We talk about "AI" casually, assuming it means the same thing to everyone. But it doesn't. Did you know "Artificial Intelligence" was originally just a marketing term? In the second post in our AI series, we talk about definition of common AI terms. tighten.com/insights/pra...

Let’s see what this Toluca team is all about

This Anders Dreyer guy ain’t that bad.

Damn that was great

Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.

In case you need it: I made a calculator that tells you how long until the daylight increases again. Hang in there! benholmen.com/sunlight

Wanna do something good AND feel good about it?! Tomorrow my team and I are participating in the Extra LIfe Game Day Marathon! I'll be playing games for 24hrs straight to raise money for the kids at Rady Children's hospital through my extra life page! Be a Hero! www.extra-life.org/participants...

Who’s the funniest option for next manager of the Padres who is already in the org and spying for someone in the front office? It’s gotta be Craig Stammen, right?

@ianlandsman.com horse talk is cool but where’s the Butov sweet hang? The people are clamoring.

The first episode of The Chair Company was great.

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be speaking at Wire⚡Live next month! As someone who has used Livewire since its initial release, I'm excited to share the tips and tricks I use to write production-ready Livewire apps. Come to Buffalo to help make the first Wire⚡Live great!

And we're back. Today, a new episode of Heavyweight: Etta. omny.fm/shows/heavyw...

ICYMI: The first-ever Wire Live is coming to Buffalo on October 28th-29th! Grab your tickets now at wire-live.com ⚡️

Season 2 of ITYSL is pretty much perfect

Mobile apps. With PHP. 🤯 Let @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social show you how tomorrow at this month's meetup with NativePHP Mobile! 7 PM at NEST CoWork. 🍕 RSVP so we don’t run out of pizza 👉 www.meetup.com/sandi...

Deftones is rolling out their new album in a fun way privatemusic.tv (they hit it out of the park)

We had some people asking for Laravel News shirts at Laracon, so we brought them back to our store. shop.laravelnews.com/products/ln-...

I finally got all the community photos I took at Laracon US edited, uploaded and ready to share. Go check them out! 🥷📸 app.50sq.com/g/01k2jrbnjk...

🚨 Extra early bird tickets just released, thanks to our incredible sponsors 💚 You can now grab up to 4 in one go - perfect for you + your team. Once they’re gone this time, it’s standard pricing for all. 🎟️ laracon.au/attend

The new Deftones single is SO Deftones.

If you attended Laracon US, you already know this, but: I'm currently wrapping up the last three videos of my upcoming course, which is all about how I built the incredible development team at @tighten.com. The course will be free (!!), hosted on Laracasts, and out this autumn!

This Laracon was something special. I had a great time chatting with people from the community, hanging out with my coworkers in person, and exploring Denver. I’m also tired and excited to get home. Take care friends!

The Laravel Idea Plugin is Now FREE for PhpStorm Users posted by @ericlbarnes.com laravel-news.com/the-laravel-...

Anders Dreyer is 👍🏾

Ready for more PHP goodness? 🙌 Our next PHPxSan meetup is tomorrow July 16 at 7PM, Nest Cowork. Come hang out, learn something new, and grab a slice! @johncongdon.bsky.social will be talking Event Sourcing and Laravel Verbs🍕 RSVP here: www.meetup.com/sandi...

Are the Padres fun again?

I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high. jsdate.wtf

I like Dylan Cease. I don’t trust Dylan Cease.

Nick Pivetta is a fun watch.

🔗 The Grug Brained Developer

Legacy code got you sweating? 😰 Join @marcusmoore.bsky.social next week, June 25 @ 7 PM at NEST CoWork as he demystifies testing legacy PHP apps (with a Laravel twist). 🍕 + 💡 = YES. RSVP now: www.meetup.com/sandi...

We're still accepting submissions to speak at this year's #LaraconAU in Brisbane on November 13-14. Could be a Laravel-specific talk, an adjacent topic! Refactored an old app to Livewire? React + Inertia? Discuss accessibility? Submit to speak, and you could be on our stage!

I'd like to remind @washingtonpost.com that US citizens cannot, by definition, be deported. In this case, they were kidnapped or trafficked.

It's not every day that you see an all-time great YouTube video, and it's even more rare when the YT algo is what surfaces it. Watch and enjoy–I think this one might go down as one of the best videos of all time 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2uw...

🚀✨ GIVEAWAY ALERT! ✨🚀 We have teamed up with Moonbase Labs to send two lucky Larabelles to Laracon US 2025 in Denver, Colorado! 🔥 We’ll provide the ticket plus a financial contribution to help with your travel and accommodation expenses - so don’t miss out and enter below!

10,000 postal workers. The folks who worked while all of us stayed home waiting on package deliveries during COVID.

You can read about the theme refactor here -> bsky.app/profile/lara... Would love to hear what you think! ❤️🤝

This is like saying parents saved money by not feeding their kids as much and skipping doctors’ appointments. People were actually using the services he’s killed off, among them veterans.

Halftime show so good Bluesky traffic spiked by 45% for 10 minutes after the show ended.

The entire world right now

He really smiled at him while he did. This is a masterclass in hateration.

It's weird that an entire group of people got together and decided to completely oppose compassion.

Big news - my new album is out today 🙌 'Armond & Doc, Too' has been in the works for a while but I'm so happy it's out. Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/4NtKv7... Apple Music - music.apple.com/us/album/arm... YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRE9...

Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies

I’ve been getting into Sumo lately. I barely have an idea of what’s going on but it’s fun. www.twitch.tv/midnightsumo

Truth.

This is my story about a woman in love with ChatGPT, or Leo, as it named itself. She spends up to 56 hours a week on the ChatGPT app. Leo is boyfriend, therapist, erotic partner, and advisor. Her friends think it's been good for her and her husband doesn't mind: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/t...

[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.