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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 04/09/2026

Really feeling the conference FOMO this week, so I bought a ticket for Rocky Mountain Ruby conf! 🎉 Can't wait to meet more people in the Ruby community!

Confirmation of a ticket for Rocky Mountain Ruby conf.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 04/05/2026

Me watching my AI agents cook 🧑‍🍳

Leah, a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling as she watches Francesco talk. She looks perpetually confused but supportive.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 11/01/2026

Happy Sunday! Going to a football watch party today. Do you think they'll notice if I read a programming book the whole time?

Leah, a woman with long brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling while wearing a Jags beanie and sweater. Behind her is a packed bookshelf.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 10/01/2026

Ok I'm really enjoying working through “How to Prove It” so far 📝 I didn't realize just how much I missed solving math problems and taking notes

“How to Prove It” third edition is opened up on top of a pink blanket. To the right of it is a notebook with math notes written out.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 10/01/2026

Because I need more math in my life

A “How to Prove It” third edition textbook is sitting on a wooden table on top of a 5-subject notebook. On top of the textbook is a pack of BIC mechanical pencils.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 09/01/2026

I went with the same one I used back in college, and I ordered a newer version of the discrete math book I used for good measure

How to prove it third edition by Daniel J Velleman

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 09/01/2026

Another year and I'm still trying to finish Designing Data Intensive Applications 😅

Leah is holding up a copy of the book Designing Data Intensive Applications, which is opened to page 171.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 08/01/2026

Happy Thursday! Started the day off with a stream and now I'm pumped for the rest of the day and week 🔥

Leah, a woman with brown, wavy hair and blue eyes, is smiling while holding a white monster. Behind her is a Christmas tree and a bookshelf full of books.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 05/01/2026

Happy Sunday! I started working through a Udemy course that I bought back in 2024. Will 2026 finally be the year that I complete my first Udemy course? 😂

Leah, a woman with long, wavy, brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling while standing in front of a standing desk with an ultra-wide monitor.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 03/01/2026

The spoils from my bookstore outing earlier! I'm in the mood for thriller books again, so let me know if you have any recs! Or just general book recs 🫶

A large iced cinnamon roll latte from 7brew is sitting on a granite countertop to the left of a stack of four books. The four books are (top to bottom): All the Missing Girls, The Lonely Hearts Book Club, Funny Story, and The Possessions.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 01/01/2026

First blog post of the year is live! It’s an in-depth retro of my 2025. A year that was filled with many wins, but also many life-altering moments. It’s hard sharing struggles on social media, but I really leaned into vulnerability in my post. I hope it resonates ♥️ tinyurl.com/38mzdh2y

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 06/12/2025

We launched Laravel Wrapped today! I had so much fun working on this project. It was a huge effort by the whole team and I'm proud of what we accomplished ✨ Make sure to check out and share your Wrapped if you got one (check your email)!

Laravel Wrapped personalized OG card showing off that I shipped 133 times on Cloud this year, had a deployment streak of 5 days, 1.1K nightwatch events, and was in the top 15% percentile

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 20/11/2025

It’s a good day to use Laravel ✨

Leah, a woman with long brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling while sitting at her desk. Behind her is an ultra-wide monitor open to the Laravel starter kits website. Leah is also wearing a Laravel shirt.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 19/11/2025

Women only want one thing for Christmas

A hand is holding a copy of O’Reilly’s Designing Data-Intensive Applications book in front of a Christmas tree

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 18/11/2025

Happy Tuesday! I'm back in my natural habitat (with a monster in hand) and ready to ship 🚀

Leah, a woman with long brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling while holding a white ultra white monster.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 18/11/2025

From math teacher to DevRel ✨ I had so much fun being on the Laravel podcast and sharing my journey. Make sure to listen to the episode! Links: share.transistor.fm/e/50090fe4 and youtu.be/cHnIeDwb9IE?...

Leah, a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling while standing in a geometry classroom.

Leah, a woman with brown hair in a braid and blue eyes, is standing on a stage giving a talk at a conference.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 31/10/2025

POV you have a meeting with me but it’s Halloween 🎃 👻

Leah, a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, is dressed in a ranch dressing costume while on Google Meet

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 20/09/2025

Locked in last night, now today I'm locking out 😮‍💨

Leah, a woman with blue eyes and long brown hair, is smiling towards the camera while wearing a Laravel bomber jacket.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 10/09/2025

On today’s episode of LeahTBakes, we have a loaf of chocolate chip bread 🍞✨

A chocolate chip loaf of bread sitting on parchment paper while it cools.

