James Brooks
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James Brooks
@jbrooks.uk
👨‍🚀 Engineering Team Lead at @laravel.com
👨🏻‍💻 Building @cachethq.io
🤝 Organising @phpstoke.co.uk
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August 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Laravel Artisan Cheatsheet now displays option default values 🧠

artisan.page
August 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Something we didn't show in the Laracon US keynote is that Forge now keeps a log of when you run recipes. Now, you can see when and what servers a recipe was run on.
August 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I am incredibly proud of the Forge team and all their hard work!

Unfortunately, some of the team were unable to join us at Laracon but all played a huge part in making Forge more awesome.

Incredible work 👏
August 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Guess what? Nothing is stopping you from turning your handwriting into a custom font 🤌
January 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Implemented @calebporzio.bsky.social‘s accent theming system into @cachethq.io. Pick a colour and see Cachet adapt. More theming changes coming soon!
docs.cachethq.io/v3.x/configu...
December 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
The nicest, politest roast ever.

blueskyroast.com/roast/jbrook...
December 1, 2024 at 4:19 PM
If you see this post a concert picture or video you took!
November 11, 2024 at 8:56 AM
This is what it created for me.
November 10, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Them: the robots are taking our jobs

The robots: 🫧 🫧
November 2, 2024 at 9:03 PM
October 31, 2024 at 4:44 PM
From NYC to Stoke-on-Trent... 👀
October 24, 2024 at 10:08 AM
5 years missing you.
August 14, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Found this 10yr throwback. I’d been developing a forum for fun. Check that table-first design 👀
August 13, 2023 at 7:05 PM
✅ Yesterday's #PHPStoke meet-up was another success.

📈 59 attendees, pizza, beers, pop and 4 excellent talks.

👏 I'm really proud of how our little meet-up is shaping up!
April 28, 2023 at 1:37 PM
📷 I'm not a photographer (as you can tell), but I love trying to capture something on a proper camera.

✨ I use the Leica D-Lux 7, which does far more than I'll ever understand.

🐑 I snapped these sheep last weekend.
April 26, 2023 at 9:20 AM
Hi there, Blue Sky.
April 25, 2023 at 7:46 PM