Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 29/04/2026GPT 5.3 Instant / GPT 5.5 Thinking / Opus 4.7 Adaptive I asked them all the same car wash problem All chats were performed as temporary “incognito” chats that don't use, or add to, memory. GPT 5.5 wins. Perhaps it's time to jump ship and head back to codex 🫠 000
Reposted by Joel ButcherJoe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 02/04/2026Did you know: We are managing 21 variants of our Laravel starter kits 😵💫 That's a lot! And there's a good amount of overlap between the kits. Internally, we've been using a new tool to manage all of them, and now it's public for all contributors: laravel.com/blog/meet-ma...laravel.comMeet Maestro: How We Manage 21 Laravel Starter Kit Variants | Laravel - The clean stack for Artisans and agentsLearn how Maestro solves the challenge of maintaining 21 Laravel starter kit variants across 8 repositories, using layered builds, priority-based sync, and a contributor workflow designed to scale. 1143
Reposted by Joel ButcherJoe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 01/04/2026The March Laravel Open Source changelog is out! This is what you call in the industry a "beefy month" - Laravel 13 - Inertia v3 - Teams in Starter Kits - New 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕-𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 skill for Boost - Slew of new Prompts components The list goes on (and on) (and on) 🛳️🛳️🛳️ laravel.com/docs/changeloglaravel.comChangelog | Laravel 13.x - The clean stack for Artisans and agentsLaravel is a PHP web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We've already laid the foundation — freeing you to create without sweating the small things. 1103
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Just upgraded my website to Laravel 13 and @statamic.com v6 - loving the new dashboard design guys! Visit me here - joelbutcher.devjoelbutcher.devHome — Joel ButcherHome 020
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 29/03/2026One of the most powerful new AI features of Laravel 13 is first-party support for semantic and vector searches. This is powerful stuff! 030
Reposted by Joel ButcherJoe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 14/10/2025As of today, you can now pass a flag to `laravel new` to initialize your new Laravel project with the Node package manager of your choice 📦 3412
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 14/03/2025With the v5.14.0 release of the #Laravel installer, it’s now easier than ever to get started with Laravel 12 + Socialite for your next great idea. Install support for Laravel Socialite any of the React, Vue or Livewire starter with just a single CLI command: 021
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Now that Laravel Jetstream and Breeze are effectively EOL, I’ve decided to do the same for Socialstream. HOWEVER... I’m excited to announce that I have released a new package, Socialite UI with support for the new starter kits 🚀 github.com/Laravel-Uis/...github.comGitHub - Laravel-Uis/socialite-uiContribute to Laravel-Uis/socialite-ui development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Reposted by Joel ButcherJohannes Kares @johanneskares.com · 01/03/2025Honest opinion. I hate the @tailwindcss.com v4 upgrade. `tailwind.config.ts` was so much cleaner. 021
Reposted by Joel ButcherMadeWithLaravel @madewithlaravel.com · 19/02/2025Laratex is a Laravel package that helps you create PDF files using LaTeX 📃 - madewithlaravel.com/laratex 001
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Learn the dark side of caching and how over-reliance can harm the performance of your #laravel app in my latest blog post: joelbutcher.co.uk/the-dark-sid...joelbutcher.co.ukThe Dark Side of Caching: Don't Hurt Your Laravel App — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose Menu🚀 Caching boosts performance, but a bad strategy leads to stale data, stampedes & invalidation woes! 😬 Learn to dodge these pitfalls & cache smarter! 🧠 000
Reposted by Joel ButcherJoel Clermont @jclermont.com · 17/02/2025What would you do if you had to programmatically make a copy of an existing table's schema, and you couldn't control when that schema would change? MySQL has a simple solution. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2025-0...masteringlaravel.ioReplicating a table with a single query | Mastering LaravelMySQL makes it easy 011
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I wrote another blog post ✍️ Come with me and learn when to use raw SQL queries in your #laravel application, and how to do it safely and securely 🛡️ Doing so can speed up your apps performance ⚡️ joelbutcher.co.uk/beyond-orm-w...joelbutcher.co.ukBeyond ORM: When and Why to Use Raw Queries in Laravel — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose MenuEloquent is great, but raw SQL can be faster & more flexible ⚡. Learn when to use raw queries in Laravel & how to do it safely! 🛡️ 020
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I asked #chatgpt to produce a few ideas for some blog posts to write about this year. Out this list, which ones would you want to read and why? Which ones would you get the most out of? 000
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Check out my latest blog post on implementing the repository pattern in Laravel: joelbutcher.co.uk/save-your-te...joelbutcher.co.ukSave Your Tests with Repositories in Laravel — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose MenuTired of slow, brittle tests in Laravel? The repository pattern can help! Learn how to decouple your tests from the database, speed up execution, and write cleaner, more maintainable code. 🚀 000
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Morning fellow #laravel developers! What gets you going in the morning on a Monday? For me it’s a walk with Leo the Lab and a good #coffee, filter of course! 030
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Did you know I created Socialstream, the 3rd-party @laravelphp.bsky.social package that adds #socialstream support to Laravel Jetstream? This was all the way back in 2020! I wrote a blog post about it: joelbutcher.co.uk/socialstream...joelbutcher.co.ukSocialstream: Laravel Socialite Meets Jetstream — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose MenuEarlier today I officially released the first version of Socialstream, a simple Laravel package that integrates Laravel Socialite with the scaffolding provided by Laravel Jetstream. 010
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I decided in 2025 I want to get back into blogging. So I installed a blog site using @statamic.bsky.social's free theme Cool Writings. Check out my blog here: joelbutcher.co.uk/blog 000
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 15/01/2025My pull request to add API Keys to @cachethq.io 3.x was merged today. Along with a bunch of other #OpenSource contribution to this amazing project! #LetsGo 010
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Started 2025 off strong with some nice open source contributions to @cachethq.io 🚦, Dedoc’s Scramble 📄 and @spatie.be’ laravel package tools 🛠️ 011
Reposted by Joel ButcherSimon @simonhamp.me · 10/01/2025Here's #Laravel running completely offline on #PHP 8.4 on my iPhone No web servers were harmed during filming youtube.com/shorts/s9-UZ...youtube.comLaravel on iOS, working completely offline, no web serverYouTube video by Simon Hamp 4215
Reposted by Joel ButcherPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Beautiful timelapse of the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades Cluster rising just before sunrise over the Ko'olau Mountain Range in O’ahu, Hawai’i. 💫💫💫 📽: Travis Shak 👏👏👏👏 392509250
Joel Butcher @joelbutcher.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Using @jrmybtlr.com new #bootleg Laravel backgrounds as my iPhone wallpaper with a black & white filter looks siiiick!! 010
Reposted by Joel ButcherKara @ms-karaj.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Another app. Let’s see how this goesmedia.tenor.coma woman is drinking a cup of coffee and making a funny face .ALT: a woman is drinking a cup of coffee and making a funny face . 1163