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Freek Van der Herten

PHP developer and package creator at Spatie

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A walkthrough of Laravel Backup Server

A walkthrough of Laravel Backup Server

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Building a realtime dashboard powered by Laravel, Livewire and Tailwind (2020 edition)

Building a realtime dashboard powered by Laravel, Livewire and Tailwind (2020 edition)

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Mixing event sourcing in a traditional Laravel app

Mixing event sourcing in a traditional Laravel app

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Replacing web sockets with Livewire

Replacing web sockets with Livewire

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Building complex forms with Laravel Livewire in Oh Dear

Building complex forms with Laravel Livewire in Oh Dear

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How to check which version of PHP you are running

How to check which version of PHP you are running

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How to configure and use multiple SES accounts in a Laravel app

How to configure and use multiple SES accounts in a Laravel app

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Mailcoach v2 has been released with support for custom HTML editors and multiple mailers

Mailcoach v2 has been released with support for custom HTML editors and multiple mailers

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On using arrow functions in PHP 7.4

On using arrow functions in PHP 7.4

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Writing readable PHP: decrease indentation by returning early

Writing readable PHP: decrease indentation by returning early

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Behind the scenes of Flare (or How to structure big Laravel applications)

Behind the scenes of Flare (or How to structure big Laravel applications)

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How to use a MySQL database on GitHub Actions

How to use a MySQL database on GitHub Actions

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Using BetterTouchTool as a window manager

Using BetterTouchTool as a window manager

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Pragmatically testing multi-guard authentication in Laravel

Pragmatically testing multi-guard authentication in Laravel

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A PHP package to execute commands via SSH

A PHP package to execute commands via SSH

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Manage Docker containers using PHP

Manage Docker containers using PHP

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Building Mailcoach

Building Mailcoach

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Using GitHub actions to run the tests of Laravel projects and packages

Using GitHub actions to run the tests of Laravel projects and packages

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Configuring PhpStorms code generation

Configuring PhpStorms code generation

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Getting started with Domain Oriented Laravel

Getting started with Domain Oriented Laravel

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★ 📺 How to avoid large function signatures by using pending objects

★ 📺 How to avoid large function signatures by using pending objects

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★ My favourite albums released in 2019

★ My favourite albums released in 2019

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★ 📺 Building filters using laravel-query-builder

★ 📺 Building filters using laravel-query-builder

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★ 📺 Video: Using tags and segments in Mailcoach

★ 📺 Video: Using tags and segments in Mailcoach

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★ Building Mailcoach: deleting unconfirmed users automatically

★ Building Mailcoach: deleting unconfirmed users automatically

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★ A recap of 2019

★ A recap of 2019

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★ Automatically convert your code to PHP 7.4 syntax using Rector

★ Automatically convert your code to PHP 7.4 syntax using Rector

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★ Streaming a large export as a CSV file to the browser

★ Streaming a large export as a CSV file to the browser

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★ Video: a first look at the alpha version of Mailcoach

★ Video: a first look at the alpha version of Mailcoach

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★ freek.dev turns five!

★ freek.dev turns five!

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★ My Alfred workflows

★ My Alfred workflows

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★ Sending a welcome notification to new users of a Laravel app

★ Sending a welcome notification to new users of a Laravel app

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★ Improving Artisan commands

★ Improving Artisan commands

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★ A PHP package to read and write simple Excel or CSV files

★ A PHP package to read and write simple Excel or CSV files

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★ My current setup (2019 edition)

★ My current setup (2019 edition)

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★ The mixin PHP DocBlock

★ The mixin PHP DocBlock

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★ The value of the void typehint in PHP

★ The value of the void typehint in PHP

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★ A job middleware to rate limit jobs

★ A job middleware to rate limit jobs

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★ A package that adds resource links to your Laravel API resources

★ A package that adds resource links to your Laravel API resources

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★ Event store optimizations in laravel-event-sourcing

★ Event store optimizations in laravel-event-sourcing

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★ Creating beautiful status pages using Oh Dear!

★ Creating beautiful status pages using Oh Dear!

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★ Generating speaker cards using Tailwind and Laravel

★ Generating speaker cards using Tailwind and Laravel

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★ Ignition: a new error page for Laravel

★ Ignition: a new error page for Laravel

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★ Flare: an error tracker built for Laravel apps

★ Flare: an error tracker built for Laravel apps

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★ Watch the Flare reveal live

★ Watch the Flare reveal live

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★ Supercharging common controllers

★ Supercharging common controllers

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★ Implementing event sourcing: testing aggregates

★ Implementing event sourcing: testing aggregates

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★ How to add webmentions to a Laravel powered blog

★ How to add webmentions to a Laravel powered blog

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★ Going serverless with Hugo and Netlify

★ Going serverless with Hugo and Netlify

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★ How to handle front-end authorization using Laravel, Inertia and TypeScript

★ How to handle front-end authorization using Laravel, Inertia and TypeScript

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★ Improving assertions on Laravel fakes

★ Improving assertions on Laravel fakes

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★ Sending and receiving webhooks in Laravel apps

★ Sending and receiving webhooks in Laravel apps

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★ A package to control the flow of time

★ A package to control the flow of time

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★ Refactoring to actions

★ Refactoring to actions

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★ A new coat of paint for freek.dev

★ A new coat of paint for freek.dev

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★ Caching the entire response of a Laravel app

★ Caching the entire response of a Laravel app

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★ A rule to validate delimited data

★ A rule to validate delimited data

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★ Video: getting started with event sourcing in Laravel

★ Video: getting started with event sourcing in Laravel

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★ Implementing event sourcing: improving the developer experience

★ Implementing event sourcing: improving the developer experience

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★ Implementing event sourcing: aggregates

★ Implementing event sourcing: aggregates

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