A chocolate chip loaf of bread sitting on top of parchment paper while cooling down

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 04/09/2025

I DID IT! First loaf is a success 🎉

Leah, a woman with brown hair in a bun and blue eyes, is holding up a loaf of bread which is a nice golden brown while beaming.

A golden brown loaf of bread sitting atop brown parchment paper

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 19/08/2025

Headed to Denmark! Do you think people can tell that I use PHP? 🐘

Leah, a woman with reddish brown hair in a braid and blue eyes, is smiling towards the camera while wearing a PHP hat and sitting in an airport.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 16/08/2025

Happy Saturday from me and all of my Ikea goodies ☀️

Leah, a woman with brown hair slicked back in a bun and blue eyes, is smiling towards the camera while sitting in the front seat of a car. Behind her, in the backseat, is a basket full of items from Ikea and a painting.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 10/08/2025

Happy Saturday! Started out the day by going to a state park and then finished by stopping at a bookstore 📚

Red rock formations in a Colorado state park

Leah, a woman with reddish/brown hair and blue eyes, is wearing an orange tank top and a blue skirt while standing on a dirt path in-between a grass field. In the background are red rock formations and mountains.

4 books sitting on top of a white bookshelf. The 4 books being (top to bottom): Dream on Ramona Riley, Looking for group, Audrey Lane stirs the pot, and Everything for you

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 09/08/2025

Not as pretty as my cone from the other day, but the ice cream of the day is chocolate peanut butter + Oreos Buying an ice cream maker was a great decision 😂

A bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream with Oreos mixed in and sprinkles on top

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 08/08/2025

An iris rev 8 keyboard from keebio!

A top-down image of an Iris Rev 8 split keyboard from keebio

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 08/08/2025

How I'm working today 🍃 The left monitor is all business and the right monitor is in mountain mode

Two monitors are sitting on a standing desk. The left monitor has a PHPx event pulled up on the screen, while the right monitor has a picture of mountains displayed on the screen.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 05/08/2025

Went to Target for ONE thing and somehow left with an ice cream maker 😅

A ninja swirl ice cream machine sitting in a Target cart

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 04/08/2025

Happy Monday! I caught up on some sleep over the weekend, and now I'm ready to ship things 🚀

Leah, a woman with wavy reddish/brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling towards the camera while holding a strawberry shortcake mug full of coffee

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 03/08/2025

Getting through the post-Laracon crash by touching some grass 🍃 And repping @laracon.au while doing it

Leah, a woman with reddish/brown hair in a ponytail and blue eyes, is smiling towards the camera. Behind her is an open field and further back are the Rocky Mountains. Leah is wearing a pink hat that says “Laracon AU Brisbane ‘24” on it.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 03/08/2025

The amount of swag/merch that I brought home from Laracon is next level

A ton of merch and swag from Laracon that includes stuff from Laravel and other companies like Sentry and Tighten. The merch is spread out on a granite countertop.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 02/08/2025

And just like that, Laracon US 2025 is a wrap ✨ I had such an amazing time and am so thankful to be a part of this insanely talented team. And beyond honored to be one of this year’s speakers! Laravel forever ♥️ #laraconus

Leah Thompson, a woman with reddish brown hair and blue eyes, is standing on the stage at Laracon US 2025 giving a talk.

A group photo of the Laravel team wearing red shirts and posing on the stage smiling.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 05/07/2025

Traded the bugs in my code for mosquitoes and bears 🐻

A clearing that is green and surrounded by pine trees on all sides except the front. Behind the pine trees are views of the Rocky Mountains.

A green tent is set up in a campsite, surrounded by tall pine trees through which the sun is shining

Leah, a woman with blue eyes and brown hair, is smiling while wrapped up like a burrito in a blue blanket and wearing a Laravel beanie. Behind her is a green tent which is set up at a campsite.

A creek cuts through pine trees and grass. The creek is running over rocks and is orange from runoff from abandoned mines

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 26/06/2025

I'm never beating the big ranch allegations 😭😂

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 01/06/2025

I managed to get away for a short camping trip this weekend ⛺⛰️ It was much needed! I touched some grass and unplugged for a little bit. But now I'm home and ready to write more code

Leah, a woman with reddish/brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling while holding a small brown dog. Behind her is a field full of grass, bushes, and trees all of which are green. In the background are mountains.

A field full of grass, bushes, and trees all of which are varying shades of green. In the background are multiple rows of mountains that are varying shades of blue while the frontmost layer of mountains is gray.

