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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 05/09/2026

I just found out that my little project landed on Laravel news. 🤯 Thanks @ericlbarnes.com 🫡 There's a lot of gold here, be sure to check it out laracon-talks.laravel.cloud 😎 laravel-news.com/laracon-arch...

laracon-talks.laravel.cloud

The Laracon Archive — 626 talks, 2013–2026

Every recorded Laracon talk from 2013 to 2026: 626 talks across Laracon US, EU, Online, AU and India.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 10/05/2026

I see so many GPT vs Opus post, saying one is better that the other. Personally , I want all of them to be equally great! I use them both + Kimi to brainstorm, and I have more confidence when multiple models work on a thing.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 16/03/2026

When developing with AI, learning is still important. Because if you don't you'll just keep asking AI to teach you what you don't know and waste tokens. AI is a multiplier, if you know little AI will benefit you little but if you know much AI will benefit you much as well.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 12/03/2026

Gotta keep up. alias keepup=" brew upgrade codex && brew upgrade claude-code && brew upgrade gemini-cli "

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 16/02/2026

💯 www.facebook.com/share/p/189c...

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 09/02/2026

The illusion of productivity tools is that it buys you more time for yourself. But the truth is it just allows you to do more in the same amount of time of work. ps: Having more time for yourself is a boundary you choose.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 08/02/2026

AI may be taking away some of developer jobs today. But I think that’s only temporary while companies try to figure out how to best utilize AI. Once that’s established there will be re-hiring of developers, with an expectation to do MORE!

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 04/02/2026

You know we're living in a new era when you upgrade an app multiple times a day, every day. #claude

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 03/02/2026

@phpstorm.jetbrains.com it would be cool if I can just ask AI to customize my IDE. "Please hide vendor and node module folders from all my search", "Please remove the status bar", "Please install Laravel Idea". 🙏 @stitcher.io

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 01/02/2026

AI is a force multiplier. If you have no skill or no experience to multiply then you will not benefit from it. 100 x 0 is 0.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 26/01/2026

Is it just me or is 16gb no longer enough? 😮‍💨

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 20/01/2026

Programming with AI significantly reduced the times I find myself in a dead end. It's the best time to be a programmer!

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 14/01/2026

When using PHPStan/Larastan, they said start with Level 1 and just work your way up. I say go high and have Claude fix them. In just an hour our codebase is now at Level 8. We have 2360 PHP files and 265,891 LoC.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 10/01/2026

Programming is transitioning away from practicing complex code to practicing clear communication.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 10/01/2026

Pair programming with AI feels more natural when you're talking to it instead of typing instructions to it. Monologue is a game changer for me for sure. This post in itself is something I just spoke, not typed. www.monologue.to?ref=VDGPRGG

monologue.to

Monologue | Effortless voice dictation so you can work 3x faster

Write 3x faster with Al voice dictation that gets your intent right. Say it once, see it written as you meant.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 05/11/2025

Families in the Philippines lost everything when Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) struck on Nov 4, 2025. Let’s help them rebuild. 🕊️ 💙 Donate to provide food, shelter, and medicine: 👉 phpxcebu.betterworld.org/campaigns/help-filipinos-rebuild-after-typhoon-tino #TyphoonTino #ReliefPH #BetterWorld #PHPxCebu

phpxcebu.betterworld.org

Help Filipinos rebuild after Typhoon Tino | PHPxCebu

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 22/09/2025

TIL: You can namespace constants in PHP. 🤯 #php #laravel

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 10/07/2025

Even as I grow older, my goal is to keep a 9 to 5: - Sleep from 9PM to 5AM - Eat only from 9AM to 5PM

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 18/06/2025

I got Nightwatch to work on our Vapor setup. It will require a separate EC2 that’s on the same network. Then just set the NIGHTATCH_INGEST_URI env to the EC2 private IP, and make the agent listen on the same IP. 😎 #laravel #nightwatch

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 17/06/2025

Setup was super easy! Super cool! Laravel Nightwatch 😎

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 22/05/2025

Confidence is a product of seeing yourself produce output. False confidence - you accomplished what others expected from you. True confidence - you accomplished what you said you were going to do, being a man of your word, a man of integrity.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 01/05/2025

I wish autoscaling is part of @laravel.com Forge's big update.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 05/04/2025

After years of being a #laravel developer. I finally got my Lambo!

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 31/03/2025

We must ship, they say. Scratch your own itch, they say. You can just do things, they say. Build your own software, they say. So I did, I scratched, I built, and I shipped. It's fun and satisfying. 👇🏼 #laravel

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 21/02/2025

On the 50th day of the year, these precious girls were born. Girls that will bring new beginnings to our growing family, and new beginnings to whatever they put their hands to in the coming years.

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 18/12/2024

TIL how to find the commit where a file got deleted #git

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 09/12/2024

Since nothing is ever truly final, there is no need to wait to get started. - Tiago Forte

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 08/11/2024

Me: What’s your advice for someone building their first saas? @taylorotwell.bsky.social: …I solve my own problems… I don’t build in a vacuum. Thank you sir! You are an inspiration and the community you started is life changing! I am extremely grateful!

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 05/11/2024

Ichigo Ichie to all @laracon.au attendees! It means something like this: “What we are experiencing right now will never happen again”. Therefore, value each moment like a beautiful treasure. ❤️

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 04/11/2024

New country, new culture, new coffee! Hello Brisbane! 🇦🇺 2 more days till @laracon.au!

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 02/11/2024

Just get started has been a theme for me this year. I started to blog, I started to build my own app, I started to read more, I started to journal, I started to contribute more. And now I started to video (showcasing my recent #Laravel contribution) youtu.be/4A5DJq1CWbA

youtu.be

Using Slack Kit Builder in Laravel

YouTube video by Prince John Santillan

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 01/11/2024

New month, new experiences! Life is good! 🎉 - Heading to @laracon.au - Got a Laravel contribution that landed on the docs (the `usingBlockKitTemplate` method) - My personal project notifiable.app is in a fully functional beta stage Thank you Lord Jesus! ❤️

notifiable.app

Notifiable

Expand your notification channels.

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James Brooks @jbrooks.uk · 28/10/2024

I'm incredibly grateful to work with some of the smartest people I know! Here's a list of them and their beautiful faces! go.bsky.app/B7uyDAf

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 26/10/2024

TIL how to make PHPStan understand Eloquent Relation. #Laravel

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Prince John Santillan @princejohn.dev · 25/10/2024

TIL, you can improve your @bsky.app handle by using your own domain. Go to Settings > Change Handle > I have my own domain. I see @joshcirre.com @joe.codes @james.brooks.page @leaht.codes and @benholmen.com doing this. I also need friends over here so say hi. 😅

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