Blog
A Better .htaccess File For Laravel
9/28/2016 When I'm developing on Windows, I always have to change the default, out of the box Laravel .htaccess file.
Laracon US
5/27/2016 I’m going to Laracon US! Very excited. Also, I submitted a talk!
Middleware in Laravel 5
5/26/2016 I gave a talk to the Triangle PHP Meetup and Chapel Hill/Durham Meetup on Middleware in Laravel 5. Here are the slides.
LaraPhil: Seeds with Media Assets using Laravel Elixir
11/23/2015 There's a new article up on LaraPhil, a blog I'm writing just for Laravel related topics, on maintaining Seeds with Media Assets using Laravel Elixir!
Why I Don't Bother With Virtual Hosts or Vagrant, And How To Give Them Up For Good!
7/5/2015 I don't bother with Virtual Hosts or Vagrant. It may sound blasphemous, or stupid, but it works for me (YMMV). Call me crazy. Say I'm not doing what the cool developers are doing. I don't care.
LaraPhil: Laravel Route Cache breaks Route Model Binding
4/2/2015 There's a new article up on LaraPhil, a blog I'm writing just for Laravel related topics, on how Laravel Route Cache breaks Route Model Binding!
Game of Life PHP5 OOP Implementation
2/3/2015 For fun I created an implementation of the Game of Life in PHP
LaraPhil: HOW TO Make a Laravel Artisan Alias
1/22/2015 There's a new article up on LaraPhil, a blog I'm writing just for Laravel related topics, on How to Make a Laravel Artisan Alias!
Bcrypt Passwords with PHP 5.5
11/7/2014 You should use bcrypt to store passwords. Here's how to do it in PHP 5.5
Your Life's Plan
9/17/2014 Lots of people want to know what their life plan is. Here's how to find yours.
Setting up Satis Packages for Composer
8/25/2014 I gave a talk to the Triangle PHP Meetup on Setting up Satis Packages for Composer.
Facebook Hiatus
1/20/2013 Why I took a hiatus from Facebook