Leah is holding a white monster while a Kindle Paperwhite is sitting to the right of the monster. In the background is a tarp lying on the ground and a red camp chair to the left of the tarp. In the background are a green tent and a blue/gray Mazda CX-50 which has its trunk open.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 29/05/2025

Happy Thursday! Short weeks are great, but they're also a struggle when there's so much I want to accomplish and have to try and cram into 4 days 😅

Leah, a woman with long brown hair and blue eyes, is smiling towards the camera. She's wearing a black dress with pink and blue flowers on it.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 25/05/2025

Another Sunday calls for more math ➕ I feel like I've only scratched the surface of reviewing linear algebra, but I'm already having a blast

Leah is holding up a Kindle scribe above a blue comforter. The Kindle has a linear algebra textbook pulled up on the screen. The page has practice problems listed at the top for calculating a unit vector and then below that is Leah’s scratch work for solving those problems. To the left of the Kindle is a blue Hawaiian Monster zero.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 18/05/2025

Some svg morphing fun using the functions for sine and cosine ✨ (and using @gsap-greensock.bsky.social's MorphSVG plugin)

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 18/05/2025

Starting my Sunday with some math again 📖

Leah is holding a Kindle Scribe, which has a Linear algebra textbook pulled up on the screen. The textbook is “Linear Algebra: Theory, Intuition, Code” by Mike X Cohen. Behind the Kindle is a blue beanbag, on top of which a white dog is sitting and staring at Leah.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 18/05/2025

Happy Saturday!☀️ I went on two hikes today and ended up hiking 7.2 miles in total It was much needed and a beautiful day, but I can barely feel my legs now 😂

A woman is standing on a sandy trail surrounded by tall, multicolored rock formations in a desert canyon. The rocks display layers of white, yellow, and pink hues under a bright blue sky.

A woman smiling while standing between two tall, narrow rock formations on a sunny day. She is wearing a light pink T-shirt, a gray baseball cap, and has a jacket tied around her waist. The sky is clear and blue above the rocky canyon.

A scenic landscape view of white, weathered rock formations with sparse greenery and rolling grassy plains in the background under a clear sky.

A green hill with a trail going through it. In the background are rows of houses and the Rocky Mountains.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 14/05/2025

Breakfast of Champions I'm about to write so much code after this

A white zero-sugar monster and a blueberry muffin are sitting on a desk in front of an ultra-wide monitor. Pulled up on the monitor is the tailwindCSS homepage

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 28/04/2025

How we feel about Mondays 😴

Ginger, a small white Yorkie/poodle mix, is sprawled out on a bed. Her paw is reaching up to the sky.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 27/04/2025

Sundays are for target hauls 🐣 I finished reading a book earlier and instantly had to buy a new one

Leah’s target haul is spread out on a granite countertop. To the left is a romance book called “Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry. To the right are two packs of yellow Peeps marshmallow candies and Reese's miniature cups.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 21/04/2025

Happy Monday! My husband is making me listen to some Oblivion ambient music while working today

Leah is sitting on the couch. On her legs is a white poodle/Yorkie mix that is sleeping. To the right of the dog is a MacBook Pro that is being held above a pink blanket. In the background is a tv playing oblivion music.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 19/04/2025

React Miami was so much fun! It was a great couple of days learning from super smart people, chatting with new and old friends, and talking about React, Inertia.js, and Laravel with people 🔥

Leah, a woman with reddish/brown hair in a ponytail and blue eyes, is standing on a stage participating in a game show. She's standing behind a table with 4 other team members.

Leah, a woman with reddish/brown hair in a braid and blue eyes, is standing on a stage giving a talk.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 13/04/2025

Touched some grass and went on a hike today ⛰️ Had to soak up the mountain views before leaving for Miami this upcoming week

Leah, a woman with reddish/brown hair that is in a bun and blue eyes, is standing on a trail. Behind her is a valley full of houses and in the background are mountains.

A valley full of houses and in the background are mountains.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 13/04/2025

Finished this coffee in an hour and now it's time to lock in 🫡

A hand is holding a large coffee cup that is almost empty. Behind it is a MacBook Air that has Google Docs pulled up on the screen and at least 20 different tabs open on Google Chrome.

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✨Leah✨ @leaht.codes · 06/04/2025

Sunday mood ✨ Trying to finish up this book so I can read Sunrise on the Reaping

Leah is holding a hardcover copy of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins on her leg. Behind it is a Starbucks venti iced white mocha.

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