Guess the cat is out of the bag! I've been writing PHP since the late 90's, and its growth as a language has paralleled mine as a developer. I'm happy and honored to be able to be a part of a group of people working to continue advancing the language so many of us depend on!

What's going on?

Pretty cool dashboard for the For You feed!

So this is what I've been working on for the last couple months! First interview w/@aaronfrancis.com goes live next week. @adamwathan.com the week after, then Jeffrey Way! Y'all are going to love these chats. I'm absolutely confident of it. Subscribe to podcast or YouTube! pragmaticai.fm

Looks like we still need to review the code www.wiz.io/blog/exposed...

Nothing like shoveling ice to get your blood pumping

Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...

Maybe it’s time for Josh Allen to get out of Buffalo. Thought without the Chiefs in their way the Bills would for sure take it all the way.

I'd call it an even trade at B- for both sides. The hawks play better without Trae.

Merry Christmas!

Falcons

Awesome write up @nicodevs.bsky.social!

🇭🇹 Haiti is headed to the World Cup!

Clean desk and ready to start the week

My son’s soccer team lost their minds today when they won the game and found out the score was 6-7 🙄

Affinity giving there software away for FREE after getting acquired by Canva was not on my bingo card. Definitely seems like a play to get you using Canva and their AI stuff... but wow! www.affinity.studio

👀 Honestly surprised to see blade up there, but it makes sense given that momentum Laravel has been having lately.

Wish I could be at Wire ⚡ Live today. Anyone know if there is a live stream?

The "For You" feed just got a big upgrade!

AI-generated song made it into my discover playlist on Apple Music and half way into it I thought I was listening to a new song from Ariana Grande...🫠

The For You feed is getting really good at showing posts related to live events

@nba.com is back 🥹

One of the most iconic theme songs in sports history! I’m so glad it’s back, bringing back childhood memories.

I've been waiting for a setting like this to come out before upgrading to iOS 26. Coming soon in iOS 26.1!

Has anyone else been receiving spam calendar invites? How do you make it stop?

I always forget how to use these

The first three episodes of my "How to Build a Dev Team" course are live--and free--on Laracasts today! laracasts.com/series/how-t...

Remote workers: what’s one thing you do to switch off and go from work mode to family mode?

There is nothing entertaining about where this is heading

Just sent out a 500+ word update about what's been happening with @litebase.com . Hoping to ship public alpha this month, stay tuned!

Is it true that the NFL isn’t on Bluesky just because X pays them and Bluesky doesn’t? Sad for fans who want to follow here.

Last week’s Falcons were a disaster. Today they look like a completely different team and I’m loving it! 😤

Just now seeing the score. What in the world happened to the Falcons?!

In the last 12 months, MongoDB has been investing a lot of energy in its official Laravel integration. Anyone using them for a project or working for someone that does? Interested in what drove the decision to use MongoDB.

The Laravel Bootcamp is back! Alongside it is a new PHP Fundamentals mini-course. Both are free and perfect for anyone brand new to PHP or Laravel. laravel.com/learn

You can absolutely tell AI was trained on human code when Claude uses timeouts to solve concurrency issues. "Perfect! The fix is working consistently!"

Hey Laravel Cloud users, question for you: how much does your database cost you every month? I’m doing some research on what to do on my own ideas Feel free to DM me if you don’t want to say it publicly

Can't believe I'm sending out the first sponsor update for @litebase.com. Big thank you to @rvx.works for being the first sponsor! 🥳 I'm still preparing the first public release, which has me focused on code signing and other distribution tasks. Link if interested: github.com/sponsors/lit...

you may find this hilarious, but one of the fastest ways to level up as a developer is trying to reinvent the wheel

My talk is up! Should you go watch it? (but you'll learn how to find the future you've always wanted if you do) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN3h...

Don't miss our next PHPxATL / AtlantaPHP meetup! Join us on: 📅 Wednesday, September 17th at 6 PM ET 📍 Motion Recruitment (400 Perimeter Center Terrace #300) Please RSVP so we know you're coming: phpxatl.com/meetups/3440...

😤 Just finished up a big ticket item for @litebase.com! Just a few more things to polish up, then I plan to share some builds. github.com/litebase/lit...

My talk from Laracon US is live 🥳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1tD... In 10 minutes & 66 (!) slides I cover everything from academic libraries📚 to Y2K-era dotcom puppets🐶 and why your taste & judgement will matter more than ever before.

My Laracon talk is live! youtu.be/TsEeIjWrPhI?...

Now that @litebase.com is a real project, I'm making real pull requests. Just pushing to main was fun while it lasted 😂 github.com/litebase/lit...

My new talk is up! 5 practical things developers can do to build trust with their non-technical bosses. In the high trust environment you have less micromanagement and conflict, and more freedom and harmony. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zki4...

Ok I only caught snippets of this in real time, just watched the whole thing This man *cooked* on that stage 🧠🧠🧠 WELL worth a watch Also shout out to another member of the No CS Degree Club 🫡 (we need a catchier name)

Here’s my talk from Laracon: You Should Reinvent the Wheel If you were wondering what the slides looked like for the first half, they were added in post 😅 youtu.be/E4_QSEfInrc?...

One of the reasons I love Bluesky is people can just do cool stuff with the open protocol.

“AI can generate ___ so I feel like giving up learning ___” This is a dangerous thought pattern that puts humanism at risk. Play that instrument, write that book, shoot that film, build that side project.