When Freek published “Our packages are now postcardware” I was intrigued to know what Postcardware was. Postcardware, also called just cardware, is a style of software distribution similar to shareware, distributed by the author on the condition that users send the author a postcard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcardware We use a number of Spatie packages and so I […]
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We recently started to trial some of the DataDog services for a recent project I have been working on. One of the things that jumped out at me was the ability to use one account for many services. Monitoring, uptime, API testing, application profiling, live dashboards…. the list goes on. The setup is simple, you […]
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Attending this years Laracon conference in New York City has renewed my energy to start a Laravel meetup in Dubai. I hope this is the start of something big for the Laravel community in Dubai and UAE. Sponsorship If you have any interest in sponsoring or supporting the Laravel Dubai community please get in touch, […]
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I thought it might be helpful for me to share a handful of packages which I find myself installing whenever I start a new Laravel application. Let me know if there are any missing! Laravel Debug bar barryvdh/laravel-debugbar (Github / Packagist) Probably the first package I install in every Laravel project is the laravel Debug […]
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A couple of Christmas’s ago my awesome wife got me a GoPro. It’s helped us capture some amazing memories so far, but one of the most time consuming and most critical things to do with the footage is to edit it into something that you can enjoy watching. I remember when I was younger, we […]
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Guest post by Fiona Mills 6 years ago, we moved to Dubai. It was a pretty impulsive move, that happened within 3 months of first thinking about it. One thing that made it easier to move a long-haul flight away from home was knowing that there was a flight direct from Dubai to Newcastle, our […]
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A couple of weeks ago I was spontaneously invited on a Skiing trip to Lebanon by a good friend in Dubai. I received a random WhatsApp from Angiolo, a guy from South Africa who I met through Fiona, saying he had booked accomodation in Lebanon to go Skiing with a friend and the apartment had […]
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The begining Many people think Refresh Teesside started in 2012, but our first event was actually on Thursday 2nd April 2009, which I announced on this very blog. It was September 2008 when I built the first Refresh Teesside website and announced our manifesto. The first event was a great success and the attendance surpassed my […]
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The simplicity of straightening the covers and rearranging the pillows gives you a sense of accomplishment.
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I saw a Tweet from my good friend Anthony Sterling the other day which made me think. Meeting people 1:1 ain’t normally my thing, but I’m happy to step outside my comfort zone to be more like @kwuchu, hit me up if too you fancy a coffee or two in Newcastle in 2019. https://t.co/0RDqbsrXKc — […]
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