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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 07/06/2026

It’s officially: I’m now a certified Les Mills CEREMONY coach.

Marty Friedel in his Les Mills CEREMONY certification video

Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 19/05/2026

The next online AU/NZ @statamic.com meetup is happening on 4th June at 2:00pm AEST. Everyone is welcome, from anywhere in the world, not just the AU/NZ region. Full details and downloadable ICS: www.mity.com.au/statamic/au-...

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Statamic AU/NZ Meetups

We love working with Statamic. And worldwide, the Statamic community is so giving, welcoming and supportive.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 15/05/2026

It's happening... filming pre-work for my upcoming LES MILLS CEREMONY training next weekend.

Marty introducing Les Mills Ceremony, with 8 stations split in 2, with 4 per side. A group fitness studio with weights, barbells and steps.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 28/04/2026

A client's @statamic.com site is expanding to new languages. Given its complex structure and number of Collections, I wrote a command that creates localisations across the site, making it ready for the translators to work through. And when they add a new language, we simply run the command again.

Screenshot of a Laravel prompt that is creating a new localisation of a site in Statamic

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 21/04/2026

Created a new little adding for @statamic.com with a human-authored approach to a llms.txt file for your site. Why? Because agents don't need to read your colourfully worded slabs of human-friendly content, they need curated fact and clear signposts. statamic.com/addons/mity-...

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llms.txt for Statamic - a Statamic Addon

A human-authored approach to helping AI understand your Statamic site

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 17/04/2026

In case you missed it, I'm starting to create some video content about @statamic.com... so thought I'd introduce myself, AND ask you what sort of videos you'd like to see. I've got a shortlist of ideas... but here's your make a suggestion (and say hi back!) youtu.be/i74z-3ZDkf4

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Meet Marty, a Laravel, Livewire and Statamic web developer in Adelaide, Australia

YouTube video by Marty Friedel

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 15/04/2026

This wasp is extra spicy. How do I know? I put sriracha in my scrambled eggs, and this wasp kept coming back for more.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 14/04/2026

Well this is exciting... registered for LES MILLS CEREMONY Studio training in May.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 10/04/2026

Last Thursday, Claude Code used my entire daily allocation just thinking - with zero lines of code produced. But I got work done, because, well, I'm a developer. So I developed. AI may be a great co-pilot, but your skills are the safety net. Keep them sharp. www.martyfriedel.com/blog/ai-froz...

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AI froze, and I coded: why developer experience matters

Whether you like it or not, AI is here. And you’ve probably noticed: it seems to pop up in every app and subscription these days.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 08/04/2026

I've made a number of purchases from imusic.au, based out of Denmark, but sold in Australian dollars. Their customer service is second-to-none, including when I pick up the phone to speak to someone in Denmark. Friendly, efficient, and incredibly helpful. More businesses need to be like imusic.au.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 19/03/2026

This is an interesting read. laravel.com/blog/which-a... But I have a question: given the performance of Codex with these tests, why is there such a seemingly one-sided love for Claude in the community? I’ve used many… have my thoughts… but curious about why you chose and love your AI tooling?

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Which AI Model Is Best for Laravel? | Laravel - The clean stack for Artisans and agents

We benchmarked 6 AI models on 17 real Laravel tasks, with and without Laravel Boost. See which model wins, which fails, and by how much.

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Stephen Rees-Carter @valorin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

PSA for @statamic.com folks - update your sites ASAP! ⚠️ A CRITICAL vuln was discovered that allows full account takeover via password resets! 😱 All the details: cvereports.com/reports/CVE-...

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CVE-2026-27593 - GitHub Advisory Database

Statamic is vulnerable to account takeover via password reset link injection

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 24/02/2026

Turns out someone is using my photo and name in a scam email about Statamic. The email address listed is some dodgy gmail email. This is not me... so please don't engage with them. No idea what I can do about it though.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 21/02/2026

“Star Wars: Outlaws” is a terrible game for a people pleaser.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 02/02/2026

Maybe I would make a good parent... I just scolded AI for being stupid and told it to "think about what it just did".

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 02/02/2026

My add ons are ready for Statamic 6 - some may be a major version bump, others will work with their existing major version. Check out this post for a compatibility table: www.mity.com.au/blog/statami...

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Statamic 6 is here: and our addons are ready!

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 01/02/2026

In case you missed it, @statamic.com 6 has been released this week. And I think there are three standout features that will help improve the DX for devs, and the UX for content authors. What do you think? What's your top feature in Statamic 6? www.youtube.com/watch?v=q40Q...

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Three standout features in Statamic 6

YouTube video by Marty Friedel

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 26/01/2026

You know it is beyond hot when the water from the cold tap comes out warm.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 24/01/2026

My happy place. IKEA construction.

An upside down MICKE table from IKEA being constructed

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 16/01/2026

What better way to end a week than a painless update of a work-in-progress app to Livewire 4. Even better with a still-passing test suite.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 15/01/2026

I've been teaching Les Mills classes for 18 years now, and BODYPUMP for 8 years. This week I started teaching BODYPUMP HEAVY: tempo-based weight lifting for strength and lean muscle. The best bit: the music is drivingly brilliant, especially compared to the direction of the standard BODYPUMP music.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 14/01/2026

Hey @statamic.com devs - with v6 now in beta, and a launch coming soon, some of our addons will require a major version number bump. Iconamic, Logger, Sticky Notes, Stripe Checkout, TinyMCE Cloud and Variable Number. Others are v5/v6 compatible. Check the docs for full details: docs.mity.com.au

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Documentation for Mity Digital's open source Statamic addons

We make addons for Statamic, the best flat-file CMS out there, and keeping developers happy day in and day out. Check out our addons, and find all of the documentation details right here.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 08/01/2026

Ever wanted to get stuck in to @statamic.com, but want to use your familiar Blade for templates? You can... and it is easy to get yourself started! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mdU...

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Getting set up with Blade (instead of Antlers) in Statamic

YouTube video by Marty Friedel

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 06/01/2026

You’ve heard of chia pudding… but what about chia jelly? Made with fruit juice instead of coconut milk. With goji berries, a diced strawberry (have you seen the size of them?), 3 blackberries, 3 raspberries, 1/3 white peach, macadamias and shaved coconut. Ace breakfast for a 42 degree day.

A chia jelly pudding with fresh berries, peach, nuts and coconut

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 05/01/2026

So this is new… hoping to record the first one tomorrow…

A man sitting behind a microphone on a desktop mount

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 04/01/2026

Arts and crafts with my new IKEA MYGGBETT door sensors. These used to be white. But a can of spray paint helped me make them better blend with the sliding door frame, and still have a functioning button and LED alert.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 01/01/2026

Yep, there’s more wildlife.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 01/01/2026

Um… don’t want to sound like a stereotype, but a kangaroo literally just bounced past the front door. 🦘

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 01/01/2026

Over 90 hours of playtime over 5 months, Death Standing 2 wrapped as did 2025. Weird, a stellar soundtrack, and also dealing with some sensitively deep themes, I’m not ashamed to admit to wet eyes at several moments. With most of its time set in Australia, it resonated a little more personally.

Sam and Lou in front of a kangaroo in Death Stranding 2

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 25/12/2025

Whether it is your real family, your chosen family, or some quality alone time, I hope you’re spending your day filling up on good vibes, good food and excellent people. Because surrounding yourself with excellent people is a must.

Two men wearing matching shirts featuring kookaburras wearing Santa hats

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 19/12/2025

Today I set up @statamic.com 6, and rewired everything for Blade as the foundation of our new Starter Kit moving forward. 2026 is going to be a stellar year.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 18/12/2025

Filming this made my day. Following on from @jbrooks.uk carry on about Marmite at @laracon.au 2023, it was great to offer 2025 speakers legit ridgy-didge Vegemite... and it even fooled Mr Brooks here. So here you have it folks: proof that James likes Vegemite.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 12/12/2025

Feels like a Vesper Martini kinda night.

A Vesper Martini with an orange twist in a martini glass on a timber tray in front of a green potted plant.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 11/12/2025

Created an Image button for Flux's Editor component. For this ultra-simple use case, images are stored inline as base64 encodes (given images are actually so rare for this use case), and a button to add/edit the alt attribute. Swish!

An example of an image uploaded in to Flux's Editor component.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 11/12/2025

So the getJSON call for Flux's `editor` component creates some caret issues due to Livewire's re-rendering. But I really wanted to find a workaround... and based on Mario Hoyos' approach, transformed it in to a re-usable Blade component. www.martyfriedel.com/blog/a-worka...

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A workaround for caret issues in Livewire Flux editor component when using JSON

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 09/12/2025

Gah I've done it again. Clearly a late night reminder lacking critical words and context. Remember to cut what?

A macOS reminder saying "Remember to cut"

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 08/12/2025

Not here to start any fights... but... moving forward for my @statamic.com sites, I'm switching from Antlers to Blade. And this post explains why. I think there'll be a few more posts in me about Blade along the way... but what do you think?

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Why I'm switching to Blade from Antlers for Statamic sites

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juan @juanbuis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 02/12/2025

Come along to the last @statamic.com AU/NZ online meetup for the year, this Thursday at 2:00pm AEDT. Not in the region, and can't sleep? You're very welcome to come too! www.mity.com.au/statamic/au-...

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Statamic AU/NZ Meetups

We love working with Statamic. And worldwide, the Statamic community is so giving, welcoming and supportive.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 02/12/2025

Somehow my package can depart Denmark on Friday, travel to Germany, China then the Philippines, arriving in Sydney on Sunday... and then on Wednesday still not be in Adelaide. Another was due Monday, but has been sitting at the depot. Australian delivery partners really are the weakest link.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 01/12/2025

Love this... although I'd love some chocolate behind each door too.

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spatie.be @spatie.be · 28/11/2025

In space, no one can hear you scream, but you can hear us say Ray lifetime licenses are back for a limited time starting NOW! Don’t miss your chance to grab Ray at a stellar price, just in time for the upcoming release of Ray 3.0.

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Marty Friedel @marty.friedel.au · 22/11/2025

Oh I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the behaviour of patrons in cinemas is at an all-time low. Abysmal what some think "acceptable public behaviour" is, especially when it selfishly disrupts others around them. Yes, I'm the grumpy old man shaking his fist at clouds.

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