Ben Bjurstrom
benbjurstrom.com
Ben Bjurstrom
@benbjurstrom.com
Laravel Developer — Building prezet.com a markdown blogging engine for Laravel.

benbjurstrom.com
Made a couple updates to the included templates after recording the video.
January 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
OTPz: A first factor one-time password package for Laravel

github.com/benbjurstrom...
January 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Needed a simple lightbox plugin for Alpine.js so I threw this together over the weekend. Just add x-zoomable to your img tag.

Available on npm or via cdn: github.com/benbjurstrom...
December 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
My ideal Laravel login page looks something like this. Really don't like being responsible for user's passwords.
December 13, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Created a log-in links package for Laravel and would love to get some feedback. Features:

✅ Rate limited
✅ Invalidated after first use
✅ Locked to the user's session
✅ Configurable expiration
✅ Detailed error messages
✅ Customizable mail template
✅ Auditable logs

github.com/benbjurstrom...
December 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Short on time so I’m spatchcocking this turkey on the grill. Should be done in an hour and a half.
December 1, 2024 at 1:18 AM
The “Show less like this” button really cleaned my feed.

When I signed up it was all anime and digital art by default and I don’t see any of that anymore.
November 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Setup Starlink for my parents. Not bad at all.

Now to mount it on the roof.
November 29, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Pretty happy with the API I settled on for [pgvector-scout](github.com/benbjurstrom...).

Can set the index at the model level which then corresponds to a config value.
November 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Added search to my Laravel markdown blogging engine. It's backed by an sqlite index so it should be somewhat performant. See it in action on the docs site at prezet.com

Also thanks to @pixelcave-john.bsky.social for the pinemix.com command palette component.
November 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 AM
It’s time
November 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Also put together an example Laravel app using the Amazon reviews dataset. The app lets you sort reviews by concepts and shows related reviews.

github.com/benbjurstrom...
November 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
And now to hide my sins
November 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Relaxing with some light devops work on a Friday afternoon.
November 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Printed one I found on thingverse to tide me over until @arslan.io releases this far superior design
November 12, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Post your workstation setup.
November 12, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Excellent talk by @mandymichael.bsky.social on optimizing your HTML.

I’ve used many of the HTML features mentioned, but never really understood how they work.
November 7, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Since we're talking about kitchen items, I'm a big fan of this Chinese vegetable cleaver. The extra surface area helped me dial in a proper claw technique.
October 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Added search to my Laravel markdown blogging package. It uses an sqlite index so it should be somewhat performant. See it in action at prezet/.com

Also thanks to @pixelcave_john for the pinemix command palette component.
November 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Tip: It's easy to setup a custom folder and controller if you have markdown files that you want to render with Prezet that shouldn't appear in your blog index.

Handy for things like privacy policies and terms of service agreements.
November 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Added some Flux components to a custom @filamentphp page. Was really easy to add the styles and scripts using the available blade stacks
November 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
November 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Spent about an hour porting the latest @tailwindcss template to a Laravel app running Prezet.
November 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Finally cracked 100 stars on GitHub ⭐️. Looking forward to getting more feedback from users.
November 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM