Silvan Hagen
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Silvan Hagen
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Friendly internet human. Developer & Consultant, mostly #Laravel & #WordPress. Working on: ⚡️ WireInTheWild.com 🤖 ContentCatalog.app 💬 Durchblick.app
I love how Claude Code pats itself on the shoulder from one agent to another for the excellent research a lot lately. Everybody needs some pampering 😍.
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Last month I deployed a Filament + Livewire app that was written by Claude Code. I wrote less than 300 lines.

The client had a limited budget, but it worked. I ended up adding some nice-to-have features.

Would you read a blog post about it?
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Uff, after upgrading to macOS and iOS 26, my Logitech MX Keys S keyboard doesn't connect to either device. Neither Bluetooth nor the Logi Bolt works.

Of course I no longer have the receipt, and the Logi support bot is useless. Is this a known issue, or did my keyboard break?
September 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
First day at work after 20 days of vacation with my wife. I feel so refreshed.

Before, I was using Claude Code a lot. Is it still good, or should I give Codex a try? I downgraded right before the vacation, so I'm open to giving Codex a try.
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Scotland kind of feels like the "Switzerland isn't real" meme.
September 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Once Laravel Cloud supports Reverb, I'll be moving a bigger app to it 🤗
September 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I really like the navigation in Laravel Cloud and decided to build it in Filament v4.

Check out the tutorial and code ⬇️

silvanhagen.com/writing/lar...
Laravel Cloud Navigation in Filament 4
A tutorial on how to build a custom top navigation in Filament 4 that looks similar to the breadcrumb navigation in Laravel Cloud
silvanhagen.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by Silvan Hagen
Here is the tutorial with demo repo on how to build a Laravel Cloud breadcrumb navigation in Filament v4 silvanhagen.com/writing/lara...
Laravel Cloud Navigation in Filament 4
A tutorial on how to build a custom top navigation in Filament 4 that looks similar to the breadcrumb navigation in Laravel Cloud
silvanhagen.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A few weeks ago, I had my Aaron Francis moment. Someone contacted me to mentor them with a Filament project, all because of my Youtube videos and blog posts. That felt wonderful.
August 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Today marks what would have been my grandfather's 100th birthday. He passed over a decade ago, but I still cherish our conversations. He was a fascinating man, and many buildings he designed still stand in and around Lucerne. I have to visit the city archives someday.
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Working on a Laravel Cloud-style navigation for a Filament v4 project, and it's coming along nicely. 🤗

If you're interested in a tutorial, the code, or both, let me know!
August 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Silvan Hagen
Pest v4 is here — now with browser testing! Browser tests that feel like unit tests: Laravel-ready, Playwright-powered, parallel-fast, with smoke & visual regression built in. Discover Pest v4 — and our new website: pestphp.com?ref=v4
Pest | The elegant PHP testing framework
Pest is a testing framework with a focus on simplicity, meticulously designed to bring back the joy of testing in PHP.
pestphp.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I wonder how complex it would be to build a Filament v4 navigation in the style of Laravel Cloud. Anyone tried this already?
August 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
13/21 😅
Email addresses are very simple, and you will score highly in this quiz.

e-mail.wtf
Email is Easy
Everyone knows what an email address is, right?
e-mail.wtf
August 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Filament V4 Tip: Multitenants and Nested Resources

When your nested resource model uses a hasOneThrough relationship to your tenant model, you might want to disable the tenancy for the nested resource (of course check that your authorization works).
August 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Now that Laravel Boost is out, I need to rethink my own Claude Code hooks, agents and commands.

Combining them in a project worked quite well, but I need to remove some MCPs that do the same as boost.
August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Is there already a betting platform on who will join Laravel Inc. next? I have a few guesses 😅
August 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Reposted by Silvan Hagen
🚀 Laravel Boost is here

Let me show you how to elevate your AI tools and boost your Laravel development.

youtu.be/sUtRcpma8iU

PS: Thank you @ashleyhindle.com 👏
Getting Started with Laravel Boost
YouTube video by Laravel
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Gave Warp with GPT5 a try this morning to compare it to Claude Code, it's not bad but it does overengineer stuff in my experiments, even when told not to do so.
August 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I really wanted to like Apple Reminders and used it for a year as my personal task list. However, the UI on macOS led me back to Things 3.

The keyboard shortcuts are fantastic, it integrates well with Apple Shortcuts and finally Siri is good enough to understand my accent 😅
August 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Baking with my wife in progress 😍
August 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Played around with Google Gemini CLI in a larger Laravel app, but it didn't give me the same quality of results as using Claude Code.

What is your experience? Especially interested in Livewire and Filament apps.
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just published some new Livewire projects on Wire in the Wild. In time for Laracon and the next Livewire release. It's great to see Swiss institutions adopting Livewire 😍
July 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It feels odd to take a Friday off to attend a friends wedding. I guess I need a proper vacation 😅
July 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Reposted by Silvan Hagen
The State Of Laravel 2025 survey has started!

You can now participate to identify how the ecosystem changed over the past 12 months!

Please RT for reach ❤️

stateoflaravel.com/participate?...
The State of Laravel Survey
This survey is an attempt to gain insight into the representation of the diverse technologies and behaviors of this outstanding community.
stateoflaravel.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM