Type-safe Inertia responses with View Models · 4 min read
View models in Laravel help to structure your Inertia props, reduce duplication, and make backend to frontend data more maintainable and type-safe.
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Hi, I'm Niels. A full stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience building modern web apps and SaaS products. My main tools are Laravel and React. Occasionally contributing to open source. I'm currently one of the early engineers at Diagonal.
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What to expect from open source spatie.be ↗
In 2023, DHH's decision to remove TypeScript from Hotwire and Turbo caused some drama in the JavaScript community. At Spatie we're open source maintainers too, so this sparked an interesting debate: What can users expect from our open source packages?
Reintroducing Laravel Backup Server as an open source package spatie.be ↗
Backup Server is a Laravel package that monitors your servers and ensures their contents are backed up. It uses rsync to back up data from a source (a server you have access to via SSH) to a backup destination (a local Laravel disk).
Strategies to strengthen your domain reputation mailcoach.app ↗
To maximize your email deliverability, building a strong domain reputation is essential. Here’s how to improve sender reputation and keep your emails out of spam folders.
Ensure all routes in your laravel app are working · 2 min read
A PestPHP plugin to ensure all your laravel routes are available and not returning errors
Calculate which days you don't have to work! · 2 min read
We released a mini package called spatie/holidays which helps with calculating the public holidays of a country.
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