The fact that a team can destroy what another team has built by buying their coach makes it hard to get into college football.

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. What are some things you're thankful for this year? I'm thankful for being able to take photos of these amazing landscapes. #photography

The bottom of Natural Tunnel State Park acts as an oasis away from the rest of civilization. Here, there is no cell service. And on some days, you might not run into a single person. Instead, you can enjoy the bubbling creek, the wind rustling through the trees, and occasional trains. #photography

The official ArtisanPack UI documentation is live! Everything you need for our CMS, Components, and Accessibility packages is now in one easy-to-navigate hub. Stop guessing and start building. 👇 https://docs.artisanpackui.dev/ #Laravel #PHP #WebDev #OpenSource

Spent a couple of weeks working on a docs site for the ArtisanPack UI packages. Simple, clean, and it's able to import the docs right from the GitLab wiki repo for the package, keeping one source of truth for all docs! https://docs.artisanpackui.dev/ #Laravel #PHP #WebDev #OpenSource

The views on Newfound Gap Road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park are simply incredible no matter where you pull over to take in the scenes. The trees really were putting on quite the show last year. #photography

#Tucson might be known for its hot summers, but it can cool off, believe it or not, with a nice summer rain shower. And once those showers pass, you’re left with an amazing rainbow and a breathtaking sunset. #photography

Warning gates flash their red lights and sound their bells. Seconds later, gates come down to block the railroad tracks. A few more moments later, headlights appear around the corner to the west. An eastbound manifest train is traveling through Flagstaff, Arizona. #trains #photography

Big milestone! The Media Library for Digital Shopfront CMS is DONE. This was a massive lift, but it's working beautifully, complete with folders & tags. We're officially in new territory for this project. Check out the full demo! https://tinyurl.com/ds-update-11-14 #BuildInPublic #WebDev #Laravel

🚀 Announcing our new package beta: ArtisanPack UI - Livewire Components! It's a fork of the amazing Mary UI, refactored for our ecosystem and enhanced to give developers even more control over their components and UI. https://tinyurl.com/ap-ui-livewire #Laravel #Livewire #PHP

To go along with the media library for Digital Shopfront CMS, I've created a companion media library package for ArtisanPack UI. It's just in the beta phase at the moment, but give it a shot! #Laravel #BuildInPublic

This was quite the fun challenge. And I finally passed where I was previously with Digital Shopfront when I stopped back in April. #Laravel #BuildInPublic

Death, taxes and Cedar Park High School winning the 5A Texas state marching band championship. #txband

Mobility is political. Sustainability is political. If you don't care about politics, someone else will. And perhaps that someone wants the opposite of what you want, or wants to take away what you have.

Spent a couple of weeks working on this update. The package now works both with Laravel and on its own. Hope this helps developers create awesome and accessible websites and apps! #Laravel #a11y #BuildInPublic

It's a band kind of night. UIL 5A state championship prelims on the TV and UNT Symphonic and Concert Bands on the laptop. #txbands

Going to need to put a BOLO out for Gus' vocal cords because they are gone!

Rank UNT you cowards!

Go Mean Green!

Digital Shopfront update! 🚀 This week, I'm building the core settings & notification systems , making them reusable for modules (part of Artisan Pack UI!). www.youtube.com/watc... #Laravel #Livewire #WebDev

Coming from WordPress, I really missed the actions/filters system in Laravel. The main package for this seemed unmaintained, which is a red flag for me. So, I built my own. Here’s the story behind the artisanpack-ui/hooks package. jacobmartella.me/web... #Laravel #WordPress #PHP #PackageDev

“We should treat accessibility as something that is structural or baked in or part of the DNA, if we want to be successful” — says @marcysutton.com at #perfnow “Don’t treat it like trying to put chocolate chips into a cookie after it is baked” I love this framing!

lol texass

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Accessibility isn't a "nice to have," it's essential. In my new video, I cover the human, business, SEO, and usability cases for building an inclusive web. It's how we empower all users and build a better web for everyone. www.youtube.com/watc... #a11y #WebDev #SmallBusiness

Existing Livewire drag-and-drop packages had a big accessibility problem, so I built my own solution. Here's a look at the process, the challenges, and why building accessible tools is so important. #laravel #livewire #webdev #accessibility

Welp. Someone’s having an extremely bad Monday. (As far as I could see, no one was hurt and I don’t think it had spread to the building yet.)

