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We build and rescue web apps and dev teams. Experts and teachers in Laravel, Livewire, Alpine, Vue, and React.
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Every year, JavaScript brings new features that save us from relying on heavy libraries. From formatting dates to cloning objects, discover some of these handy additions in today's article.👇
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17 New(ish) Vanilla JavaScript Features You Might Have Missed
JavaScript: the language many love to hate. Yeah, we've all seen the memes about its quirks and limitations. Maybe that's why we slap a whole typing system on top of it. And add one, two, or... ten th...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every year, JavaScript brings new features that save us from relying on heavy libraries. From formatting dates to cloning objects, discover some of these handy additions in today's article.👇
tighten.com/insights/new...
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If you want AI agents to be able to interact with your Laravel app, but you're not sure where to start, check out @mateusjunges.com’ post around the magic and efficiency of adding an MCP to your Laravel app today. 👇
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Let AI Interact with Your App via MCP
Do you remember your first interaction with a computer? Perhaps it was through a command-line interface, where typing commands allowed the machine to perform the desired actions. A few years later, gr...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If you want AI agents to be able to interact with your Laravel app, but you're not sure where to start, check out @mateusjunges.com’ post around the magic and efficiency of adding an MCP to your Laravel app today. 👇
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🎮 Get your game on, Laracon US attendees!
Play the @tighten.com Laracon 2025 Game Jam
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Vibe code your way to the high score, and 🏆 win a Nintendo Switch 2! 🏆
Play the @tighten.com Laracon 2025 Game Jam
game.tighten.com
Vibe code your way to the high score, and 🏆 win a Nintendo Switch 2! 🏆
Tighten Laracon 2025 Game Jam
Vibe code your way to the high score!
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July 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🎮 Get your game on, Laracon US attendees!
Play the @tighten.com Laracon 2025 Game Jam
game.tighten.com
Vibe code your way to the high score, and 🏆 win a Nintendo Switch 2! 🏆
Play the @tighten.com Laracon 2025 Game Jam
game.tighten.com
Vibe code your way to the high score, and 🏆 win a Nintendo Switch 2! 🏆
Today on the blog, @tonysm.com continues the Rich Text Laravel series and demonstrates how flexible Content Attachments are! We can embed pretty much anything to our rich text documents!
Click the link below:👇
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Click the link below:👇
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Introducing Rich Text Laravel - Part 2: User Mentions With Content Attachments
In our previous Rich Text post, we implemented file attachments using the Rich Text Laravel package, but we've only touched...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today on the blog, @tonysm.com continues the Rich Text Laravel series and demonstrates how flexible Content Attachments are! We can embed pretty much anything to our rich text documents!
Click the link below:👇
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Click the link below:👇
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There's not just one way to seed your Laravel apps.
Check out our latest article to learn:
✅ How to import thousands of records from CSV
✅ How to use AI to seed realistic data
✅ How to create interactive seeders
...and more!
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Check out our latest article to learn:
✅ How to import thousands of records from CSV
✅ How to use AI to seed realistic data
✅ How to create interactive seeders
...and more!
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10 Efficient (and Fun) Ways to Seed Your Database
Seeders allow us to quickly fill our database with records to test our application. Let's say that you need a couple of users to test your authentication system—you could create them manually using yo...
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March 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There's not just one way to seed your Laravel apps.
Check out our latest article to learn:
✅ How to import thousands of records from CSV
✅ How to use AI to seed realistic data
✅ How to create interactive seeders
...and more!
tighten.com/insights/10-...
Check out our latest article to learn:
✅ How to import thousands of records from CSV
✅ How to use AI to seed realistic data
✅ How to create interactive seeders
...and more!
tighten.com/insights/10-...
In today's article, discover 5 tips to build better full-text searches:
✅ Sort records
✅ Use filters effectively
✅ Tweak typo tolerance
✅ Access the raw Typesense response
✅ Use facets for better filtering
Click the link below 👇
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✅ Sort records
✅ Use filters effectively
✅ Tweak typo tolerance
✅ Access the raw Typesense response
✅ Use facets for better filtering
Click the link below 👇
tighten.com/insights/fiv...
Five Practical Tips to Improve Search in Laravel Apps With Typesense
Typesense is making waves in the search landscape. Since its inclusion as an officially supported driver for Laravel Scout,...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In today's article, discover 5 tips to build better full-text searches:
✅ Sort records
✅ Use filters effectively
✅ Tweak typo tolerance
✅ Access the raw Typesense response
✅ Use facets for better filtering
Click the link below 👇
tighten.com/insights/fiv...
✅ Sort records
✅ Use filters effectively
✅ Tweak typo tolerance
✅ Access the raw Typesense response
✅ Use facets for better filtering
Click the link below 👇
tighten.com/insights/fiv...
Tired of fighting your WYSIWYG editor?
Today on the blog, @tonysm.com shows you how to integrate the Trix editor into your new and existing Laravel applications.
Learn about the basics, how to customize it, how to migrate, and how to attach files.
tighten.com/insights/ric...
Today on the blog, @tonysm.com shows you how to integrate the Trix editor into your new and existing Laravel applications.
