Jeremy Nikolic

@jeremynikolic.com

Laravel Core team focused on ☁️ Cheese enthusiast 🧀

Started 99 Bottles of OOP, expecting technical design patterns. Got hit in the face with thoughts about clarity, readability, and the human cost of code decisions. Love it not being just about writing code — it’s about code people can live with.

Received a thank-you message from a former coworker. He tackled a yearly task I had handled for several years using a documentated script I left behind 📜 A reminder: leaving a job on good terms and investing in clear, thoughtful documentation isn’t just professional — it’s kind 🤗

Just had the easiest deployment experience ever 🤯 I had set aside the rest of my evening so I could get my project deployed, and I ended up getting it done way quicker than I expected

Thought I would never say this 🙈 4 months on Mac and it's just way too good for coding. Everything just works, the tools are 🔥 I don't see myself going back to Windows... It's been some good years but time to let go 🥹

Been using `DB::afterCommit()` for a while and just discovered the global queue settings `after_commit => true` 👀 Easily dispatch all your jobs and other queuables only when transactions are successful 🎉

Felt great getting off the laptop today 🌞 Renovated an old desk for my wife. And prepared the redo of my the barn's concrete slab, soon to be worshop 👨‍🔧

Tackled clearable inputs in Flux today Tried to mimic native ones as best as possible - focusable but not tabbable - re-focus input after click - only show when field is non-empty - big enough pointer target for mobile - consistent styling across input fields, listboxes, and command palettes