I thought it might be helpful for me to share a handful of packages which I find myself installing whenever I start a new Laravel application. Let me know if there are any missing! Laravel Debug bar barryvdh/laravel-debugbar (Github / Packagist) Probably the first package I install in every Laravel project is the laravel Debug […]
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On the Build Your SaaS podcast Justin Jackson sits down with Taylor to talk about how Laravel got started and how it went from a side project into a full-time affair. Taylor Otwell: “PHP (and a cheap laptop) changed my life” Check out this amazing interview at https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/taylor-otwell-didnt-even-like-computers
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A couple of Christmas’s ago my awesome wife got me a GoPro. It’s helped us capture some amazing memories so far, but one of the most time consuming and most critical things to do with the footage is to edit it into something that you can enjoy watching. I remember when I was younger, we […]
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A couple of weeks ago I was spontaneously invited on a Skiing trip to Lebanon by a good friend in Dubai. I received a random WhatsApp from Angiolo, a guy from South Africa who I met through Fiona, saying he had booked accomodation in Lebanon to go Skiing with a friend and the apartment had […]
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Laravel Timezone is a Laravel Package making it easy to set a timezone for a user in your application and then show date/times to them in their local timezone. Other packages seem to only provide helper functions to convert to storage and from storage. My packages also provides an helpful way of setting the timezone […]
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The begining Many people think Refresh Teesside started in 2012, but our first event was actually on Thursday 2nd April 2009, which I announced on this very blog. It was September 2008 when I built the first Refresh Teesside website and announced our manifesto. The first event was a great success and the attendance surpassed my […]
Read MoreAn awesome collection of links by Evernote to some of the best services available for designers. I stumbled across this on Twitter and thought it was worth a share. Also beneficial to all your developers out there. Enjoy. https://www.evernote.design/
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The simplicity of straightening the covers and rearranging the pillows gives you a sense of accomplishment.
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I saw a Tweet from my good friend Anthony Sterling the other day which made me think. Meeting people 1:1 ain’t normally my thing, but I’m happy to step outside my comfort zone to be more like @kwuchu, hit me up if too you fancy a coffee or two in Newcastle in 2019. https://t.co/0RDqbsrXKc — […]
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I know many of you know Basecamp but do any of you follow Jason Fried, CEO of Basecamp. Jason has become quite a controversial, outspoken person online. He has published some amazing ‘best seller’ books, and I recommend you all read ‘Getting Real’ (available as a free PDF) Anyway, they have recently started to publish […]
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