Joel Butcher
@joelbutcher.bsky.social
Full stack software engineer specialising in the Laravel framework, with nearly a decades experience in writing full stack solutions in Laravel with React | Vue | Livewire frontends
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As of today, you can now pass a flag to `laravel new` to initialize your new Laravel project with the Node package manager of your choice 📦
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
As of today, you can now pass a flag to `laravel new` to initialize your new Laravel project with the Node package manager of your choice 📦
With the v5.14.0 release of the #Laravel installer, it’s now easier than ever to get started with Laravel 12 + Socialite for your next great idea.
Install support for Laravel Socialite any of the React, Vue or Livewire starter with just a single CLI command:
Install support for Laravel Socialite any of the React, Vue or Livewire starter with just a single CLI command:
March 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
With the v5.14.0 release of the #Laravel installer, it’s now easier than ever to get started with Laravel 12 + Socialite for your next great idea.
Install support for Laravel Socialite any of the React, Vue or Livewire starter with just a single CLI command:
Install support for Laravel Socialite any of the React, Vue or Livewire starter with just a single CLI command:
Now that Laravel Jetstream and Breeze are effectively EOL, I’ve decided to do the same for Socialstream.
HOWEVER... I’m excited to announce that I have released a new package, Socialite UI with support for the new starter kits 🚀
github.com/Laravel-Uis/...
HOWEVER... I’m excited to announce that I have released a new package, Socialite UI with support for the new starter kits 🚀
github.com/Laravel-Uis/...
GitHub - Laravel-Uis/socialite-ui
Contribute to Laravel-Uis/socialite-ui development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Now that Laravel Jetstream and Breeze are effectively EOL, I’ve decided to do the same for Socialstream.
HOWEVER... I’m excited to announce that I have released a new package, Socialite UI with support for the new starter kits 🚀
github.com/Laravel-Uis/...
HOWEVER... I’m excited to announce that I have released a new package, Socialite UI with support for the new starter kits 🚀
github.com/Laravel-Uis/...
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Honest opinion. I hate the @tailwindcss.com v4 upgrade. `tailwind.config.ts` was so much cleaner.
March 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Honest opinion. I hate the @tailwindcss.com v4 upgrade. `tailwind.config.ts` was so much cleaner.
Reposted by Joel Butcher
Laratex is a Laravel package that helps you create PDF files using LaTeX 📃 - https://madewithlaravel.com/laratex
February 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Laratex is a Laravel package that helps you create PDF files using LaTeX 📃 - https://madewithlaravel.com/laratex
Learn the dark side of caching and how over-reliance can harm the performance of your #laravel app in my latest blog post:
joelbutcher.co.uk/the-dark-sid...
joelbutcher.co.uk/the-dark-sid...
The Dark Side of Caching: Don't Hurt Your Laravel App — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose Menu
🚀 Caching boosts performance, but a bad strategy leads to stale data, stampedes & invalidation woes! 😬 Learn to dodge these pitfalls & cache smarter! 🧠
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February 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Learn the dark side of caching and how over-reliance can harm the performance of your #laravel app in my latest blog post:
joelbutcher.co.uk/the-dark-sid...
joelbutcher.co.uk/the-dark-sid...
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What would you do if you had to programmatically make a copy of an existing table's schema, and you couldn't control when that schema would change? MySQL has a simple solution. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2025-0...
Replicating a table with a single query | Mastering Laravel
MySQL makes it easy
masteringlaravel.io
February 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What would you do if you had to programmatically make a copy of an existing table's schema, and you couldn't control when that schema would change? MySQL has a simple solution. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2025-0...
I wrote another blog post ✍️
Come with me and learn when to use raw SQL queries in your #laravel application, and how to do it safely and securely 🛡️
Doing so can speed up your apps performance ⚡️
joelbutcher.co.uk/beyond-orm-w...
Come with me and learn when to use raw SQL queries in your #laravel application, and how to do it safely and securely 🛡️
Doing so can speed up your apps performance ⚡️
joelbutcher.co.uk/beyond-orm-w...
Beyond ORM: When and Why to Use Raw Queries in Laravel — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose Menu
Eloquent is great, but raw SQL can be faster & more flexible ⚡. Learn when to use raw queries in Laravel & how to do it safely! 🛡️
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February 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I wrote another blog post ✍️
Come with me and learn when to use raw SQL queries in your #laravel application, and how to do it safely and securely 🛡️
Doing so can speed up your apps performance ⚡️
joelbutcher.co.uk/beyond-orm-w...
