Tinkerwell calls me a Query Goblin. I speak fluent Eloquent and my queries have queries. #TinkerwellWrapped 😂
Andrew Minion
@andrewrminion.com
Senior Solutions Architect; Laravel, Livewire, Tailwind, Vue, Inertia - Me: https://andrewrminion.com - Work: https://ivisa.com - Location: Twin Cities Metro
Hey @cmorrell.com I saw a truck the other day with an Interachi sticker on it!
Got to see some an amazing northern lights in the Twin Cities last night!!!
@mattstauffer.com I don’t know whose idea it was to make these @tighten.com fidget toys for Laracon but it was genius. I have another fidget spinner that I rarely use, but I use this thing multiple times a day, and I don’t even like noisy/clicky keyboards.
@tjmiller.bsky.social any plans to add support for the OpenAI conversations API? Specifically, the part where we can pass a conversation ID. platform.openai.com/docs/guides/... I’m happy to submit a PR for that… Just wondering if you had bigger plans
@laravel.com @thehanktaylor.com the new monthly changelog is a great idea!! Any chance you could add RSS support for those of us that still use old-school feed readers?
From bush to dish in 24h: picked some wild black raspberries and made fresh ice cream 😋
Anybody using Prometheus and/or OpenTelemetry in their Laravel apps in production? Do you measure *everything* or just specific routes/jobs/etc. of interest?
Laravel friends: anybody know of good testing setups to hunt for scalability issues before they crop up for real users? I'm less concerned with stress-testing (concurrent requests) than I am with issues caused by large database volume (both mysql data and redis cache).
Had a blast with my @phpxmsp.com pals tonight! Special thanks to @cmorrell.com and @shanedrosenthal.bsky.social for flying in to give some fascinating talks
Prompted by somebody asking how to learn the Laravel ethos, I put together a list of resources that have been extremely helpful to me: andrewrminion.com/2025/04/lara... #laravel #learning #podcasts
Laravel Learning Resources - AndrewRMinion Design
Inspired by a comment in the Mastering Laravel community, here is a list of resources that have really helped me absorb the ethos of the “Laravel way” of doing things. Podcasts The Laravel Podcast has...
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What are your favorite AI tools for development these days? Evaluating some to start using soon with our team on a Laravel + Vue + Tailwind site.
@dyrynda.au @jakebennett.bsky.social I just started the Laravel News podcast. I had my own full-time business for nearly 5 years and it was actually much harder to take time off than it has been for me as an employee.
This is such a great approach!!
James Brooks@jbrooks.uk · 2y agoIn @jessarcher.bsky.social's Nightwatch talk she mentioned how we paired Laravel's rate limiting with Cloudflare to completely side step our servers from handling "dead requests" on Forge. Here's how you can do the same thing! james.brooks.page/blog/superch...
Great talk by @davehicking.com at the inaugural @phpxmsp.com meetup tonight! Thanks for the reminder to step back and ask questions.
Starting a thread of Ubuntu tips and software as I start using and discovering them...suggestions always welcome!
Anybody have tips and tricks for using Ubuntu as your primary dev machine? I’m used to macOS…
Andrew Minion@andrewrminion.com · 2y agoCurrent status:
A running thread of some of my favorite books over the years:
We're so excited to welcome @davehicking.com as our first speaker! He's fresh off Laracon AU and ready to talk about being a healthy developer. Join us January 23 RSVP at phpxmsp.com
@joe.codes I’m curious about that first-party Laravel VS Code Extension…any word on when it might be released? Need any beta testers?
Had a great time at the First Lego League competition on Saturday. Our team didn’t place but learned a lot and enjoyed the process.
Anybody else decorate two trees? We have the color-coordinated “pretty tree” and the “family tree” with all the other “random” ornaments 😆
