Maker. Developer. Laravel enthusiast. Musician. Always happy to learn from others, always happy to teach others. Amazed that my hobby is also my job.

Derbyshire, UK
Joined November 2018
Whoop. Looking forward to speaking on something close to my heart. If you’re bored on the 30th, why not come listen? 🎉 #laravel #oss #software #dev #web #webdev
📣 Announcing #LaravelNagpur's last meetup of the year! Topic - "Thinking like a package developer" by @LukeDowning19 Date - 30 Dec 2020 Time - 7 PM India Time RSVP -> allevents.in/online/80003399… Live Stream -> bit.ly/laravel-ngp-dec-2020
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Didn't really see a need for #Ray by @spatie_be, but after trying it, I'm in love. `dd()` can sometimes be too harsh, especially when dealing with an item nested in an array or chain. Ray seems to strike a perfect balance. Nice job @freekmurze and team!
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Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most elegant
🔥 Avoid layout shifts on long pages by adding a scrollbar from the get-go: html { overflow-y: scroll; } ✅ Less annoying for users ✅ Improves CLS score ✅ Can boost your SEO rankings 😮 (Google cares about CLS now) Live demo: codepen.io/joshwcomeau/pen/r… (S/o to @TimVereecke!)
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🎉 I'm thrilled to announce that my buddy @bobbybouwmann and I finally launched our book Laravel Secrets. We put so much effort into it and are super proud of the result. Get your copy today for a limited introductory price of 29 EUR only at laravelsecrets.com
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Testing middleware in @laravelphp? Don't be afraid to create a route inside your actual test. It can give confidence that the implementation works without needing a real life example. #tdd #laravel #webdev #dev #packages
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To celebrate the release of @spatie_be's new debugging tool, Ray, I'm giving away two licenses! All you need to do is retweet this tweet to be in for a chance to win. Competition open until January 12 at 10am ET.
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When you're building a package, your Service Provider can become quite large. Laravel ships with an AggregateServiceProvider that you can use to easily split your providers up into manageable classes. #dev #laravel #web #package
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LOL 😂 @freekmurze
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🔥 Ever needed padding around dividing borders in Tailwind? Add padding to each loop item, a matching negative margin on the parent to balance it out, then wrap it in `flow-root` to avoid collapsing margins. No conditional index stuff 🤘🏻 play.tailwindcss.com/8GXSdVb…
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🚀 Super excited to announce that @pestphp v1.0 is finally out! After 400+ commits, 3 betas, seven months - and endless hours of open-source contributions - PEST has finally reached its first stable public release. 🥳 nunomaduro.com/pest-v1-relea…
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