I spent some time recently experimenting with serverless PHP using Bref and AWS Lambda, and honestly, it's amazing.

No servers to manage, zero-downtime deployments in like a minute, and solid performance.

Check it out and see the results here:

youtu.be/ZC83mglmk5I

Josh is one of the nicest, most dedicated, and talented people out there. This isn’t just a win for him, but for Laravel, and everyone in our corner of the internet!

Go Josh! 🥳

Modern CSS is TOO good.

Disable scrollbars when this dialog is both a modal, and open

No JS, no state, no classes, no aria labels - just a few lines of CSS

New video coming out tomorrow!

First in over three months, I’m excited to continue working through my ideas backlog

Do you all think there's room for another Laravel SaaS starter kit?

If you're using Laravel Vapor, need Imagick and are on PHP 8.3, chances are you're having trouble because the PECL package is currently broken.
Here's a Gist with the Dockerfile I'm currently using to get it working: gist.github.com/mateusjatenee/…

Major thanks to Greg Korba 🛠️ Codito for

This is absolutely insane and blows every other deployment test out of the water

AWS Lambda (Bref) and a MariaDB instance with EC2 nano. 2000 requests in 1.5 seconds, 2-digit millsecond response time, $3/mo

If I want to generate a talking video avatar based on some text or audio, what’s the best service for this right now?

Bonus points if they have an API that I can call programmatically

you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

Learn how to create a similar curved bottom tabs bar in my blog post: kyleshevlin.com/react-native-c…

Worked on getting an HTMX login flow working with Laravel, here's the result

This demo app will be part of a video that I'm working on, so stay tuned!

I see a lot of podcasts that record video of the hosts (or extra stuff like screens) while making the show. I feel like it might leave something out to the audience who only listens.

What're your thoughts on this, do you like podcasts that have accompanying video?

Joe is killing it as usual! This is such a cool concept

Another neat #PHP feature I keep forgetting: You can use arrays as the righthand part of a foreach loop!

How should I pronounce HATEOAS?

My most successful projects (open source, saas, software, hardware) have been started by me scratching my own itch.

Build something that removes a frustration in your life, even if you don't make it big you'll have something for you!

I've seen a lot of disheartening comments that newcomers to the field think it's too late to learn programming, or a useless dead-end field.

Please don't think that, it couldn't be further from the truth. If coding or building excites you, keep going!

My gf is sick and wanted chicken soup, so here’s my recipe!

- Strip a rotisserie chicken and shred the meat
- Boil the bones with water and assorted veggies for 3 hours
- Strain the stock, add to a pot with chopped celery, carrots, gold potatoes, and the shredded meat
- Season…