Creating Your First Laravel Package
Extract reusable code into a package.
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Creating Type-Safe Environment Variables in TypeScript
Zod schemas for process.env with validation and types.
Creating a Daily Review Template in Obsidian
Start and end each day with intention.
Creating a Custom ESLint Rule
Enforcing project conventions automatically.
Copilot Is Training Wheels You Should Eventually Remove
Use it, then wean off.
Comments Should Explain Why, Not What
Don’t narrate. Explain.
Code Review Is About the Team, Not the Code
Share knowledge, not nitpicks.
Code Ownership Is an Anti-Pattern
Collective ownership beats silos.
Channel Your Drama Into Entertainment
Drama has its place-on stage, not in your daily life.
Caddy's Automatic HTTPS Is Magic
Zero-config TLS for local services.
Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honour
Stop glorifying exhaustion.
Building Type-Safe APIs with tRPC
End-to-end type safety without the ceremony.
Building Streaming APIs with Node.js
Handle large data without running out of memory.
Building Real-time Features with Laravel Reverb
First-party WebSockets for Laravel.
Building Multi-Tenant SaaS with Laravel
One codebase, many customers.
Building Custom GPTs for Your Workflow
AI assistants tailored to your needs.
Building Custom Artisan Commands in Laravel
Automate everything with the CLI.
Building an Automated Weekly Review with Things 3 and Obsidian
Use Dataview queries to automatically aggregate daily notes and completed tasks into a weekly review.
Building an AI Code Review Bot
Automate your first pass.
Building a Zettelkasten in Obsidian
Atomic notes that compound.
Building a Type-Safe API Client with Zod
Runtime validation meets compile-time safety.
Building a Robust Webhook System in Laravel
Send events to external systems reliably.
Building a RAG Pipeline with LangChain
Give LLMs your own data.
Building a Plugin System in TypeScript
Extensibility without chaos.
Building a Pi-hole + Unbound DNS Stack
Ad blocking with recursive DNS.
Building a Personal CRM with Obsidian and Dataview
Track relationships without a subscription.
Building a Notes MCP Server for Claude Desktop
Give Claude direct access to your local notes folder using the Model Context Protocol.
Building a Media Server Stack: Jellyfin + *arr Apps
Automated media management.
Building a Local-First App with CRDTs
Yjs for offline-capable sync that just works.
Building a Job Queue with BullMQ
Background jobs that actually work.
Building a Home Dashboard with Homepage
Service status at a glance.
Building a CLI Tool with Commander.js and Ink
Terminal UIs in React with proper command parsing.
Build Momentum Before You Need It
Momentum is easier to maintain than to create from scratch.
Always Be Refactoring
Clean as you go.
AI Won't Replace Developers, But It Will Replace Developers Who Don't Use AI
Adapt or fall behind.
Linux chattr Makes Files Immutable
The one Linux command that tells even root to do one.
Reducing Katas
Prerequisites for this kata JavaScript fundamentals (variables, functions, arrays, the usual) An account on Codewars (its free and mildly addictive) Willingness to be humbled by a Kyu 6 reduce() …
Roll Your Own Component Generators
A little trick to speed you along your development journey.
Stone Soup Programming
Prerequisites for Stone Soup Programming A team (even a small one, two people counts) A willingness to share half baked ideas Zero ego about your code being “yours” The ability to say …
Shape Shifting Functions
I wanted to write a quick post about decorators, as I’ve been using them a lot recently and I think they’re a really useful tool to have in your belt. I spent quite a bit of time trying to …
How to Make Time
How much can you get done in a day? Sometimes it can feel that there’s just not enough hours in the day. Other times we don’t feel much like doing anything. And how many times have you …
Higher-Order Functions
Prerequisites for this one A grasp of basic functions in JavaScript Familiarity with arrays (they’re just fancy lists, dont overthink it) Some patience. reduce() will test you A rubber duck for …
Call, Bind and Apply
tl;dr call, bind and apply are 3 really important methods that are available on all Javascript functions out of the box. Each method does the same kind of thing, but the invocations are different. …
JavaScript 101: Immediately Invoked Functions
tl;dr Like it says on the tin, an immediately invoked function (IIFE) is a function that is executed as soon as it is defined. No waiting around, no messing about. Straight to business. Prerequisites …
Comparison and Logical Operators in Javascript
Prerequisites for following along A browser with a console (F12, go on, press it) Preferably some knowledge of variables from the previous articles A healthy distrust of == A llama (optional but …
Javascript 101: Hoisting
tl;dr “hoisting” is a default behaviour of Javscript, basically it means “variables and function declarations get hoisted to the top”. The concept of hoisting can throw off …
JavaScript 101: Implicit Type Coercion
tl;dr Javascript automatically converts some types into others behind your back. Like a well meaning friend who “fixes” your dating profile without telling you. Prerequisites …
JavaScript 101: Data Types
Prerequisites for this series Before going any further with JavaScript 101 you’ll want to make sure you have: A computer (revolutionary, I know) A text editor. VS Code, Vim, Notepad, a …
Passing By Value and Passing By Reference
tl;dr Javascript passes its’ primitive types by value, and its’ non-primitive types by reference. “Value” and “Reference” here are referring to a variables position in memory. …