Wildcard subdomain SSL certificates with Let's Encrypt and Bunny DNS
Creating wildcard subdomain SSL certificates isn't that straightforward with Let's encrypt as a normal SSL certificate.
Read more [rias.be]
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Automatically restart Horizon when local PHP files change original
We've released a new package called spatie/laravel-horizon-watcher. This one can automatically restart Horizon after any code change.
In this post, I'd like to share why we've built and how you can use it.
🚀 Mailcoach Cloud is now available: affordable email marketing for bloggers, Artisans, and entrepreneurs original
We're proud to announce that Mailcoach Cloud has been launched. Using Mailcoach, you can create beautiful email campaigns, set up drip campaigns (or any email automation), and send transactional emails.
Mailcoach works well, whether your email list has 5 or 500 000 subscribers (yes, Mailcoach has been used for lists of that size), or even more. And thanks to our sharp pricing, Mailcoach is the most affordable solution compared to our competitors in most scenarios.
Privacy-minded people will appreciate that open- and click tracking is off by default. And to people that require full GDPR compliance, we can proudly say that everything is hosted on EU servers owned by EU companies.
If you decide to subscribe, you can use this coupon code for one month free: ONEMONTHFREE. You can help us get the word out, by retweeting our launch tweet, or upvoting us on Product Hunt.
In this blog post, I'd like to share why we've built Mailcoach, how you can use it, and how we have built it.
Let's dig in!
Using table triggers to log changes in your database tables.
– tray2.se - submitted by Patrik Ahlström
Tracking changes in a table or several tables for that matter can be essential for your application, and we are going to take a look on how to do that using only the MySQL/MariaDB database.
Read more [tray2.se]
What's new in PHP 8.3? Take a sneak peek.
– benjamincrozat.com - submitted by Benjamin Crozat
PHP 8.3 will be released in November 2023, and as usual, you need to be up to date with new features and breaking changes for easier transitions.
Read more [benjamincrozat.com]
A Laravel package to add flags to Eloquent models original
I'm proud to announce that our team has released a new package called spatie/laravel-model-flags. This one makes it easy to add flags to any model in your app.
In this post, I'd like to share why we've built it and showcase its usage.
What are contract tests?
Here's how you can make sure that all implementations of an interface behave correctly
Read more [www.kai-sassnowski.com]
Laravel's Safety Mechanisms
– planetscale.com - submitted by Aaron Francis
A comprehensive overview of Laravel's many safety features that can help you prevent painful mistakes.
Read more [planetscale.com]
My current setup (end 2022 edition) original
After tweeting out a screenshot, it often get questions around which editor, font or color scheme I'm using. Instead of replying to those questions individually I've decided to just write down the settings and apps that I'm using.
What's new in Laravel 10?
– benjamincrozat.com - submitted by Benjamin Crozat
Laravel 10 will be released on February 7, 2023. Its development is still ongoing. Let's dive into every relevant new feature we know about already.
Read more [benjamincrozat.com]
Providing faster support using auto-impersonation original
In the SaaS'es I usually work on (Flare, Mailcoach Cloud, Oh Dear), we've recently introduced an improvement to how we handle support. We call it "auto-impersonation".
In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.
Automatically setup your favorite email provider in Mailcoach original
In Mailcoach Cloud and the upcoming v6 of the self-hosted version of Mailcoach, we've made it much simpler to connect an email-sending service to Mailcoach.
Read more [mailcoach.app]
My Top 10 PhpStorm Tricks
Some really good tricks shared by Christoph
How to display dates in the browser's timezone in Livewire
– gdebrauwer.dev - submitted by Günther Debrauwer
In your Livewire components, you might want to display dates in the browser's timezone. In this post, I explore how you could achieve this.
Read more [gdebrauwer.dev]
Using jobs instead of commands in the schedule of a Laravel app original
In a standard Laravel application, you can schedule Artisan commands in your console kernel. While that works for most projects, we took a different route in Mailcoach. Instead of scheduling commands, we're scheduling jobs.
Read more [mailcoach.app]
Oh Dear 2.0 has been launched original
I'm proud to announce that we have launched a redesigned Oh Dear. If you're unfamiliar with Oh Dear, it's the best all-in-one monitoring tool for your entire website. You can register for a 10-day free trial.
You can help us spread the good news by upvoting us on Product Hunt, or retweeting our launch tweet.
In this blog post, I'd like to share what Oh Dear can do for you, how we've rebuilt various parts, and give you an overview of the technology behind the service.
Use a view instead of a complex Eloquent query in your Laravel application
– tray2.se - submitted by Patrik Ahlström
What is a database view, and how can we use it to make our code cleaner?
Read more [tray2.se]
Using a datalist instean of a dropdown in your forms
– tray2.se - submitted by Patrik Ahlström
Have you ever had a huge list of values that the users needs to scroll through to get to the
item they wanted, you know the classic Country dropdown, and for me who lives in Sweden
will have to scroll through a load of countries to get to the desired one.
Read more [tray2.se]
Writing Wordle In JavaScript
A nice video tutorial by Bert De Swaef.