Learn about the basics, how to customize it, how to migrate, and how to attach files.
tighten.com/insights/ric...
Introducing Rich Text Laravel: A package to integrate Trix into Laravel applications
When we build forms for an application, it's common to need a field where a plain textarea isn't enough. So how do we proceed? We could process it on the backend and treat the input as Markdown, but t...
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January 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Tired of fighting your WYSIWYG editor?
Today on the blog, @tonysm.com shows you how to integrate the Trix editor into your new and existing Laravel applications.
Learn about the basics, how to customize it, how to migrate, and how to attach files.
tighten.com/insights/ric...
Today on the blog, @tonysm.com shows you how to integrate the Trix editor into your new and existing Laravel applications.
Learn about the basics, how to customize it, how to migrate, and how to attach files.
tighten.com/insights/ric...
🚀 Filament helps you create a customizable admin panel in minutes.
Join @nicodevs.bsky.social to learn how to:
✨ Install Filament in Laravel
⚡ Generate admin panels from Models
💅 Use rich text editors, tag inputs, & uploaders
🔍 Add filters & actions
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Join @nicodevs.bsky.social to learn how to:
✨ Install Filament in Laravel
⚡ Generate admin panels from Models
💅 Use rich text editors, tag inputs, & uploaders
🔍 Add filters & actions
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Filament Crash-Course: Create a Customizable Admin Panel in Minutes
In most applications, administrators need a way to manage data. Whether it's a blog's articles and comments, a store's products and orders, or a theater's events and tickets, admins need a place to li...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚀 Filament helps you create a customizable admin panel in minutes.
Join @nicodevs.bsky.social to learn how to:
✨ Install Filament in Laravel
⚡ Generate admin panels from Models
💅 Use rich text editors, tag inputs, & uploaders
🔍 Add filters & actions
tighten.com/insights/fil...
Join @nicodevs.bsky.social to learn how to:
✨ Install Filament in Laravel
⚡ Generate admin panels from Models
💅 Use rich text editors, tag inputs, & uploaders
🔍 Add filters & actions
tighten.com/insights/fil...
For a few years, Takeout has been the best way to spin up local development services--MySQL, ClickHouse, Minio, and more--for PHP developers.
With today's release, you no longer need PHP to use Takeout!
Take a look at the our writeup to learn more:
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With today's release, you no longer need PHP to use Takeout!
Take a look at the our writeup to learn more:
tighten.com/insights/tak...
New: Install Takeout with Docker
Takeout is a convenient layer on top of Docker that lets you quickly spin up services without looking up the images and how to run them.
Need a Redis service locally?...
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December 16, 2024 at 6:13 PM
For a few years, Takeout has been the best way to spin up local development services--MySQL, ClickHouse, Minio, and more--for PHP developers.
With today's release, you no longer need PHP to use Takeout!
Take a look at the our writeup to learn more:
tighten.com/insights/tak...
With today's release, you no longer need PHP to use Takeout!
Take a look at the our writeup to learn more:
tighten.com/insights/tak...
Ready to level up your content game? 🚀
Discover the magic of Twill, the open-source Laravel CMS behind top brands like OpenAI, The New York Times, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Our latest article explores how easy and fun managing your site’s content can be!
tighten.com/insights/get...
Discover the magic of Twill, the open-source Laravel CMS behind top brands like OpenAI, The New York Times, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Our latest article explores how easy and fun managing your site’s content can be!
tighten.com/insights/get...
Getting Started with Twill, an Open Source Laravel-Based CMS
Learn how companies like OpenAI, The New York Times, Pentagram, and the Art Institute of Chicago manage their brand identity when publishing content online.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Ready to level up your content game? 🚀
Discover the magic of Twill, the open-source Laravel CMS behind top brands like OpenAI, The New York Times, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Our latest article explores how easy and fun managing your site’s content can be!
tighten.com/insights/get...
Discover the magic of Twill, the open-source Laravel CMS behind top brands like OpenAI, The New York Times, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Our latest article explores how easy and fun managing your site’s content can be!
tighten.com/insights/get...
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For those who didn't catch it live, my talk, "What to do after `laravel new`" from @LaraconAU, is now live on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4Q...
In it, I walk through the steps you should take on every Laravel app; as the king of "it depends", it takes a lot for me to say that!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4Q...
In it, I walk through the steps you should take on every Laravel app; as the king of "it depends", it takes a lot for me to say that!
Matt Stauffer - What to do after `laravel new` - Laracon AU 2024
YouTube video by Laracon AU
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November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
For those who didn't catch it live, my talk, "What to do after `laravel new`" from @LaraconAU, is now live on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4Q...
In it, I walk through the steps you should take on every Laravel app; as the king of "it depends", it takes a lot for me to say that!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4Q...
In it, I walk through the steps you should take on every Laravel app; as the king of "it depends", it takes a lot for me to say that!
Hey friends! We're happy to be here (a little late, but that way we missed weird early-days stuff like Sexy Alf, phew)! 👋
November 26, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Hey friends! We're happy to be here (a little late, but that way we missed weird early-days stuff like Sexy Alf, phew)! 👋
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