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Data Syncing and Billing Systems with Skyler Katz

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Rough Cut Developer: Data Syncing and Billing Systems with Skyler Katz. Have a listen:

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Marc and Skyler talk about data syncing and billing system...

Had my first ever root canal a couple months ago, not fun...

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 16/11/2025

New episode of Rough Cut Developer dropping tomorrow with special guest @skylerkatz.com!

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Discovery for Laravel v1.2.0 makes the discovery process just a bit faster by introducing fibers! I shaved about 4 seconds off processing time in my largest app by doing this! github.com/EncoreDigita...

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Release v1.2.0 · EncoreDigitalGroup/laravel-discovery

What's Changed Improve Discovery Processing by @onairmarc in #11 Fix Path Issues in Discovery Cache by @onairmarc in #10

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PHPxSTL @phpxstl.com · 12/11/2025

TONIGHT! The last PHPxSTL Meetup of the year! Looking forward to seeing everybody! phpxstl.com/meetups/3742...

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Meetup @ East Coast Pizza - PHP×STL

Meetup @ East Coast Pizza on Wednesday, November 12th 2025 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm CST

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 11/11/2025

We love a big bang production release! @myportal.church is that much closer to an open beta!!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 10/11/2025

3 shows that I can watch over and over and over again: - Suits - Psych - Chuck

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 07/11/2025

kubernetes side quest this weekend?

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 07/11/2025

I’m not a fan of huge methods, but sometimes it’s easier and more straightforward to have a chonky method than to break everything up for the sake of smaller methods alone.

PHPxSTL @phpxstl.com · 05/11/2025

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1 more week! Our next PHPxSTL meetup is next Wednesday, November 12th, at 7:00pm! Join us for a sweet hang to talk all things PHP and Laravel! Space for this one is very limited, so please RSVP! phpxstl.com/meetups/3742...

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Meetup @ East Coast Pizza - PHP×STL

Meetup @ East Coast Pizza on Wednesday, November 12th 2025 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm CST

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 05/11/2025

Yep! It was an exception that was being swallowed up by my stripe package. Now the errors make much more sense!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 04/11/2025

You ever have that one random obscure error when programming that legit have no idea where it’s coming from? That’s been my whole evening!

PHPxSTL @phpxstl.com · 29/10/2025

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Join us for a sweet hang at East Coast Pizza in Chesterfield at 7:00pm on November 12th! We'll just be hanging out, talking about PHP and Laravel, and whatever else comes up! Space for this one is very limited, so please RSVP! phpxstl.com/meetups/3742...

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Meetup @ East Coast Pizza - PHP×STL

Meetup @ East Coast Pizza on Wednesday, November 12th 2025 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm CST

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 25/10/2025

I never realized how intricate the billing page in SaaS apps can be! I knew they were complicated, but wow did I underestimate this!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 21/10/2025

In God we trust, all others must write tests.

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 09/10/2025

Nah we were just starting it when this happened. We postponed to later today.

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 09/10/2025

Team: Let's do a production release today. GitHub: I don't think so...

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 07/10/2025

Moved ✅ Work Desk Setup ✅ Server Rack Setup ✅ Personal Desk Setup ✅ All boxes unpacked... Not even close!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 02/10/2025

That moment when CI says you don't have enough test coverage... Me: WHAT! I wrote so many tests!!! Also me: Oh, I forgot to push them up...

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 27/09/2025

When tests pass locally but fail in CI for no reason...

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 26/09/2025

This weekend will be filled with cornhole, billing, coding, and moving prep! It's gonna be chaos and it's gonna be fun!!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 24/09/2025

That feeling when you get a production alert that something is broken and you know exactly how to fix it before even looking at the code!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 23/09/2025

The struggle to launch quickly vs correctly is hitting hard tonight!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 23/09/2025

I'm building my own very custom billing system for @myportal.church. Could I build it directly into the core software itself? Yes. Did I? Nope! It's built as a package so I can use it over and over again in any future crazy project I come up with!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 22/09/2025

just had my first root canal today and no one asked me for sudo access. should i be concerned?

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 10/09/2025

Writing parent/child data sync services involves covering so many edge cases! I can't believe I forgot about this one!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 08/09/2025

We love a sudden $400 UPS battery replacement bill…

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 06/09/2025

I’m gonna miss their automations, but I think starting everything off at the task level will help with that. Tasks are a primitive in this system. So in theory I can great ProjectTasks and WorkflowTasks. Performing actions on a ProjectTask would trigger a series of WorkflowTasks (aka a Workflow) 😉

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 06/09/2025

But that is how best food is made! The same cannot be said for code!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 06/09/2025

I think I’ve found a version I like. This time, I’m starting with Tasks as the root object and it can be a part of N projects. Projects can have start/end dates or be infinite. Labels/Tags can be assigned and everything shares the same status workflow! I don’t want to recreate Jira!!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 05/09/2025

The key is to identify what elements of the software can be re-used in your core product offering. Project management software doesn’t have a large overlap with a CMS, so it hasn’t gotten the normal attention I would give it.

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 05/09/2025

I’ve been working on writing all the software that my business needs to slowly replace paying for generic software that I don’t love. One of the items on my list is project management software. I’ve probably written this 2 or 3 times and I still hate it!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 01/09/2025

Every great code comment starts with an acknowledgment that what follows does not make sense!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 31/08/2025

Working on some feature flagging code and let me tell you… I have built myself both a very flexible and very complex system! Do I need this level of functionality? Absolutely not! Did I want to build it anyways? Ya darn tootin I did!!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 26/08/2025

Part of writing a recommendation engine is collecting user analytics. This has been a fun project to work on!

Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 23/08/2025

- Contract/Licensing Code ✅ - Self Serve Signup Code 🛠️ - Billing Code ⏰ This is the way to write it! Contracts/Licenses completely decoupled from billing code! When something happens in billing, fire off an event that licensing is listening for!

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You could say that a stampede of dogs and ponies were keeping him up all night!

Friday ✅ Chocolate Milk ✅ Absurd Mug ✅

I both love writing this type of business logic code and hate debugging it all at the same time!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 21/08/2025

Luckily this time it was only a couple days!

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That sweet feeling when you finally get xdebug working!

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Marc Beinder @marcbeinder.com · 17/08/2025

Sunday morning coding at my favorite coffee shop, learning react with the help of Claude. AI can be a great teacher if you review the code it writes and seek to understand.