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!

Something I've noticed: strong developers can blend into code bases. Meaning, the code they contribute matches the style & opinions of the code base. They know how to lean into the strengths of each pattern, and aren't dogmatic about one over the other. A code chameleon 🦎

Would any @larabelles.com be interested in going to a Wire:Live pre-hang on the night of October 27th?

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

Tighten onsite + Laracon was such a fun whirlwind! I had a blast chatting with old and new friends, and once again didn’t get enough photos with people (though I have more than last year)

On Monday a fire ravaged our farm, destroying most of our olive trees and other things. My husband managed to save our shed, our animals & home. I have set up a Go Fund Me to help raise money to start replanting. Any amount, is much appreciated. gofund.me/3dedee6a

🎮 Get your game on, Laracon US attendees! Play the @tighten.com Laracon 2025 Game Jam game.tighten.com Vibe code your way to the high score, and 🏆 win a Nintendo Switch 2! 🏆

Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.

It’s my birthday week, and I really want to get a travel guitar so I can keep practicing while I travel, but funds are extremely tight. If you wanted to make my year… www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Today on the blog, @tonysm.com continues the Rich Text Laravel series and demonstrates how flexible Content Attachments are! We can embed pretty much anything to our rich text documents! Click the link below:👇 tighten.com/insights/ric...

@mostlytechnical.com I think this might help Aaron's "before I do anything I have to do everything" problem, or task management in general: goblin.tools

I'm a Bracket Engineer! Released a web app to generate custom 3D Printed power brick brackets. bracket.engineer

At the beginning of the project I'm on, I counseled nuance and only using tools like Form Requests when necessary. Now that the project has matured, I want more standards to be applied across the repo so that things are more predictable and consistent.

Currently reading "Burnout" by Emily and Amelia Nagoski in preparation for a talk and am once more reminded that this quote is something we all need to hear more...

✍️ Mark all files as un-viewed in a GitHub pull request GitHub has a feature to mark individual files as viewed while reviewing a pull request. I wanted the ability to mark _all_ files as un-viewed. tim.macdonald.au/mark-all-fil...

Submit! I was able to go to my first Laracon with a chance ticket, and it was a great experience. Just submit now if you’re female or trans!

I’m shifting the way I think about security, it’s not just protection, it’s care. When you build with empathy, your code reflects it. Best way to reduce everyone’s stress

Currently trying to raise some funds to make moving in with my long distance partner more doable. Any little bit helps. www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-dis...

Hey! Laravel tip for you 💡 SQLite CLI has a CSV mode to import CSVs directly into a table: sqlite> .mode csv sqlite> .import products.csv products Use Laravel's Process to run this command in a seeder and quickly populate any table!

There's not just one way to seed your Laravel apps. Check out our latest article to learn: ✅ How to import thousands of records from CSV ✅ How to use AI to seed realistic data ✅ How to create interactive seeders ...and more! tighten.com/insights/10-...

I cannot retweet this as often as I'd like to. YOU CAN'T BE WHO YOU CAN'T SEE. Hey, not-male developers –– Go out there. BE VISIBLE. Go to conferences. SPEAK AT CONFERENCES. Learn things, build things, TELL PEOPLE. We are part of the tech community. We improve it. Diversity codes better.

No stream today, things have been crazy personally so I'd like to take the time to relax.

Streaming in ~20 minutes! Hopefully, I can get my dog to chill in that time 😅. Today, we will dive into the old version and see if there are any patterns we want to keep or improve on.

Just typed "flux" instead of "flex" for the first time. I have a feeling that this typo will be more common for me the more I play with Flux 🤦🏻😅

Join me in ~25 minutes (5:30PM CST) for another stream! Still working on a card game 🃏🎉

Going to stream this morning! I'm building a virtual card game with Laravel 12, Livewire, and Verbs today. Come hang out 😃 www.twitch.tv/techenby

Reminder - don't buy stuff today

I love adding nerdy little references to my tests. I'm using Jim and Dwight from the office to show customer ownership. I love adding little nuggets like these to code bases.

Last night's stream was a lot of fun! We played with the new Laravel starter kits and started on adding the setup steps for the game. github.com/techenby/car...

Live now! www.twitch.tv/techenby

In a little over an hour I’m going to start streaming! Today I’m going to start working on rebuilding an old covid project with the latest Laravel goodies and Verbs! Come hang out 🤓 twitch.tv/techenby

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Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only

Over the weekend, I decided to switch to PhpStorm, and the first thing I absolutely could not live without was my non-white light theme. Making a theme in PhpStorm is a different beast than VS Code, but I eventually figured it out (kinda). Now, I need to handle the actual editor's colors.

Nothing is more painful than following documentation to the best of my ability and still getting an error that doesn't make anysense. Searching the web comes up with outdated information, so clearly it's clear to everyone else but me :/

Right before a new Laravel version is IMO the worst time to start a new project... and I can't wait, so I'm doing it anyway 😂

I really want to try Verbs, should I: 1. Build a card game (essentially a re-build of my COVID project Card Party but with different tools) 2. Build a YNAB Alt for my spoose and I

Nothing is worse than sitting on the couch, getting comfy (including having a dog sit on my lap), and realizing I forgot to do something while I was up.

From the recent Jetbrains survey: "The survey’s gender distribution shows a striking lack of diversity, with the overwhelming majority of respondents identifying as male." If you have the means to support Larabelles, I strongly urge you to do so: larabelles.com/support-us

"Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them" www.404media.co/you-cant-pos... From @404media.co

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TIL, there is an artisan `make:enum` command in Laravel now, and it defaults to creating a class in the `App` directory. I wasn't sure where to put it, so I'm glad Laravel had a default for me.

Thank you for recommending Endel. I now have no more issues finding a playlist to listen to while working, I click "Focus," and I'm off. endel.io

TIL! This will potentially help with PHPstan errors in a project I'm on.

A week or two ago I got this little (6”x8”, 15cm x 20cm) white board for jotting down quick thoughts. It has been so helpful for me! I can jot down quick notes and then move them (if needed) to a more “permanent” place. www.amazon.com/dp/B09MZ5ZD4N

It’s always nice to have a lazy morning! I’m playing Stardew Valley and cuddling with the dogs.

This is me! I love this tattoo so much :)

I'm in the market for a new keyboard since my current keyboard's battery seems to be growing at an alarming rate. What's your current keyboard? What do you like/dislike about it?

Nothing is better and worse than having a deadline that you forgot about! Granted, this one is self-imposed, but still! Before my tattoo on Monday, I’ve got to design and build my artist's website. It's a good thing I love deadlines.