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Alex Vanderbist
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Web, tech, and code enthousiast. PHP & Laravel developer at Spatie. Blogging at alexvanderbist.com
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January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Any tips for handling large #Laravel Horizon jobs more effectively? Getting [job] attempted too many times usually points to OOM/timeouts, but debugging is tough - especially with 30min+ execution times and retries. What's your approach?
January 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now that an official VS Code extension for Laravel is available, I'm ready to give it another try. Is there a definitive guide on how to configure VS Code for PHP development? I know there's a Laracasts course, but I feel like a lot has changed since 2021
December 18, 2024 at 9:05 AM
this post but for global scopes
we’ve used laravel’s soft deletes in a few production apps, and honestly, they just make the codebase more complicated and lead to a bunch of unexpected edge cases. i try to avoid them as much as possible.
November 25, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Every year, we create a fun video and promo for Black Friday, and this one might be my favorite yet!

Next week we'll be giving away 100 t-shirts and a bunch of other prizes, if you know where to find them 🕵️
S.P.A.T.I.E. invites its would-be agents to their first briefing. Find your objective on Monday 25th at 9:00 CET at topsecret.spatie.be. Don't be late.
November 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM