Tom Westrick
@wsamoht.bsky.social
An avid cyclist, Owner & Senior Consultant of Media Grid LLC, founder of Cirrus Forecast, Systems Architect, developer in Laravel/PHP, Vue.js, Ionic/Capacitor, and C#/.NET.
Standard email and password with unique passwords generated from my password manager.
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Standard email and password with unique passwords generated from my password manager.
I wonder if there are any stats of usage between the two. Hunch is you might want to do both as there are Options API loyalists out there 😅
August 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wonder if there are any stats of usage between the two. Hunch is you might want to do both as there are Options API loyalists out there 😅
Composition! I was also reluctant at first but love it now. Also easier with Typescript 😀
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Composition! I was also reluctant at first but love it now. Also easier with Typescript 😀
Oops, I totally forgot to check Stripe. They apparently don't support IPv6 which is bizzare - github.com/stripe/strip....
Maybe we need to switch to Laravel Cloud as we'd probably save money 💰🤩🎉
Maybe we need to switch to Laravel Cloud as we'd probably save money 💰🤩🎉
ipv6 support · Issue #5 · stripe/stripe-reachability
Does Stripe intend to support being reachable via ipv6? Currently it looks like api.stripe.com is not accessible over ipv6 root@host:~# dig +short -6 AAAA google.com 2a00:1450:400a:800::200e root@h...
github.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Oops, I totally forgot to check Stripe. They apparently don't support IPv6 which is bizzare - github.com/stripe/strip....
Maybe we need to switch to Laravel Cloud as we'd probably save money 💰🤩🎉
Maybe we need to switch to Laravel Cloud as we'd probably save money 💰🤩🎉
I disagree 😅 In our case, we have web and worker servers. Our web servers are behind an ELB which has IPv4 but supports a dual-stack so the servers themselves don't need public IPv4. And all of the services our workers connect to support IPv6 so no need for IPv4 there either.
August 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I disagree 😅 In our case, we have web and worker servers. Our web servers are behind an ELB which has IPv4 but supports a dual-stack so the servers themselves don't need public IPv4. And all of the services our workers connect to support IPv6 so no need for IPv4 there either.
Is it finally gonna support connecting to only IPv6 servers? I'm spending money every month with AWS for public IPv4 just so Forge can connect to them.
August 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Is it finally gonna support connecting to only IPv6 servers? I'm spending money every month with AWS for public IPv4 just so Forge can connect to them.
My order of worst to better is Azure, GC, AWS 😅
August 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My order of worst to better is Azure, GC, AWS 😅
The schedule is over here - laracon.us#schedule
Laracon 2025
The flagship Laravel conference.
laracon.us
July 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The schedule is over here - laracon.us#schedule
I believe MailGun still does. Even though not listed, last I knew you can downgrade to PAYGO. I had a client do it after MailGun changed their plans. I also still have two accounts with them on PAYGO but they were created prior to the plan changes.
July 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I believe MailGun still does. Even though not listed, last I knew you can downgrade to PAYGO. I had a client do it after MailGun changed their plans. I also still have two accounts with them on PAYGO but they were created prior to the plan changes.
Absolutely! It's cleaner and less code.
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Absolutely! It's cleaner and less code.
Light! The Solarized Light theme right now is my go to for development.
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Light! The Solarized Light theme right now is my go to for development.
I use Spatie's package to turn actions into jobs - github.com/spatie/larav.... I also use `execute` as `handle` is Laravel's function for jobs so it's less confusing.
I haven't fallen in love with `_invoke` yet. Just don't like variables being callable 🤷
I haven't fallen in love with `_invoke` yet. Just don't like variables being callable 🤷
GitHub - spatie/laravel-queueable-action: Queueable actions in Laravel
Queueable actions in Laravel. Contribute to spatie/laravel-queueable-action development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I use Spatie's package to turn actions into jobs - github.com/spatie/larav.... I also use `execute` as `handle` is Laravel's function for jobs so it's less confusing.
I haven't fallen in love with `_invoke` yet. Just don't like variables being callable 🤷
I haven't fallen in love with `_invoke` yet. Just don't like variables being callable 🤷
Always! Clearer and helps the IDE auto completion.
March 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Always! Clearer and helps the IDE auto completion.
Season 1 was amazing. Can't wait for Season 2!!!
February 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Season 1 was amazing. Can't wait for Season 2!!!
😅 I'm waiting for us-east-1 too as our DB provider is there and not in Ohio.
February 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
😅 I'm waiting for us-east-1 too as our DB provider is there and not in Ohio.
Awesome! Any plans for an RSS feed for the blog?
February 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Awesome! Any plans for an RSS feed for the blog?
Nice! Being able to hook into an existing ecosystem (like Capacitor) could be beneficial so native plugins don't have to be reinvented. That would definitely give a leg up for adoption.
Keep up the awesome work and I hope the Apple review goes well!
Keep up the awesome work and I hope the Apple review goes well!
January 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nice! Being able to hook into an existing ecosystem (like Capacitor) could be beneficial so native plugins don't have to be reinvented. That would definitely give a leg up for adoption.
Keep up the awesome work and I hope the Apple review goes well!
Keep up the awesome work and I hope the Apple review goes well!
Laravel + Ionic/Capacitor dev here! This NativePHP idea is cool! Using Livewire would be dope on native. I'm curious what you are thinking for native API integration. Something similar to Capacitor?
January 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Laravel + Ionic/Capacitor dev here! This NativePHP idea is cool! Using Livewire would be dope on native. I'm curious what you are thinking for native API integration. Something similar to Capacitor?
Another +1 for an RSS feed!
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Another +1 for an RSS feed!