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Alex Bouma
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PHP artisan, full stack dev and server wrangler

Building @chief.tools

PHP / Laravel SDK maintainer @sentry.io

https://alex.bouma.me/about
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I am building Chief Tools:

- Cert Chief: Certificate monitoring
- Deploy Chief: Zero downtime deployments
- Tny: URL shortener / domain redirects
- BillDO: DigitalOcean billing insights

Check them out @ chief.app!
Chief Tools: Building, deploying and monitoring your applications.
Enhance your online applications with our tools: Domain monitoring, zero-downtime deployments, URL shortening, DO budget insights, and more!
chief.app
🔖 Pikaday

A friendly guide to front-end date pickers!

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Pikaday
A friendly guide to front-end date pickers!
tny.app
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🔖 Collaboration sucks

If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go alone too. (mostly)

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Collaboration sucks
If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go alone too. (mostly)
tny.app
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Alex Bouma
Tag yourself on the @laravel.com map 🗺️

laramap.dev
Laramap
Laramap is a community-driven map connecting Laravel artisans worldwide.
laramap.dev
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🔖 Automerge

Automerge is a library for building collaborative, local-first applications.

🔗 https://tny.app/l5co8vmm #bookmarkPost
Automerge
Automerge is a library for building collaborative, local-first applications.
tny.app
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by Alex Bouma
The best way to deploy software
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🔖 Where It's at:// — overreacted

From handles to hosting.

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Where It's at:// — overreacted
From handles to hosting.
tny.app
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🔖 Two Slice

A font that's only 2px tall, and somewhat readable.

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Two Slice, a font that's only 2px tall
A font that's only 2px tall, and somewhat readable.
tny.app
September 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🔖 How to set up Apple Branded Mail for your business or brand?

Based in Europe, we ensure your transactional emails are secure, reliable, and always reach your customers. Never worry about email delive...

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How to set up Apple Branded Mail for your business or brand?
Set up Apple Branded Mail for your business. Display your logo in Apple Mail with this free step-by-step guide. Works automatically with Lettermint.
tny.app
September 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🔖 Building the Mouse Logitech Won't Make · Sam Wilkinson

Modifying the MX Ergo trackball mouse to fix its micro-USB charging, loud switches, and bloated software issues.

🔗 https://tny.app/91ahwism #bookmarkPost
Building the Mouse Logitech Won't Make · Sam Wilkinson
Modifying the MX Ergo trackball mouse to fix its micro-USB charging, loud switches, and bloated software issues.
tny.app
August 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🔖 nitro

tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor

🔗 https://tny.app/wg2t3phw #bookmarkPost
nitro - tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
tny.app
August 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🔖 An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths • Josh W. Comeau

SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, wi...

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An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths • Josh W. Comeau
SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, with its compact Regex-style syntax. In this tutorial, we’ll demystify this infamous element and see some of the cool things we can do with it!
tny.app
August 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🔖 Cork

The Homebrew GUI for macOS

🔗 https://tny.app/en0kpt1d #bookmarkPost
Cork: The Homebrew GUI for macOS
The Homebrew GUI for macOS
tny.app
August 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🔖 OverType - The Markdown Editor That's a Textarea

OverType is a transparent textarea over rendered markdown. Plain text simplicity, WYSIWYG beauty, zero complexity.

🔗 https://tny.app/030ee12y #bookmarkPost
OverType - The Markdown Editor That's a Textarea
OverType is a transparent textarea over rendered markdown. Plain text simplicity, WYSIWYG beauty, zero complexity.
tny.app
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Reposted by Alex Bouma
I haven't done a sale on Securing Laravel in a while, and I will be disconnected from the internet until Saturday, so now is the perfect time for a sale, right?? I don't like doing things normally, so this just feels right! 😎

Sign up and get 25% off!

securinglaravel.com/stephen-is-u...
Stephen Is Uncontactable Sale?! 😱
We haven't had a sale in a while and I am disconnected from the internet from Tuesday to Saturday, so it's the perfect time for a sale, right?? I don't like doing things normally, so this just feels…
securinglaravel.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🔖 Tatami - Email Deliverability Monitoring Platform

Real-time email deliverability monitoring with AI-powered bounce analysis, IP intelligence, reputation monitoring, and blacklist tracking. $10 per mi...

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Tatami - Email Deliverability Monitoring Platform
The same monitoring infrastructure that powers Bento's 99.8% inbox placement rate is now available to everyone. Enterprise-grade deliverability monitoring with reputation tracking and blacklist monitoring democratized.
tny.app
August 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🔖 The Laravel Idea Plugin is Now Free for PhpStorm Users | The PhpStorm Blog

Starting July 30, 2025, we’re making Laravel Idea free for PhpStorm users. If you have the Laravel Idea plugin installed, yo...

🔗 https://tny.app/qttmjoeo #bookmarkPost
The Laravel Idea Plugin is Now Free for PhpStorm Users
Starting July 30, 2025, we’re making Laravel Idea free for PhpStorm users. If you have the Laravel Idea plugin installed, you get full access to all plugin features at no extra cost.
tny.app
July 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🔖 Litebase

Open source distributed database built on SQLite and backed by distributed file systems and object storage

🔗 https://tny.app/2epa75ts #bookmarkPost
Litebase
Open source distributed database built on SQLite and backed by distributed file systems and object storage
tny.app
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
🔖 Game Boy cartridges

More than you wanted to know about how Game Boy cartridges work

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More than you wanted to know about how Game Boy cartridges work
More than you wanted to know about how Game Boy cartridges work
tny.app
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🔖 Laratranslate

Laratranslate is a Laravel package providing a powerful UI to manage all your translation strings.

🔗 https://tny.app/f9tq63t5 #bookmarkPost
Laratranslate
Laratranslate is a Laravel package providing a powerful UI to manage all your translation strings.
tny.app
July 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🔖 new Date("wtf")

How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?

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new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
tny.app
July 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Love this view in @sentry.io. It shows a list of the queued jobs in my @laravel.com application and the stats. Can immediately see I have some work todo on the "TransferDomain" job 🔥
July 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
🔖 mount -t tigrisfs | Tigris Object Storage

Learn how Tigris Data's tigrisfs provides a native filesystem interface for unlimited, globally accessible cloud storage. Bridge the gap between cloud and lo...

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mount -t tigrisfs | Tigris Object Storage
Learn how Tigris Data's tigrisfs provides a native filesystem interface for unlimited, globally accessible cloud storage. Bridge the gap between cloud and local, enabling seamless integration with existing tools and tackling big data challenges for AI, analytics, and more.
tny.app
July 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🔖 Tool Trace

Custom foam cutouts for your tools

🔗 https://tny.app/n3yot0i0 #bookmarkPost
Tool Trace
Custom foam cutouts for your tools
tny.app
June 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🔖 opencode

The AI coding agent built for the terminal.

🔗 https://tny.app/s4xw3irl #bookmarkPost
opencode
The AI coding agent built for the terminal.
tny.app
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
🔖 Sockudo

A high-performance, Pusher-compatible WebSockets server written in Rust.

🔗 https://tny.app/jihd03x0 #bookmarkPost
Sockudo
A high-performance, Pusher-compatible WebSockets server written in Rust.
tny.app
June 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM