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Andrew Minion
@andrewrminion.com
Senior Solutions Architect; Laravel, Livewire, Tailwind, Vue, Inertia

- Me: https://andrewrminion.com
- Work: https://ivisa.com
- Location: Twin Cities Metro
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A running thread of some of my favorite books over the years:
@mattstauffer.com I don’t know whose idea it was to make these @tighten.com fidget toys for Laracon but it was genius. I have another fidget spinner that I rarely use, but I use this thing multiple times a day, and I don’t even like noisy/clicky keyboards.
September 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@tjmiller.bsky.social any plans to add support for the OpenAI conversations API? Specifically, the part where we can pass a conversation ID. platform.openai.com/docs/guides/...

I’m happy to submit a PR for that… Just wondering if you had bigger plans
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sounds about right 😂
The evolution of "vibe coding production software as a non-dev" the last few months

Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers

Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It’s been a while…
August 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@laravel.com @thehanktaylor.com the new monthly changelog is a great idea!! Any chance you could add RSS support for those of us that still use old-school feed readers?
July 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
From bush to dish in 24h: picked some wild black raspberries and made fresh ice cream 😋
July 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Anybody using Prometheus and/or OpenTelemetry in their Laravel apps in production? Do you measure *everything* or just specific routes/jobs/etc. of interest?
June 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Laravel friends: anybody know of good testing setups to hunt for scalability issues before they crop up for real users? I'm less concerned with stress-testing (concurrent requests) than I am with issues caused by large database volume (both mysql data and redis cache).
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Had a blast with my @phpxmsp.com pals tonight!

Special thanks to @cmorrell.com and @shanedrosenthal.bsky.social for flying in to give some fascinating talks
May 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Prompted by somebody asking how to learn the Laravel ethos, I put together a list of resources that have been extremely helpful to me: andrewrminion.com/2025/04/lara...

#laravel #learning #podcasts
Laravel Learning Resources - AndrewRMinion Design
Inspired by a comment in the Mastering Laravel community, here is a list of resources that have really helped me absorb the ethos of the “Laravel way” of doing things. Podcasts The Laravel Podcast has...
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April 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What are your favorite AI tools for development these days? Evaluating some to start using soon with our team on a Laravel + Vue + Tailwind site.
March 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@dyrynda.au @jakebennett.bsky.social I just started the Laravel News podcast. I had my own full-time business for nearly 5 years and it was actually much harder to take time off than it has been for me as an employee.
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is such a great approach!!
February 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Great talk by @davehicking.com at the inaugural @phpxmsp.com meetup tonight! Thanks for the reminder to step back and ask questions.
January 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Wow...this is really cool!!
You knew I wasn't going to stop, didn't you...

Fine! Go on, just have it all... here's Laravel running on iOS

😈

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKMs...
I knew I wasn't going to get any sleep....
YouTube video by Simon Hamp
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January 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Starting a thread of Ubuntu tips and software as I start using and discovering them...suggestions always welcome!
January 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A bit cold but still a good day out there
January 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Anybody have tips and tricks for using Ubuntu as your primary dev machine? I’m used to macOS…
Current status:
January 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Current status:
January 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A running thread of some of my favorite books over the years:
January 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Which would you try first?
December 24, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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We're so excited to welcome @davehicking.com as our first speaker! He's fresh off Laracon AU and ready to talk about being a healthy developer.

Join us January 23
RSVP at phpxmsp.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Can you tell I love @raycast.com? 😂 Raycast Wrapped is pretty cool
December 17, 2024 at 2:09 AM
@joe.codes I’m curious about that first-party Laravel VS Code Extension…any word on when it might be released? Need any beta testers?
December 9, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Had a great time at the First Lego League competition on Saturday. Our team didn’t place but learned a lot and enjoyed the process.
December 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM