuration and boilerplate and let you focus on your new idea! 🔥 [IMAGE 3] A package always needs a GH repo, and the package skeleton takes care of that too, and you can even create it as a private one while you work on the initial draft for your idea! ⭐️ [IMAGE 4] And documentation is important, that's why the README already comes with a nice format that you can use to document your package, and we didn't forget about badges, including the Laravel one from @peterfox It also comes with Pint and PHPStan Level 7, as well as Workbench for you to test your package in a real Laravel application easily without having to spin up a test project for that! Now it's even easier for you to bring that idea to life! 🔥🚀
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Tom Irons retweeted
I pray if you read this you know you are loved I pray if you read this you know you’re enough I pray if you read this you never give up
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Been coding with AI a lot this week and it's wild how much of an edge real architecture knowledge still is. Seeing frontier models constantly reach for the wrong abstractions. Easy to course-correct, but only if you already know what good looks like.
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While everyone is talking about building loops and whatnot, I’m enjoying things like this with my family.
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Not only do we get to listen to @IanLandsman and @aarondfrancis on Tuesday, now we get to listen to them on Friday too! 😊
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I'm looking for some contract work, only 5-10 hours a week! I'm a full stack Laravel engineer with 10+ years of experience. If you have something you want a real person to find a solution for send me a message, DMs are open. 🙂
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Tom Irons retweeted
Prompt + YOLO = vibe coding Prompt + review code, tests, iteration = agentic development
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We just launched a new video series on Laracasts that covers the incredible Laravel AI SDK. It's almost absurd how much you can accomplish with very little code. Give it a watch or bookmark! laracasts.com/series/the-bat…
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I've been developing an application solo for a handful of months and now a few engineers joining permanently. How does one relinquish control and let others feel like they're able to contribute and not being smothered by nitpicked reviews?
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Now that @OpenAI owns @openclaw, how long until ads start appearing in there? 😅
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20–50× productivity gains sound great. Until your codebase turns into a mess. @aarondfrancis is focused on showing engineers how to use AI to get real productivity wins without creating unmaintainable slop. Catch the full episode here: share.transistor.fm/s/0d0464…
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Tom Irons retweeted
Code quality matters
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You will never regret having a real thorough understanding of the code you produce, even if it's generated by an AI.
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Replying to @simonswiss
@simonswiss instantly thought of you for this.
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Sorry, I thought they could hire globally, but it doesn’t appear to be that way.
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Is this how to use Claude?
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Purchased! This is going to make creating emails SO much faster!
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Is the internet still on today? 😅
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Replying to @jbrooksuk
@jbrooksuk does the Forge team use Resources in both Inertia and API responses? If so, do you unwrap the inertia ones to remove the unnecessary “data” property?
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I’m building an API along side an inertia app and want to use the resources that are already built out.
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