Is Laracasts worth it?
An in-depth review of Laracast. The good and the bad.
Software development and everything in-between
Hello! I'm a software developer from the North East of England. I currently work with PHP & Laravel. I also have a keen interest in Offensive Pen Testing and I'm currently working towards obtaining my CompTIA PenTest+ certification.
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How to get the values for multiple years on the same row - Conditional Aggregation MySQL
How to aggregate data so that you can get values for multiple datapoints in 1 row in MySQL or Postgres
How to install an existing laravel project using Sail / Docker
How to get your existing Laravel project up and running using Sail
Is the M1 14" MacBook Pro good for web development?
Ever wondered if you should choose the 14" Pro over the M1 Air? This post aims to help you make...
Developers Retreat - An exercise in big-ish data
I wanted to learn more about databases and what better way that to work with a large dataset of more...
How to use Digital Ocean Reserved IPs when upgrading Ubuntu
How to use Digital Oceans Reserved IPs to switch servers with minimal downtime. Great for upgrading to newer Ubuntu versions.
Digital Ocean Droplets not responding
How to fix Digital Ocean Droplets when they randomly stop responding and cannot be accessed.
How to remove values from request in Laravel
Ever needed to remove an item from the $request object in Laravel? In this guide I show you how.
How to delete jobs from a redis queue in Laravel
Deleting individual jobs from a Redis queue is tedious. The solution is to just make the the queued job do...
Why I'm building my own freelancing CRM platform
Follow me as I embark on the popular Build In Public trend. Creating my own freelancing CRM platform.
Amazon Kids Plus Review
My Daughter has been using Amazon Kids+ For over a year. Is it worth it, is it any good? A...
How to sanitize user input with Laravel Livewire
3 easy ways to sanitize user input with Laravel Livewire
How to connect to GoPro WiFi on Android 12
Simple ways i've found to connect to your GoPro WiFi
Is The M1 MacBook Air Good For Web Development?
This article is for all the people who are on the fence about wether the M1 Air is good for...
Upload multiple files, create thumbnails with Spatie MediaLibrary
Not sure how to use Spatie Media-Library? This guide shows you how to upload multiple images with thumbnail conversion and...
Import files from a directory and save them to AWS S3 + Database
Ever needed to import files inside a directory and store them in your database and also in Cloud storage? Read...
How to setup IP restriction in Laravel Horizon and avoid 403 access denied error
I show you how to setup IP address restriction for Larvel Horizon and how to avoid the 403 error on...
Upload, resize and save images using Intervention and AWS S3
Uploading images is one thing but being able to modify them is very useful, especially when it comes to resizing...
How to create a simple sitemap for Wink
If you're using Wink for your blog, here's how to setup up a simple sitemap to list your posts and...
Setting up a LEMP server from scratch
LEMP stack setup
Laravel PDF API
As part of my day job I was required to make PDF's from HTML templates and expose this via an...