Ben Bjurstrom
benbjurstrom.com
Ben Bjurstrom
@benbjurstrom.com
Laravel Developer — Building prezet.com a markdown blogging engine for Laravel.

benbjurstrom.com
I’m typically team @ianlandsman.com but not on this one.

Vectors created by an LLM will for sure capture the semantic similarity between a high heel and a shoe.

Put together a little demo showing pgvector working with Laravel Scout:

pgvector.laravel.cloud
May 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Ben Bjurstrom
First Factor One-Time Passwords for Laravel with OTPZ
First Factor One-Time Passwords for Laravel with OTPZ - Laravel News
Add First Factor One-Time Passwords to your Laravel application (ie. Passwordless OTP Login)
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Made a couple updates to the included templates after recording the video.
January 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
OTPz: A first factor one-time password package for Laravel

github.com/benbjurstrom...
January 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel the same way. Lately I’ve been using both. Switch to Cursor for the AI generation and then review the changes and make manual tweaks in PHPStorm.
December 31, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Needed a simple lightbox plugin for Alpine.js so I threw this together over the weekend. Just add x-zoomable to your img tag.

Available on npm or via cdn: github.com/benbjurstrom...
December 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Everything about warzone is terrible except the game itself. Devs resting on their laurels.
December 14, 2024 at 12:53 AM
My ideal Laravel login page looks something like this. Really don't like being responsible for user's passwords.
December 13, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Created a log-in links package for Laravel and would love to get some feedback. Features:

✅ Rate limited
✅ Invalidated after first use
✅ Locked to the user's session
✅ Configurable expiration
✅ Detailed error messages
✅ Customizable mail template
✅ Auditable logs

github.com/benbjurstrom...
December 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Good looking scoop
December 7, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Gotta be @astro.build. Though I really want to check out vapor.codes
Vapor
A framework for building APIs, backend servers and websites, in Swift.
vapor.codes
December 6, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Assuming you're referring to the pgvector package I created for Laravel Scout, I think that would pair well with @tjmiller.bsky.social's Prism to create a RAG workflow.

A Prism tool call that performs a pgvector search would give your LLM of choice access to your data for further processing.
December 6, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Wait until you find out he bikes the continental divide from Canada to Mexico every year.
December 5, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Good idea! I have two Apple Watches for the same reason.
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Imagine if you could add subdomains to your handle.

Post all your laravel stuff under @laravel.iambateman.com and anyone who’s not interested could unsubscribe from just that subdomain.
December 1, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I guess it depends on what you do in post to get things sounding right. I just use a compressor and an expander so interfaces by Rode, MOTU, and RME work well for me.

If you do more something like the UA Apollo Solo could be a good choice since it can run plugins that can do almost anything.
December 1, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Ended up taking 55 minutes.
December 1, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Im sure it would help, but using an interface with built in DSP seems simpler.
December 1, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Short on time so I’m spatchcocking this turkey on the grill. Should be done in an hour and a half.
December 1, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Adding shadcn to the Inertia React variant would be 🔥
November 30, 2024 at 5:53 PM
The “Show less like this” button really cleaned my feed.

When I signed up it was all anime and digital art by default and I don’t see any of that anymore.
November 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I’d probably run the models with ollama and use Laravel to hit its localhost api.

github.com/ollama/ollam...
github.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:52 PM
With the callback syntax you don’t have to use a controller
November 29, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Always enjoy this, thanks!
November 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Setup Starlink for my parents. Not bad at all.

Now to mount it on the roof.
November 29, 2024 at 6:25 PM