We’ve been cleaning out the garage and came across some of my old book collection from years back. Seeing PHP 5 in the mix really brought back some great memories.

78 enrolled in first project 🎉. May not seem alot, but its a lot for me, so thank you. Video for it will be published next week, almost done editing. If you have any feedback or features/improvements you'd like to see please join the discord & post them there.

PHP is 30!! 🎉 If you could add one thing to PHP tomorrow, what would it be?

We just shipped Nightwatch: application monitoring & logging obsessively optimized for Laravel. ✨ Start with a single command 📊 Monitor every event ⏱️ Review precise timelines & logs ⚠️ Hear less noise with smart alerts And much more, including a free plan for anywhere you

Can't wait to try this. Looks great and it has a generous free tier.

Had a lot of fun recording this project! It was nice to feel a bit “free” with the content, not tied down to a specific long-running series. I even showed how I used Cursor to handle the tedious bits so I could focus on the more important parts. The next project will be a bit

Using AI for things like this so I dont have to design it by hand has been such a huge time saver.

I’ve been tinkering with CodeArch and wanted to share what’s coming. Built (not deployed yet): ✅ Project pages now show a YouTube link if there’s a build video. ✅ Same idea for source code, if it's available, the link will show up. ✅ Basic leaderboards so you can see how

Who is making incredible PHP and Laravel educational content...and doesn't already work at Laravel or Laracasts?

I'm currently working on the next project video from CodeArch where we're going to cover some really important Laravel topics: ✅ Models & Eloquent ✅ User authentication (we'll build it from scratch using Laravel's auth classes instead of relying on a starter kit, so you

Learned so much from Povilas and Jeffrey over time, and finally got the chance to meet them in person, such a great moment!

Laravel Forge updates are 🔥🔥🔥. Can't wait to try it

This is an amazing deal. Get it while you can

I talked to a lot of people at Laracon. Almost everyone said the SAME THING about why they come back (or why they already know they'll be back). So I made a video talking about it (and some of my favorite things announced at Laracon 👀) hint: so many things.

Added a small but useful feature to CodeArch. You can now copy project or task details in markdown format to feed directly into your LLMs. Tasks also include tailored mini system prompts based on their type.

I asked AI for an 80s-style song about PHP… and it actually delivered. Not bad 😅