Leon Bienek
leonbienek.bsky.social
Leon Bienek
@leonbienek.bsky.social
Laravel & React developer at embarknow.co.uk building cool things. Sharing daily dev tips & coding adventures 🚀
We're having to do some serious account gymnastics to continue using @postmarkapp. While we've always enjoyed the service, the pricing changes are super unfriendly to organisations running many smaller senders.
February 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I was getting increasingly frustrated with having to specify the same details repeatedly when using Agent mode in @cursor. I discovered .cursorrules files and https://cursor.directory/, and I'm eager to see if they help.
Cursor Directory
Find the best cursor rules for your framework and language
cursor.directory
February 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Leon Bienek
Ok. Gonna pull open all registers to get this feature request to @github's attention and on their roadmap. Who can help me out by upvoting this one? 🙏

It's something I need almost every day every time I look at the PR list of a repo. Desperately want ✌️

github.com/orgs/communi...
Show base branch in pull requests list · community · Discussion #28858
Right now, at @laravel, we add the base branch name to every PR so it's obvious to which branch a PR is targeting when viewing a list of PR's. I'd very much would like to see this natively implemen...
github.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I've been using #Cursor a bunch over the last week, toying with the agent AI. I've had some mixed results with both Claude 3.5, and 3.7. As you'd expect, ensuring you provide solid requirements is paramount.
February 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
So, while my initial goal of running a #buildinpublic project fell flat on its face immediately, I *have* actually been building the app. I'm keen to share more about it soon.
February 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Been playing around with Laravel Cloud—smooth deployments, no server headaches, and it just works. Loving the simplicity. #Laravel
February 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Trying to embrace ULIDs in a project that I'm working on. I really _want_ to enjoy using them, but I keep hitting so many roadblocks when integrating other packages. #laravel
February 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm an enthusiastic amateur golfer (when I don't have a broken rib) and want to build a companion app to track some games my friends and I play during a round. Does anyone else play games alongside their regular scoring? #golf #indiehacker #buildinpublic
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Despite being swamped at work, I can't shake the urge to hack on a project idea I've been mulling over. So, I think I'll hop on the #buildinpublic bandwagon to motivate myself to actually build it!
February 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Finally making a move from #laravel Valet to Herd!
February 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Love the #laravel `when` method.
February 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excited to catch up with the Laracon EU talks. Sounds Like it’s been a great event as always. #laravel
February 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Adam’s summary of our #startup journey will hopefully serve as a cautionary tale to other #founder out there. (And hopefully we’ll remember it when we begin our next adventure) #saas
The worst category of SaaS to bootstrap and why I'd never do it again.

And neither should you!

As I wind down from a few tough years working on one, it's finally dawned on me why we should never have started in the first place. But also why it was so tempting at the beginning.
February 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It's always nice when a client understands how much easier it is to implement systems like timezone management and multi-language support from the start of a project. #laravel #reactJS
February 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Planning to build a new SFF gaming PC this year to replace my current setup. I'm struggling to find the right balance between size and thermal/noise performance. #gaming
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Hoping that the #laravel Cloud invites are still rolling out. I'm looking forward to trying it with a project I'm working on at the moment.
January 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Every project. It's inevitable. Thanks for all your contributions to the #laravel community @spatie.be
January 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM