I can’t say enough about how amazing, welcoming and incredible @laracon.au was. Thank you @dyrynda.au for allowing me the opportunity to be there! Already counting down the days until 2026!
I haven’t been on here much over the last couple of weeks, but it has once again been my enormous honour, pleasure, and privilege to host you all in Brisbane for @laracon.au May you all take small steps, make big shifts, and find that little extra as you #LevelUp Safe travels!
It’s been a year today since I walked on stage at @laracon.au 2024 and opened up about my experiences with depression and anxiety. Mental health should be talked about. And with 2025’s conference just days away, a reminder to be aware of those around you who feel invisible. youtu.be/0kwNx93aha0
Marty Friedel - The Invisible Developer - Laracon AU 2024
YouTube video by Laracon AU
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Livewire v4 beta has been tagged! Go forth ⚡️ github.com/livewire/liv... Docs can be found here livewire.laravel.com/docs/4.x/upg...
Release v4.0.0-beta.1 · livewire/livewire
Livewire v4 beta release ⚡️ We’re excited to announce the first beta release of Livewire v4! This version brings major improvements, internal rewrites, and new features. Things are still in progres...
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This has been quite a journey, but I'm ready to share a side project that has been cooking for years... a purely web-based podcast client! Introducing Podrain. Built with @nuxt.com, @tinybase.bsky.social, @tur.so, @cloudflare.social and many other wonderful tools. Start using it at podrain.app
I had the opportunity to chat with @asgrim.dev yesterday about PHP Pie - the new installer for PHP extensions, intended to replace PECL. Full interview dropping tomorrow.
I made a Bluesky #CSS Feed 🤘🏻 (takes a lot of work to filter out the garbage… damn) but I believe I've setup a good system! nerdy.dev/css-bluesky-...
CSS Bluesky Feed · October 4, 2025
On Bluesky? Here's a CSS Feed I made
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Years of sitting, coding, shipping, scrolling, and pixel peeping destroyed my body. I honestly thought I was DYING. It took me 4 years and 22 specialists to figure out what was ACTUALLY happening and how to fix it. Now I'm sharing everything I learned & more in my new podcast — recoverymode.fm
Pursuing recovery from a mind & body damaged by tech. | Recovery Mode
Pursuing recovery from a mind & body damaged by tech. A podcast hosted by Jack McDade & Marce K.
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We just shipped a ton of improvements to Flux's sidebar! 👌 - Collapsible sidebars - Collapsed state auto-persisted in localStorage - Sidebar item group icons - New `sidebar.search` component - + like 5 other new sidebar components Checkout the blog post: fluxui.dev/blog
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Laravel News Podcast: New Pest, speaker bingo, and Laravel in Practice. Have a listen:
New Pest, speaker bingo, and Laravel in Practice
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and...
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"Embrace the tools you use (even if you don't love them)" My first blog post in over 2 years! It's about a big lesson I've learned working on the Laravel Cloud team and having to use - spoiler alert - React. jasonlbeggs.com/blog/embrace...
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When you’re working on a team or working for a client, you don’t always get to pick the exact stack you like working with. Embrace them anyways.
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It's been a long time coming, but Cargo is finally in alpha! 📦🎉 Cargo is my e-commerce addon for Statamic. I've been working on it for just over a year now. It's been a lot of work but I'm *really* happy with how it's turned out.
Pest v4 is here — now with browser testing! Browser tests that feel like unit tests: Laravel-ready, Playwright-powered, parallel-fast, with smoke & visual regression built in. Discover Pest v4 — and our new website: pestphp.com?ref=v4
Pest | The elegant PHP testing framework
Pest is a testing framework with a focus on simplicity, meticulously designed to bring back the joy of testing in PHP.
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Come hang out with @danharrin.com and I right now, live on Twitch to talk about @filamentphp.com v4 and build an app! twitch.tv/alexandersix_
Our premiere is live on YouTube right now. Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFIm...
Laravel Boost your AI starter kit with Ashley Hindle
YouTube video by Laravel News
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My new talk is up! 5 practical things developers can do to build trust with their non-technical bosses. In the high trust environment you have less micromanagement and conflict, and more freedom and harmony. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zki4...
Building High-Trust Environments | John Drexler Laracon US 2025
YouTube video by Laravel
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Today, I’m extremely excited to introduce @litebase.com! Something I've been working on for a while that I'm proud to ship. Following along as I build a new type of database.
Litebase@litebase.com · last yr.Introducing Litebase – an open source distributed database built on SQLite and backed by distributed file systems and object storage. Please follow along as we build a new type of database. litebase.com/blog/introdu...
Yesterday on stream we built this crazy thing. On today's stream we're going to build a keymap for it using the ZMK firmware. Going live in ~30 minutes - drop in and say hi! twitch.tv/austencam
Haven't streamed in forever... but that ends today! Going live in ~30 minutes to build a @1337keyboards.com board. Come hang! 👉 www.twitch.tv/austencam