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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 16/11/2025

How does anyone think the new superman is better than Cav’s? Late to the party but sheesh that wasn’t good 😬

Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 15/10/2025

I’d love to know how FAANG or similar companies treat developers with Macs and admin accounts. Are they running admin accounts on laptops? Or elevating into admin when required? How, if so? I’m struggling with IT giving us user accounts and any app installs/updates have to be requested 😬

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 13/09/2025

Last night of the proms! Done and dusted for another year. I never really knew what the proms was about until a few years ago I was driving home from an afternoon photographing a Lancaster Bomber, listening to the radio, enjoying the last light of a late summer’s eve. …

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nunomaduro @nunomaduro.com · 21/08/2025

Pest v4 is here — now with browser testing! Browser tests that feel like unit tests: Laravel-ready, Playwright-powered, parallel-fast, with smoke & visual regression built in. Discover Pest v4 — and our new website: pestphp.com?ref=v4

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Pest | The elegant PHP testing framework

Pest is a testing framework with a focus on simplicity, meticulously designed to bring back the joy of testing in PHP.

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Stephen Rees-Carter @valorin.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I haven't done a sale on Securing Laravel in a while, and I will be disconnected from the internet until Saturday, so now is the perfect time for a sale, right?? I don't like doing things normally, so this just feels right! 😎 Sign up and get 25% off! securinglaravel.com/stephen-is-u...

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Stephen Is Uncontactable Sale?! 😱

We haven't had a sale in a while and I am disconnected from the internet from Tuesday to Saturday, so it's the perfect time for a sale, right?? I don't like doing things normally, so this just feels…

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 11/08/2025

First time I’ve been made redundant 😔 I work(ed) for ebuyer - the UK’s largest independent tech retailer who today has gone into administration. We had a great tech team who worked tirelessly to not only keep things running but actively tried hard to migrate away from the numerous legacy systems

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Clara Leigh @clara42.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This is your reminder to: `composer audit` and `npm audit` your projects Remember, most breaches come from known vulnerabilities. Save yourself a future headache <3

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Stephen Rees-Carter @valorin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

It's time to finally fulfil one of the most common requests for an In Depth article: setting up 2FA! 🎉 So let's add some TOTP 2FA to our boring user/pass auth login! securinglaravel.com/in-depth-set... #Laravel

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In Depth: Setting up Two-Factor Authentication!

[In Depth #37] It's time to finally fulfil one of the most common requests for an In Depth article: setting up 2FA! 🎉 So let's add some TOTP 2FA to our boring user/pass auth login!

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Larabelles @larabelles.com · 21/07/2025

We are giving away a ticket to @laravellive.dk! Want to meet the Laravel community in real life? Don’t miss this chance! ✨ Enter now and see you in Copenhagen!✨ Only eligible people apply. Thank you! #Laravel #LarabellesPHP #LaravelLiveDK larabelles.com/giveaway/lar...

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Larabelles is a community for PHP and Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender.

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Tobias Petry @tpetry.me · 22/07/2025

The State Of Laravel 2025 survey has started! You can now participate to identify how the ecosystem changed over the past 12 months! Please RT for reach ❤️ stateoflaravel.com/participate?...

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The State of Laravel Survey

This survey is an attempt to gain insight into the representation of the diverse technologies and behaviors of this outstanding community.

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Joel Clermont @jclermont.com · 13/07/2025

Today I launched the 3rd edition of the Mastering Laravel Validation Rules book. Major changes and improvements, and now current through Laravel 12. The framework keeps getting better, and the book is trying to keep up! Grab your copy. masteringlaravel.io/laravel-vali...

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Laravel Validation Book | Mastering Laravel

Laravel Validation Book

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🥧 asgrim 🇺🇦 @asgrim.dev · 17/06/2025

🥧 I have finally released PIE 1.0.0 - The PHP Installer for Extensions will let you install a growing number of extensions. Thank you to a whole host of people for their support in building this excellent @thephpf.bsky.social initiative! ❤️ #phppie #pie #phpcommunity #phpc github.com/php/pie/rele...

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1.0.0 Total issues resolved: 0 Total pull requests resolved: 1 Total contributors: 1 documentation 258: Review and update of docs wording thanks to @asgrim

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3] Credits: adailycloud [FB] #clouds #creative

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 18/05/2025

I’d love to know people’s opinions or work policies around work issued laptops for developers. My place is really anal about getting good MacBooks and just wants to fob people off with slightly better than budget Linux machines. I don’t mind Linux but the context switch between home/work sucks.

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 17/05/2025

What a surprise 🤣 People outraged by Israel being allowed to enter due to Gaza conflict yet get over 200 audience votes, and come 2nd. UK get nil point, again 🤷🏻‍♂️ Boring. #eurovision

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 17/05/2025

Ironically, the “Made in Switzerland” parody was better than some of the official entries 🤣 #eurovision

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 17/05/2025

A banger from Denmark, looks like another audience favourite. #eurovision

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 17/05/2025

From the reaction of the crowd, Finland is in the running for a win.. only half way through though! #eurovision

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 17/05/2025

Not a bad effort from the UK entry, may not come last this year but I guess it depends on who we’ve upset in the past year. Still bitter Ukraine stole our win 😡 #eurovision

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Larabelles @larabelles.com · 03/05/2025

We just reached 70 profiles on the Larabelles directory! larabelles.com/directory Go and have a look at all those amazing Larabelles there! And if you have an event coming up or a job opening, this is a way to connect with some very cool and interesting people.

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Larabelles is a community for PHP and Laravel developers under-represented due to their gender.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 26/04/2025

I’ll sponsor one tree planted in the Lake District for the next 15 followers to get me to 4,000. I’ll send you a link to your certificate with your bluesky name/handle so you can see where it is. Please boost for reach. 🫡

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 28/02/2025

When are we getting an iPad Bluesky client 😩 Preferably with landscape layout not just an oversized portrait 🤞🏻

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 03/02/2025

Trying to watch the Laracon EU recording but getting adverts every 2 minutes is appalling. YouTube replacement anyone? 😔

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 20/01/2025

T-minus 4 years before I can read or watch the news again 🫣

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year all. Spotted a chap in the pub I thought I recognised - never forget a face - turns out I went to Tae Kwon Do with his twin lads a few decades ago 🥋👴🏻 Cheers 🥂

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Larabelles @larabelles.com · 16/12/2024

Hello, Bluesky!👋 We are finally here! Get ready for some amazing giveaways, announcements and general good vibes. Larabelles rock 💪 🔥. Check out our website and sign up to our newsletter if you haven't already done so. A new issue will be going out later this week, don't miss out! larabelles.com

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 26/11/2024

At @laracon.au 2024 I stood on stage and opened up about my experiences with anxiety, depression, isolation and connection. This is me. All of me. Please share this with your networks: someone close to you may need to hear this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kwN...

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Marty Friedel - The Invisible Developer - Laracon AU 2024

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

For the newbies, one of the great features on here is that when someone has tried to quote-post dunk on you, hit the … and select “detach quote” and nobody will see the post or who wrote it and they will look like an asshole. (Blocking works like this too.)

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dan @danabra.mov · 29/10/2024

hi to all old friends from twitter! i want to show you this thing: atproto-browser.vercel.app. put your bluesky handle in it and explore :) this should give you some intuition about how this place works under the hood. happy to answer any questions about it!

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 29/10/2024

It’s happening 🥳 Happy to see more and more of the developer/tech community moving over here 👋🏻

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Grant Bennett @grantbennett.co.uk · 17/06/2024

The quicker the developer scene moves from that other hell hole to this place the better; currently the only reason I still use it. I don’t even mind if those React elitists come over too 😉

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