Digital Shopfront update: I built an accessible drag-and-drop dashboard with #Livewire! The core component is now open-source in my Artisan Pack UI to help empower other devs. See it in action in my new video: www.youtube.com/watc...#Livewire! #Laravel #a11y

Well ... at least the sunset was pretty today. #txwx

Building an inclusive web isn't just a goal; it's a practice. Let’sbreak down the "how" of accessibility with practical, actionable tips. Whether you're a developer, a small business owner, or just posting on social media, there's a step you can take today. jacobmartella.me/web... #A11y

There are a number of good drag and drop packages out there, but I couldn't find one that was actually accessible. So I spent the last week or so creating an accessible Livewire drag and drop package. #Laravel #Livewire #a11y

The WordPress block editor is frustratingly unusable on iPad with a Magic Keyboard if you do anything more than just paste content. Focus gets lost all the time, formatting on paste gets lost and some edits aren’t getting saved. Just frustrating.

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

No good billionaires and none of them are okay

What's the hardest part of design for you as a dev? For me, it was always just starting. I built a personal design system to fix that. In my new video, I share how it's made my workflow so much more efficient. Hope it gives you some ideas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzZvnoLlR80 #WebDesign

Is the content you share online open to everyone? Web accessibility isn't a technical checkbox; it’s a commitment to a more inclusive web for all. And it's something we all need to care about. jacobmartella.me/web... #WebAccessibility #a11y #InclusiveDesign

Bigger question I have is why does Wrigley Field force the umpires to exit the field through the vistor's dugout? That's just asking for trouble.

New Digital Shopfront dev update is live! This one is all about building the foundation. I'm walking through the user/role management and the dashboard setup. Plus, a first look at Artisan Pack UI Livewire UI Components. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zZ4ZJqjyc #Laravel #BuildInPublic

Stepping outside my usual WordPress bubble for Commit Your Code 2025 was quite the experience. I came away re-energized, inspired to build more, and connect with fellow developers. https://jacobmartella.me/web-development/re-energized-to-build-lessons-from-commit-your-code/ #WebDevelopment

Yankees commit a NOBLETIGER to end the game! Lol! Also, I absolutely do not miss the Aroldis Chapman save adventures from 2023 at all.

The question is not who am I rooting for in the #MLB playoffs, it's what am I rooting for in the playoffs. And that is for extra innings in every game and for every series to go the maximum number of games. #TeamChaos

As I was building Digital Shopfront CMS earlier this year, I encountered a problem: I was writing code that I knew I would want to reuse in other apps (possibly even other CMSs), and I didn't want to have to repeat myself. So ArtisanPack UI was born. #Laravel

Trying to not crash out over the state of so many things in tech right now.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Here's a very early look at some of the admin functionality for Digital Shopfront CMS! Still a very, very, very long way to go, but making steady progress each day. Hope to have it ready for beta testing by the end of the year! #SmallBusiness #Laravel

Been busy the last couple of weeks starting from scratch with Digital Shopfront CMS. Feels like it's been slow progress so far, but hoping now that a lot of heavy lifting in the backend is done, I can start to move quicker. The goal is to have it ready for a beta test by end of the year. #Laravel

The LOLmets-iest of LOLmets seasons!

Fuck you Houston Astros.

It’s been a minute since I published a video … again. But here’s what I’ve been up to the past couple of months. Hoping to be on a more consistent upload schedule! #WebDevelopment #WebDesign