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Toon Van den Bos
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Founder of @whitecube.be, web developper, teacher & professional Laravel enthusiast.
Hop on a call with @leloup.dev, he'll give you a free tour of our @hiker.dev project 👀

#laravel #developer
I've just setup a link where you can book a call with me if you'd like to chat about @hiker.dev, don't hesitate if you're curious!

cal.com/adrien-lelou...
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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When your Laravel project starts looking like spaghetti 🍝
Meet Hiker, the toolkit that makes your code clean, scalable & beautiful.
Built by Whitecube, available now in early access.
🔗 hiker.dev | 💻 demo.hiker.dev
#Laravel #HikerDev #Whitecube #WebDev
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Last week we shared the Hiker demo.
This week, we focus on the website. Clean, simple, full of docs & guides for you to go through.

Go take a look 👉 hiker.dev

#HikerDev #Laravel #WebDev #Whitecube
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We've seen an increase in spam bots working their way around regular honeypot form protections lately, mostly sending random gibberish (what's the point?).

What do you use for effective antispam protection on #laravel forms?
October 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Turning spreadsheets into something people actually want to explore? Say less, we got you covered.

With citytransit.uitp.org we found ways to make global public transport data fun to discover.

Data made visual, design made useful.

#DataViz #Mobility #WebDesign #Whitecube #UITP
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Nouveaux tarifs @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social, une vaste blague.

Il y a urgence écologique et au lieu de pousser les usagers occasionnels à passer plus facilement aux transports en commun, on fait l'exact inverse.
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Laravel 12.x pro tip.

Instead of registering all routes in the same file, you can just pass an array of web-related routes to application's "withRouting" bootstrapping method.

Also works for API routes 😀
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Last week, Julien showed you the challenges behind infosante.be.
This week, we’re going behind the scenes:
from the main page design,
to body part searches,
to the system logos that make it all work.
More on the project: whitecube.be/projets/info...
#WebDesign #UXDesign #Whitecube #infosante
August 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Rendre l’info santé accessible ? Challenge accepted.

Avec infosante.be, un projet web signé Whitecube, vous pouvez faire vos recherches :

-par mot-clé
-par système
-par partie du corps

Simple. Clair. Accessible.

whitecube.be/fr/projets/i...

#UXDesign #WebDev #Infosanté
August 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What do you do when new project ideas start popping wildly in your 🧠, even in the middle of the night?
August 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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They say the more the merrier, so Toon’s got two new associates;

Julien, Operations Director.
He does backflips so that projects run smoothly and on time.

Adrien, Technical Director.
He whacks his hands on the keyboard until everything works.

Can't go wrong with these three 🥹
July 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The belgian railway @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social probably offers the worst possible online user experience I have ever encountered on a Business Portal. It must be hard to fail that much, I'm under the impression it's on purpose.
July 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Phew, we did it.
Say hello to our brand new website ! 🖥️
Honest, refined and more Whitecube than ever.
It highlights what we do best and the people behind every project we build with you.
whitecube.be
Let us know what you think !
#Whitecube #WebDevelopment #WebsiteDesign
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hot damn! This one's been in the making for a while, I'll be happy to see it live in a few days 👀
We’re launching a new website.
It’s got exploding monkeys.

Yup. But it’ll make sense, promise.

Going live in less than a week. Stay tuned! 💥🐒

#Whitecube #WebDev #ComingSoon #WebsiteDesign
July 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Sponsor alert!

Thanks to @whitecube.be for making this event possible.
One of Whitecube’s biggest projects ever, @hiker.dev, is getting an open-source release next year. Contact them today to get early-access!
June 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
One thing I don't get about the mandatory switch to PEPPOL: there's no free basic access. I’m fine with paying for added value (easy setup, etc.), but if it's required by law, there should be a zero-cost path. I should be able to run my own access point with just time and effort.
May 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Huge thanks to everyone for showing up, we're really happy with how it went!

🧠 Congratulations to all the quiz winners
Special thanks to NativePHP for sponsoring our first event!

Next event is on June 19th, hope to see you there!
👉 RSVP here: eventy.io/events/5pgy8...
April 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Had a blast at @phpxbru.com yesterday with the team, glad to see so many aspiring developers join us!

I've even won this glorious mug I'll be very proud to showcase to my mom. 🤯
April 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Great #meetup at PHP Antwerp in the @spatie.be offices! Pizzas, devs & inspiring talks.

🔥 @leloup.dev gave our first public talk, showing how Hiker simplifies complex applications in Laravel.

👉 Devs, @hiker.dev is in early access! DM us for a license 😎

hiker.dev
March 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Want to learn about Hiker? That's the time, that's the place!
RSVP: www.meetup.com/php-antwerp/...
March 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there an easy way to store blade components in a modular directory structure?

For instance, for a monolith with a website and an app, I'd like to store components under "website/components" instead of "components/website". This does not seem to be possible out of the box?

#laravel
February 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's that time of the year again, days before a new Laravel release, and you're wondering "should I wait a bit before I start hacking on that new side-project"?

Well, since Laravel 12 is supposed to be the simplest upgrade ever, I guess we'll just go ahead... and ship? 😁
February 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Glad to see some repositories emerging, inspired by @hiker.dev 🙂

💡 Remember, there are 2 distinctive parts to Hiker: the flows pattern (as a standalone package called "Trail") and a modern UI automatically reacting in real time to these flows.

Keen to check it out? Request an access token! 🙏
February 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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It's been amazing to see people's reactions to @hiker.dev so far, and we've barely scratched the surface. There's a lot more to it than the simple demo app we've shared.

If you'd like your own early-access holographic license, get in touch! We'd love to hear your feedback.
February 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I will be at the #LaraconEU unconference with @toonvandenbos.com today at 16:20 to give a super quick demo of what @hiker.dev is like! Come have a peek 👀
February 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM