Whether it is your real family, your chosen family, or some quality alone time, I hope you’re spending your day filling up on good vibes, good food and excellent people. Because surrounding yourself with excellent people is a must.

Today I set up @statamic.com 6, and rewired everything for Blade as the foundation of our new Starter Kit moving forward. 2026 is going to be a stellar year.

Filming this made my day. Following on from @jbrooks.uk carry on about Marmite at @laracon.au 2023, it was great to offer 2025 speakers legit ridgy-didge Vegemite... and it even fooled Mr Brooks here. So here you have it folks: proof that James likes Vegemite.

Feels like a Vesper Martini kinda night.

It's a turn up "Groundhog Day" and sing-a-long while working kinda day. Needing all the feels.

Created an Image button for Flux's Editor component. For this ultra-simple use case, images are stored inline as base64 encodes (given images are actually so rare for this use case), and a button to add/edit the alt attribute. Swish!

So the getJSON call for Flux's `editor` component creates some caret issues due to Livewire's re-rendering. But I really wanted to find a workaround... and based on Mario Hoyos' approach, transformed it in to a re-usable Blade component. www.martyfriedel.com/blog/a-worka...

Gah I've done it again. Clearly a late night reminder lacking critical words and context. Remember to cut what?

You mean I have to pick just one...?

Not here to start any fights... but... moving forward for my @statamic.com sites, I'm switching from Antlers to Blade. And this post explains why. I think there'll be a few more posts in me about Blade along the way... but what do you think?

to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

Come along to the last @statamic.com AU/NZ online meetup for the year, this Thursday at 2:00pm AEDT. Not in the region, and can't sleep? You're very welcome to come too! www.mity.com.au/statamic/au-...

Somehow my package can depart Denmark on Friday, travel to Germany, China then the Philippines, arriving in Sydney on Sunday... and then on Wednesday still not be in Adelaide. Another was due Monday, but has been sitting at the depot. Australian delivery partners really are the weakest link.

Love this... although I'd love some chocolate behind each door too.

Make sure you RSVP for our December meet up happening this Thursday evening! phpxadl.com/meetups/3831...

In space, no one can hear you scream, but you can hear us say Ray lifetime licenses are back for a limited time starting NOW! Don’t miss your chance to grab Ray at a stellar price, just in time for the upcoming release of Ray 3.0.

Oh I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the behaviour of patrons in cinemas is at an all-time low. Abysmal what some think "acceptable public behaviour" is, especially when it selfishly disrupts others around them. Yes, I'm the grumpy old man shaking his fist at clouds.

There’s a new program in town: you may have heard of BODYPUMP… get ready to welcome BODYPUMP HEAVY to the team. Heavy weights, slow controlled movements, and insane supersets. Just grunted my way through release 1, have the shakes, and have put my hand up to trial it in club soon! Fingers crossed.

Whelp... Github won't let me clone a repo. Means I can finish for the day? *looks at watch* Oh, it's only 7:24am.

I can’t say enough about how amazing, welcoming and incredible @laracon.au was. Thank you @dyrynda.au for allowing me the opportunity to be there! Already counting down the days until 2026!

Oh how I'd love for Apple's Passwords app to mature a little more so I could ditch 1Password... it's so flaky and dealing with their support is incredibly frustrating (and never gets issues resolved).

After a week away in BNE for @laracon.au, I've been at my dsk less than half an hour, and have already tagged a new release. Pretty sure that's what the Laravel team mean when they say "ship", right?

It’s time to Level Up at @laracon.au - if you see me, come and say hi! I’m around helping out backstage, supporting speakers, and sharing good vibes. Because the people is what makes a conference, and this place is full of incredible people. The best!

Wow, Laramap is really taking off. I never expected so many fellow developers to sign up. Thanks to this amazing community. Additionally, the first companies have reached out to support the project. Huge thanks to @ploi.io and Chief Tools. #Laravel #Laramap

Hello, Brisbane! And hello Bruce, he’s hanging out at QUT all ready for @laracon.au. And if you see me, and want to have a chat, please say hi: whether it’s about @statamic.com, my talk from last year, or anything at all, look out for the bearded guy in Australian-exclusive super-rare Statamic hat.

It’s been a year today since I walked on stage at @laracon.au 2024 and opened up about my experiences with depression and anxiety. Mental health should be talked about. And with 2025’s conference just days away, a reminder to be aware of those around you who feel invisible. youtu.be/0kwNx93aha0

Apparently I’m the only dev in the village.

Does anyone else get absolute FOMO anxiety / exclusion anxiety in the lead up to a major event like @laracon.au? Just me? Awesome. I’m the shy guy freaking out about crowds and socialising.

Just want to pause for a moment to show everyone how darn incredible this is. Absolutely nailed it!

Flux uses Tiptap for its Editor component - offering incredible interoperability with Statamic's Bard fieldtype. With one catch: Flux's implementation returns HTML. Never fear, @joshhanley.au paired with me to help tweak the getter to get JSON instead. www.martyfriedel.com/blog/making-...

"What if my website could..." Working with Statamic makes answering this question so fun: you get a best-in-class content authoring experience, but also a foundation within the Laravel ecosystem that helps me be creative with how to answer that question. www.mity.com.au/blog/taking-...

Just a reminder, the next AU/NZ Statamic meetup is happening today at 2:00pm AEDT. Can't wait to see you there! Full details: www.mity.com.au/statamic/au-...

Can’t wait to get page turning. Really what I need right now.

Had a little stumble yesterday with a Statamic site not showing any assets: but they did actually exist. What gives? I'm surprised it took months to experience this issue, so took some time to dig in to the Asset Container Contents cache added in Feb 2025. www.martyfriedel.com/blog/underst...

I wonder if there's a way to get to Buffalo for @calebporzio.bsky.social's wire:live... and could use it as an excuse (again, seriously: wouldn't be the first time) to detour via NYC... 🧞‍♂️

2025 has been hard: boundaries repeatedly pushed, burnt out. I'm struggling. The first chapter of Donna McGeorge's upcoming "Red Brick Thinking" is hitting me hard. It is time for me to let go and create more space to work and live. I need to. Pre-order now: booktopia.kh4ffx.net/zx9WR6

Are you using the Two Factor for Statamic addon in your @statamic.com 5 site? With this addon now being a core feature in Statamic, when the time comes for you upgrade to Statamic 6, you'll need to make some changes. Check out the migration guide for full details: docs.mity.com.au/two-factor/s...

Shucks... 🥹 I made this video...

I flew to Melbourne to take over PHPxMEL with an evening choc-full of @statamic.com content. Want to add Livewire to your Statamic site? Or hook in to your Eloquent models? Let's take a look at how you can extend your Statamic site! youtu.be/cLyIQVS6OFg

Going from Design to @statamic.com in 40 mins at PHPxADL was so well received... but with Statamic 6 in alpha at the moment, wouldn't it be great if we could try again? youtu.be/oV5xPauQ2Lc This is one of three (yes, three!) talks that I gave at the Statamic takeover of PHPxMEL on 11th Sep 2025.

Hey Melbourne, are you ready? I’m on my way to takeover PHPxMEL with an evening full of @statamic.com! Can’t wait to see you there 🥳

That’s the face of a guy whose flight got delayed two hours, but was able to shift earlier. Way earlier. Like an hour’s time away. But who hadn’t packed yet. And had to leg it to the airport. But yes, made it, and boarding is soon: @phpxmel.com I’m coming for you!

This is a fact.

Someone is absolutely exhausted. The cat is asleep too.

Hey Melbourne, I'm coming for ya! Thursday 11th September, I'm bringing @statamic.com with me to takeover @phpxmel.com. RSVP online, and I can't wait to see you there! phpxmel.com/meetups/3283...

Worst part about Livewire forms? Remembering to include the 'form.' prefix on fields in the template. 🤦‍♂️ yes, I did it again.

Happy 1st September! The birthday promo emails are coming in. Yes, it's my birthday month. No milestone this year, but let's make me feel super special, visible and valued this year.

The new UI components, Vue 3 and @tiptap.dev 3 in @statamic.com 6 means your Bard extensions need to be upgraded. Want some help? Check out this guide that gets my long-running (since Statamic 3) Les Mills Class Types Bard addon ready for Statamic 6. www.martyfriedel.com/blog/updatin...

And with today done, all of my @statamic.com addons (there's 14 of them!) are ready for Statamic 6.