Come with me and learn when to use raw SQL queries in your #laravel application, and how to do it safely and securely 🛡️
Doing so can speed up your apps performance ⚡️
joelbutcher.co.uk/beyond-orm-w...
I asked #chatgpt to produce a few ideas for some blog posts to write about this year. Out this list, which ones would you want to read and why? Which ones would you get the most out of?
February 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I asked #chatgpt to produce a few ideas for some blog posts to write about this year. Out this list, which ones would you want to read and why? Which ones would you get the most out of?
Check out my latest blog post on implementing the repository pattern in Laravel:
joelbutcher.co.uk/save-your-te...
joelbutcher.co.uk/save-your-te...
Save Your Tests with Repositories in Laravel — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose Menu
Tired of slow, brittle tests in Laravel? The repository pattern can help! Learn how to decouple your tests from the database, speed up execution, and write cleaner, more maintainable code. 🚀
joelbutcher.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Check out my latest blog post on implementing the repository pattern in Laravel:
joelbutcher.co.uk/save-your-te...
joelbutcher.co.uk/save-your-te...
Did you know I created Socialstream, the 3rd-party @laravelphp.bsky.social package that adds #socialstream support to Laravel Jetstream? This was all the way back in 2020! I wrote a blog post about it: joelbutcher.co.uk/socialstream...
Socialstream: Laravel Socialite Meets Jetstream — Joel ButcherOpen MenuClose Menu
Earlier today I officially released the first version of Socialstream, a simple Laravel package that integrates Laravel Socialite with the scaffolding provided by Laravel Jetstream.
joelbutcher.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Did you know I created Socialstream, the 3rd-party @laravelphp.bsky.social package that adds #socialstream support to Laravel Jetstream? This was all the way back in 2020! I wrote a blog post about it: joelbutcher.co.uk/socialstream...
I decided in 2025 I want to get back into blogging. So I installed a blog site using @statamic.bsky.social's free theme Cool Writings. Check out my blog here: joelbutcher.co.uk/blog
January 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I decided in 2025 I want to get back into blogging. So I installed a blog site using @statamic.bsky.social's free theme Cool Writings. Check out my blog here: joelbutcher.co.uk/blog
My pull request to add API Keys to @cachethq.io 3.x was merged today. Along with a bunch of other #OpenSource contribution to this amazing project!
#LetsGo
#LetsGo
January 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My pull request to add API Keys to @cachethq.io 3.x was merged today. Along with a bunch of other #OpenSource contribution to this amazing project!
#LetsGo
#LetsGo
Started 2025 off strong with some nice open source contributions to @cachethq.io 🚦, Dedoc’s Scramble 📄 and @spatie.be’ laravel package tools 🛠️
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Started 2025 off strong with some nice open source contributions to @cachethq.io 🚦, Dedoc’s Scramble 📄 and @spatie.be’ laravel package tools 🛠️
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Here's #Laravel running completely offline on #PHP 8.4 on my iPhone
No web servers were harmed during filming
youtube.com/shorts/s9-UZ...
No web servers were harmed during filming
youtube.com/shorts/s9-UZ...
Laravel on iOS, working completely offline, no web server
YouTube video by Simon Hamp
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January 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here's #Laravel running completely offline on #PHP 8.4 on my iPhone
No web servers were harmed during filming
youtube.com/shorts/s9-UZ...
No web servers were harmed during filming
youtube.com/shorts/s9-UZ...
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Beautiful timelapse of the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades Cluster rising just before sunrise over the Ko'olau Mountain Range in O’ahu, Hawai’i. 💫💫💫
📽: Travis Shak 👏👏👏👏
📽: Travis Shak 👏👏👏👏
December 8, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Beautiful timelapse of the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades Cluster rising just before sunrise over the Ko'olau Mountain Range in O’ahu, Hawai’i. 💫💫💫
📽: Travis Shak 👏👏👏👏
📽: Travis Shak 👏👏👏👏
Using @jrmybtlr.com new #bootleg Laravel backgrounds as my iPhone wallpaper with a black & white filter looks siiiick!!
December 8, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Using @jrmybtlr.com new #bootleg Laravel backgrounds as my iPhone wallpaper with a black & white filter looks siiiick!!
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Another app. Let’s see how this goes
a woman is drinking a cup of coffee and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman is drinking a cup of coffee and making a funny face .
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November 23, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Another app. Let’s see how this goes