Long-form thoughts on engineering, leadership, and the systems behind resilient products.
Most comparisons of Claude Code and Codex CLI try to pick a winner. I stopped trying to do that a while ago. Instead, I run both of them together on the same codebase, using each one to challenge the other. The result is code that's better than what either model produces on its own.
How to use the /statusline command in Claude Code to generate a compact, single-line statusline showing model name, git branch, token usage, and a color-coded progress bar, all from one prompt.
As software engineers, we love building things from scratch. But after my third abandoned "personal blog rewrite," I found Copy Company — and it scratches the builder's itch while actually getting content out the door.
You don't need a marketing team to show up consistently online. You need a system that turns two hours a week into a blog, a newsletter, and a week of social posts. Here's how to build one.
10 practical tips for using Claude Code with Laravel—from installing Boost to generating tests, refactoring across files, and building complex Eloquent queries.
If you’re an up-and-coming full-stack developer, you’ve probably felt the frustration of slow progress. Maybe you’ve looked at seasoned developers and wondered how they got so good.
Livewire V3 has brought some exciting changes to the table, especially with its enhanced component-based architecture. As someone who loves building dynamic interfaces with Livewire, I was thrilled to dive into the new version.
As developers, we often find ourselves juggling multiple projects, responsibilities, and goals. It's easy to get overwhelmed and struggle to make progress on what's important.
Starting your journey as a full-stack Laravel developer can be exciting and overwhelming all at once. Laravel has long been a go-to PHP framework for developers because of its elegant syntax, robust ecosystem, and vibrant community.
When conducting performance tests in Laravel—especially memory usage tests—one of the most overlooked factors is the Laravel query log
If you’ve ever started a side project and never finished it, you’re not alone. Many developers within the Laravel ecosystem (and beyond) dream up incredible ideas, start building, and then get bogged down in the details.
If you ask any developer how they’ve really leveled up their skills, chances are they’ll tell you it wasn’t just by clocking in and out of their 9-to-5.
You know those Saturday mornings when you wake up, sip your coffee, and think, "Today’s the day I change my life"? Yeah, neither do I. That’s not how this story starts.
If you’ve worked with Laravel Nova and wanted to customize the Trix editor toolbar, you may have realized that it’s not as straightforward as you’d expect.
There’s a certain joy in finding a tool that fits like a glove. The kind of tool you keep coming back to, year after year, because it just works. For me, that tool is Laravel.
Struggling with managing multiple models and their various statuses in your CRM? Learn how to leverage Enums and dynamic types to create a sleek, color-coded badge system for different statuses.
Three.js is a popular JavaScript library used for creating 3D graphics in web applications. It's a powerful tool that allows you to create stunning visual effects and animations, and it's also relatively easy to use.
I'm pretty sure all programmers have had to write code to upload an image at some point, and I'm pretty sure most of you have used a timestamp as the image name.
Hi, have you ever used a 3rd party package that didn't work the way it was supposed to and it became so frustrating that you decided to build a better one yourself. Well....that's why I built my first package.