I don’t know who needs to hear this, but plain ol’ Blade is more than sufficient for 95% of use cases.

code reviewing AI code is not half as fun as writing code.

Mood after eight solid hours of React today

Now that I’m on a team that uses Linear, I will do anything and everything in my power to never have to go back to using Jira.

TMED;DR Too many em dashes; didn’t read

I’m sorry to everyone that has been an em dash enjoyer before the age of AI. I find myself instantly nope’ ing out of emails that are littered with them nowadays.

It only took three years, but I think I’m finally accepting the fact that I love neovim (btw).

I feel the urge to compile PHP from source. I have no idea why, but the C code... it calls to me.

Still not sure if the JS Andy's talking about server rending like it's some new groundbreaking technique on every other podcast I listen to is real or not.

Sometimes I build things and I have no idea why. So, here’s an alternative to the docs artisan command that no one asked for. Full-text search Laravel docs right in your terminal! github.com/JoeyMckenzie...

Feels like the new “this microservice could have been a SQL query” is “this AI startup could have been a ChatGPT prompt”

MAN, it’s tough out here trying to convince companies to let me build things in Laravel for them.

Someone on Reddit said profession software development is like being asked to solve a puzzle you’ve never seen before and being asked how long it’s gonna take, and if don’t solve it time, there’s a nuke that’s going to be launched.

We got Laravel/TypeScript RPC before GTA 6.

Vibe coding with Cursor on a Laravel project recently, and I’m not sure how I feel about it. The codegen is nice to get a feature off the ground. The tradeoff is watching it spin its wheels when I ask it to write Pest tests that also cover mutations. Seems to just code itself into circles.

Holy smokes. Trying to transition into Laravel from a non-Laravel background is the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do career-wise.

Git hook libraries hate him. Find out how he removes dependencies from projects with this one simple trick! .git/hooks/pre-commit: #!/bin/sh set -x composer run fix

Nobody asked for this, yet here we are. Godspeed, young package. 🫡 github.com/JoeyMckenzie...

I always think I've outgrown pop punk only to spend an entire Sunday doing yard work and listening to Four Year Strong and Neck Deep on repeat.

Hollup... let me cook. Six rules down, four to go. 😤

Halfway there. Two thoughts keep coming to mind as I write this package: 1. Why am I doing this 2. How does NASA live like this github.com/JoeyMckenzie...

Man… it’s a tough job market out there for .NET-to-Laravel dudes like myself. I think it’s time to start streaming again. Feels like rebranding might be the way forward.

Huh… so implementing NASA rules in PHP is a little harder than I thought.

I can’t tell if this is the worst or second worst idea I’ve ever had. I’m leaning towards the former. Let’s find out. github.com/JoeyMckenzie...

New life goal achieved: ✅ Get a PR merged by Mr. Laravel himself

Me trying to enjoy the new Laravel docs with Reddit open in another tab

Anyone have any insight on the decision to NOT use the TS type checkers on the new Laravel Inertia starter kits on the build scripts? An interesting choice for sure.

It feels like a rite of passage to work on code that’s as old as you.

My love for compiled languages is waning every single day. It takes 25-30 minutes to compile this darn .NET app. I’m one minor inconvenience away from throwing in the towel and building Wordpress websites for scraps.

Perusing @bsky.app's website CSS files and found this. Can someone also ask Eric what the exact hex value of the background color is in dark mode for me? I really like it!

I write more PHP in my spare time than I do C# at my day job. I think that’s a sign it’s time to move on. To my old friend .NET… our time together may be coming to an end.

Man, Simple.css is such a breath of fresh air. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Tailwind corporate plant at heart, but it's nice to just have semantic HTML look decent without any effort. New year, new blog revamp. Also, thoughts on PHPStan because why not. joeymckenzie.tech/blog/adventu...

Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. We’re (potentially) getting pipes in PHP before C#… my PHP professionally employed FOMO is now at an all time high.

And while I’m here… These framework speed Reddit comment arguments are always fascinating to me. I just watched a loading spinner for a full minute before crashing the page on an F500 company’s web app to check some accounts. According to their customer service, that’s 100% acceptable/expected.

My FOMO levels of not being a full time Laravel dev are at an all time high after watching the Nightwatch demo at Laracon. Now back to fixing 20 year old WebForms code I go… 🫠

Complaining about lack of documentation, then complaining about having to write documentation. The great dichotomy of being a developer.

Satiating my addiction to writing API wrappers in PHP (don’t tell my boss). Yet another Hetzner client, but I’m having a blast writing this one. Lots more on the docket, Laravel integration on the way™️. Contributors welcome, let’s build in public! github.com/hetzner-clou...

I can’t stop writing PHP… someone please send help. New API client coming soon™️ github.com/hetzner-clou...

Its official. I’m a Hetzner shill now.

I love final classes in PHP and use them everywhere. Don’t @ me.

I’ve become the very thing I’ve meme’d about after all these years… a React enjoyer.

I’ll never understand the curmudgeonly senior dev that can’t be bothered to help new team members. You didn’t know everything on your first day/month/year at the company, so it’s a bit unfair to expect that from others. Be the rising tide that floats all boats. 🚤

I’m having an absolute blast building a Laravel app with some friends. After nearly a decade in .NET, it’s such a breath of fresh air. Blog post incoming soon™️. 🫡

I’m embarrassed to admit how long I was reading the docs on Rust’s fold() function before I realized it was literally just reduce()

Low key, asymmetric property visibility is something I use ALL the time in the old man/OO-heavy C# apps I work on. Feels like Christmas getting that in PHP 8.4.

PHP is slowly becoming C# and I'm all for it. As a life long (career-wise) .NET guy, I approve. Now if we could only get those sweet, sweet union types in C#...

There is absolutely no reason for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 intro theme song to go as hard as it does.

composer is the real mvp of php dev. absolute legend. 🐘

Bluesky PHP v0.1.0 🦋 still quite a bit of work to get done, but at least it's a start. It has been an absolute blast diving into @bsky.app's API (the docs are awesome, btw) and mutation testing with @pestphp.bsky.social. Contributors always welcome! github.com/JoeyMckenzie...