Full stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience building modern web apps and SaaS products. Laravel and React.https://vanpachtenbeke.com/en-ushttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/type-safe-inertia-responses-with-view-models/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/type-safe-inertia-responses-with-view-models/View models in Laravel help to structure your Inertia props, reduce duplication, and make backend to frontend data more maintainable and type-safe.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://spatie.be/blog/what-to-expect-from-open-sourcehttps://spatie.be/blog/what-to-expect-from-open-sourceIn 2023, DHH's decision to remove TypeScript from Hotwire and Turbo caused some drama in the JavaScript community. 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Here’s how to improve sender reputation and keep your emails out of spam folders.Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/ensure-all-routes-in-your-laravel-app-are-working/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/ensure-all-routes-in-your-laravel-app-are-working/A PestPHP plugin to ensure all your laravel routes are available and not returning errorsThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/calculate-which-days-you-don-t-have-to-work-with-php/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/calculate-which-days-you-don-t-have-to-work-with-php/We released a mini package called spatie/holidays which helps with calculating the public holidays of a country.Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/cors-issues-after-migrating-to-laravel-herd/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/cors-issues-after-migrating-to-laravel-herd/I have been a satisfied Valet user for the past four years, but my recent frustrations with Homebrew have led me to look into Laravel Herd.Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://justinjackson.ca/build-new-startuphttps://justinjackson.ca/build-new-startupA Deeper Dive into Crafting a Startup in 2023Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_worldhttps://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_worldMon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/a-pixel-level-image-comparison-with-php/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/a-pixel-level-image-comparison-with-php/A new package release which uses Pixelmatch under the hood.Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/publishing-this-website-on-cloudflare/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/publishing-this-website-on-cloudflare/How I finally managed to finish and deploy a personal website instead of letting it end up in the digital graveyard with the others.Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/accessing-additional-validation-data-in-laravel/https://vanpachtenbeke.com/posts/accessing-additional-validation-data-in-laravel/Laravel's DataAwareRule interface allows us to access and utilize additional validation dataTue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://gist.github.com/joshbuchea/6f47e86d2510bce28f8e7f42ae84c716https://gist.github.com/joshbuchea/6f47e86d2510bce28f8e7f42ae84c716See how a minor change to your commit message style can make you a better programmer.Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.swyx.io/preemptive-pluralizationhttps://www.swyx.io/preemptive-pluralizationBefore you write any code — ask if you could ever possibly want multiple kinds of the thing you are coding. 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