Nik Spyratos
@nikspyratos.bsky.social
Software guy in Cape Town - Technical lead & consultant, using Laravel.
Organiser @ http://laravelcapetown.co.za
http://nik.software
Organiser @ http://laravelcapetown.co.za
http://nik.software
TIL Rector *does* support passing multiple files/directories in as arguments, so you can pass in only changed files in a pre-commit hook to speed things up!
October 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
TIL Rector *does* support passing multiple files/directories in as arguments, so you can pass in only changed files in a pre-commit hook to speed things up!
Getting the hang of Flux and shaking off my Livewire rust 👀
October 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Getting the hang of Flux and shaking off my Livewire rust 👀
Not me being reminded this week of stuff I wrote for myself *in March* that I had forgotten about and is personally relevant again:
nik.software/its-okay-to-...
nik.software/its-okay-to-...
It's okay to stay where you are.
Original title was: "It's okay to just be an individual contributor"
We often get an engrained sense that we must always evolve in our careers. Must get t...
nik.software
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Not me being reminded this week of stuff I wrote for myself *in March* that I had forgotten about and is personally relevant again:
nik.software/its-okay-to-...
nik.software/its-okay-to-...
Giving the old home town a spin!
September 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Giving the old home town a spin!
5 days of Claude Code writing backend code with Laravel + Boost
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
5 days of Claude Code writing backend code with Laravel + Boost
The reign of overpriced Gandi domain renewals is over
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The reign of overpriced Gandi domain renewals is over
Ubuntu+Nvidia laptop wombo combo annoyed me so much this week I'm back on a Mac.
Can't wait for the native containers to land!
Can't wait for the native containers to land!
August 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ubuntu+Nvidia laptop wombo combo annoyed me so much this week I'm back on a Mac.
Can't wait for the native containers to land!
Can't wait for the native containers to land!
🧵10 things having a cat taught me about B2B SaaS
August 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🧵10 things having a cat taught me about B2B SaaS
I've been coming back to social media.
But, I'm taking the reins on blocking myself from doomscrolling.
I've got two vibe-coded (thanks Claude) Tampermonkey scripts for X and Insta:
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
But, I'm taking the reins on blocking myself from doomscrolling.
I've got two vibe-coded (thanks Claude) Tampermonkey scripts for X and Insta:
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
Instagram anti-doomscroll tampermonkey script (Claude vibes)
Instagram anti-doomscroll tampermonkey script (Claude vibes) - instagram_anti_doomscroll.js
gist.github.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I've been coming back to social media.
But, I'm taking the reins on blocking myself from doomscrolling.
I've got two vibe-coded (thanks Claude) Tampermonkey scripts for X and Insta:
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
But, I'm taking the reins on blocking myself from doomscrolling.
I've got two vibe-coded (thanks Claude) Tampermonkey scripts for X and Insta:
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...
gist.github.com/nikspyratos/...