Watch as @jominney.bsky.social cuts through the confusion around software architecture and shows how small Laravel teams can make pragmatic, context driven decisions. A practical guide to thinking across the whole stack without over engineering. 🎥👇

@dyrynda.au : “I need a 30 second intro video. Feel free to lean into the 90s theme.” Me: “Hold my discman, I got this”

🎤 Next up in our final #LaraconAU reveal week: @jominney.bsky.social, Digital Experience Lead at Devhouse! UX, human-centred design, and digital products that actually serve people. Jo’s the real deal.

@amyskapers.dev crushing it yet again at #NDCOslo by @ndcconferences.com. I challenge you to find someone not impacted by something on this list! #a11y Is important for everyone.

“The little-known Irish hamster bird” might be in my top 3 conference quotes of all time 🤣 #ndcOslo

You’ll all be shocked to hear that @courtneyr.dev is nailing it on her panel 🎉

Lyn Beazley is my spirit animal. No notes.

I’ve been trying to decide what fun design to add to this dress for next year, and I think I’ve settled on “All I want for Christmas is POCKETS” and then also I will add pockets to it.

Today we had a pub dinner with some friends who are leaving Perth to move to New Zealand. These earrings seemed appropriate! #elfie

On the naughty list? Me? Fake news… #elfie day something or another

I forgot to take photos the last couple days but I’m sure I’ll make up for it… I am Santa’s favourite Ho, after all #elfie day 16

Tonight was our Spacecubed Christmas party. I got to debut these amazing earrings that my niecey bought me earlier in the year! Also when I say “I’ll be there with bells on” in December I mean it literally… 🔔 #elfie day13

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#elfies days 11 & 12 are brought to you by our air conditioning going from “sparks flying” to “Christmas sweaters in summer”. Also Elmo, and because the photo taken this evening is difficult to see, here’s a flashback to a past elfie with Elmo’s biggest fan a few years back.

Oops I’m still a day behind… oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️ day 10 was brought to you by Mickey, Minnie and a functioning air conditioner that mean I got to wear these banger pants. Also too busy to get to the nail salon so enjoy my diy-manicure! #elfie

Aircon got fixed yesterday but another pair of Christmas shorts got a workout in the meantime… day 9 #elfie

Our aircon is broken so it’s too hot for clothes 🥵 enjoy some of my Xmas pjs today… day 8 #elfie

Today we had dinner with some friends who have a little boy whose favourite dinosaur is T-Rex. This shirt/earring combo was the obvious (correct) choice…

Day 6 #elfie taken at my baby niece’s primary school graduation. How is she taller than me and also how is she only twelve!? Absurd. #SeasonsGrootings

Days five was a whirlwind so I am posting my #elfie a day late. We did a live recording of the #RaftOfBitches podcast at #WestTechFest with Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels, then headed straight from there to #BeerOps. I made this shirt with a line from a famous Spice Girls Christmas carol

While I was at @laracon.au, @jominney.bsky.social was showing off her awesome pockets! Pulled out this Laravel logo 3dPrint and chucked it into the crowed. It now lives on what my partner calls, my "nerd bag", Thanks again Jo, it looks awesome!

Today we picked up Lolly from the cattery so obviously I wore my favourite Pusheen Christmas shirt in her honour. One of us is way more enthusiastic about this photo than the other 😜 - Day 4 #elfie

Day 3 of #elfies and I am feeling very merry, mainly as I get to sleep in my own bed tonight and tomorrow we pick up Lollycat!

Day 2 of daily #elfies - We’re still travelling so I’m still on minimalist Christmas attire… but the sparkly headband did mean I got to attend lots of elevator discos today! Photo taken outside The Precinct in Fortitude Valley.

Today @rossminney.bsky.social and I overcame our end-of-cruise blues with @mayadomi.bsky.social by going to see #AVeryNaughtyChristmas in Brisbane. 11/10 we couldn’t stop laughing! Enjoy this selection of Day 1 #elfies

Welcome to December folks! As is tradition, I will be posting my daily #elfie for every day of December so buckle up! Sorry grinches

Holidays are great but heck I miss my cat

I bought new socks at the markets and @rossminney.bsky.social got matching boxers. I think @dyrynda.au and Bruce would approve…

There are worse places to merge pull requests from 🤷🏼‍♀️

Y’all need to follow my besty’s cat.

And not like it’s a competition or anything but if it was… I think @laracon.au did OK? Should have got them to turn up the house lights though! Next time 🤷🏼‍♀️

Every conference I’ve ever been on stage at I get the crowd to do a wave - here’s the one from WordCamp Sydney a few weeks ago!

The latest ep of the #RaftOfBitches podcast just dropped! We interview LGBTQI advocate and founder of Let’s Queer the Air, Ashara Wills. We talked about multicultural communities, the AFLW, being queer, challenging perceptions, joining the board of PrideWA and more. raftpodcast.com/episode/quee...

If, like me, you are forced to switch to WSL, I recommend doing it while sitting in the hotel restaurant watching the rain listening to 90s and early 2000s bangers. Yes I immediately themed Ubuntu to look like git bash… #sorrynotsorry

Wel I'm just post my babby photo on Twotter for #ThrowbackThursday and so I might as wel add it on here for mine forst post too even though it not Thursday no more

My recent introduction to JavaScript and the DOM for She Codes Australia is now up on YouTube! Learn how JavaScript compares to Python and how we use it to add interactivity on the web 👀 youtu.be/BnFK-dR6Eng

Thank you for the delicious sushi 🍣 @calebporzio.bsky.social

Hey #laravel folks, how do you/your teams user test your products or features before putting them in front of the masses, if you do at all? Do you have a process? Who does it? Is it useful? How long does it take? What tools are you using, if any?

Alternatives to GitHub Copilot please? I mainly use copilot chat and not phased about autosuggestion. I’m certain there are much better options out there now. My main pain points with gh copilot are that it isn’t trained on Laravel 11 or Livewire 3 and also it is *too* chatty

I had FOMO, so I’ve come to hang out with the cool kids…