gal.jakic.dev
@gal.jakic.dev
Product & Project Manager @ Acenta.
3x Paralympian.
Founder @ We Wow Web.
Blogging at https://gal.jakic.dev/
Dad to an awesome human being called Leo.
3x Paralympian.
Founder @ We Wow Web.
Blogging at https://gal.jakic.dev/
Dad to an awesome human being called Leo.
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The tragic reality of being a parent: all of your precious little free time comes when you are too tired to do anything with it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The tragic reality of being a parent: all of your precious little free time comes when you are too tired to do anything with it.
Recently, I've been playing with the idea of porting @laravel.com's Eloquent ORM to the Javascript ecosystem.
Probably spent way too many side-hustle hours on this one, but we made it to the "Houston, we have a rough prototype" phase.
It makes @svelte.dev's remote functions shine even brighter! 😎
Probably spent way too many side-hustle hours on this one, but we made it to the "Houston, we have a rough prototype" phase.
It makes @svelte.dev's remote functions shine even brighter! 😎
October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Recently, I've been playing with the idea of porting @laravel.com's Eloquent ORM to the Javascript ecosystem.
Probably spent way too many side-hustle hours on this one, but we made it to the "Houston, we have a rough prototype" phase.
It makes @svelte.dev's remote functions shine even brighter! 😎
Probably spent way too many side-hustle hours on this one, but we made it to the "Houston, we have a rough prototype" phase.
It makes @svelte.dev's remote functions shine even brighter! 😎
Next week I’m travelling to Zürich, but sadly I’m leaving a day before the @laravel.swiss meetup 🫠
Still, if any Laravel dev in the area wants to grab a cup of coffee on Tuesday or Thursday afternoon & talk code, life, … shoot a Bluesky butterfly (or whatever we call that around here) my way.
✌🏻🇨🇭🤙🏻
Still, if any Laravel dev in the area wants to grab a cup of coffee on Tuesday or Thursday afternoon & talk code, life, … shoot a Bluesky butterfly (or whatever we call that around here) my way.
✌🏻🇨🇭🤙🏻
a cartoon cat is holding a swiss flag
Alt: a cartoon cat is holding a swiss flag
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Next week I’m travelling to Zürich, but sadly I’m leaving a day before the @laravel.swiss meetup 🫠
Still, if any Laravel dev in the area wants to grab a cup of coffee on Tuesday or Thursday afternoon & talk code, life, … shoot a Bluesky butterfly (or whatever we call that around here) my way.
✌🏻🇨🇭🤙🏻
Still, if any Laravel dev in the area wants to grab a cup of coffee on Tuesday or Thursday afternoon & talk code, life, … shoot a Bluesky butterfly (or whatever we call that around here) my way.
✌🏻🇨🇭🤙🏻
Ok, this is turning out to be a pretty good Friday, so maybe I can share the story from the high (green) grass of @laravel.com development.
I was recently asked to create a simple B2B app that, in the simplest terms, allows the stakeholders to manage and download PDF files.
(1/6)
I was recently asked to create a simple B2B app that, in the simplest terms, allows the stakeholders to manage and download PDF files.
(1/6)
a man with a long white beard and mustache is pointing at something .
ALT: a man with a long white beard and mustache is pointing at something .
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ok, this is turning out to be a pretty good Friday, so maybe I can share the story from the high (green) grass of @laravel.com development.
I was recently asked to create a simple B2B app that, in the simplest terms, allows the stakeholders to manage and download PDF files.
(1/6)
I was recently asked to create a simple B2B app that, in the simplest terms, allows the stakeholders to manage and download PDF files.
(1/6)
Here’s a public service announcement:
if you bought a domain for your open source project that will eventually house the documentation, but it doesn’t yet… please please PLEASE don’t show it on your github repo and link it to the same github repo. 🤨
if you bought a domain for your open source project that will eventually house the documentation, but it doesn’t yet… please please PLEASE don’t show it on your github repo and link it to the same github repo. 🤨
a close up of a man wearing sunglasses and looking at something .
Alt: a close up of a man wearing sunglasses and looking at something .
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Here’s a public service announcement:
if you bought a domain for your open source project that will eventually house the documentation, but it doesn’t yet… please please PLEASE don’t show it on your github repo and link it to the same github repo. 🤨
if you bought a domain for your open source project that will eventually house the documentation, but it doesn’t yet… please please PLEASE don’t show it on your github repo and link it to the same github repo. 🤨
@mrmacintosh.bsky.social hey, sorry to bug you on Bluesky, just wanted to check if there’s an email where I can report a security concern to the OpenCore Legacy patcher team 😅.
Thanks!
Thanks!
September 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@mrmacintosh.bsky.social hey, sorry to bug you on Bluesky, just wanted to check if there’s an email where I can report a security concern to the OpenCore Legacy patcher team 😅.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Ship like your life depends on it.
September 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Ship like your life depends on it.
Despite being in tech for decades at this point, I still get a kick out of the tiniest of things, but most of all "the janitorial commits" to open source software.
Found two of these gems out in the high grass today and couldn't walk past them.
github.com/instantdb/in...
Found two of these gems out in the high grass today and couldn't walk past them.
github.com/instantdb/in...
Remove duplicated db.ts by morpheus7CS · Pull Request #1604 · instantdb/instant
Hey,
I just started a new vanilla JS project with Instant and noticed that out of the box, there is a duplicated db.ts file that doesn't appear to be linked anywhere.
I would also love to say t...
github.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Despite being in tech for decades at this point, I still get a kick out of the tiniest of things, but most of all "the janitorial commits" to open source software.
Found two of these gems out in the high grass today and couldn't walk past them.
github.com/instantdb/in...
Found two of these gems out in the high grass today and couldn't walk past them.
github.com/instantdb/in...
Read this post by The Daily Coach today and realized I needed to give myself a long and hard kick in the butt today.
Had the kick been a field goal attempt, it likely would have been a 70-yarder. 😅
www.thedaily.coach/p/a-new-day-...
Had the kick been a field goal attempt, it likely would have been a 70-yarder. 😅
www.thedaily.coach/p/a-new-day-...
A New Day: Bear Bryant’s Daily Lesson in Growth
By starting each day as a new day, with gratitude and freedom from burdens, we begin the journey toward growth.
www.thedaily.coach
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Read this post by The Daily Coach today and realized I needed to give myself a long and hard kick in the butt today.
Had the kick been a field goal attempt, it likely would have been a 70-yarder. 😅
www.thedaily.coach/p/a-new-day-...
Had the kick been a field goal attempt, it likely would have been a 70-yarder. 😅
www.thedaily.coach/p/a-new-day-...
@freek.bsky.social hey, this may be a long question for 🦋, but can you offer some insight into how you see the @spatie.be laravel-livewire-wizard’s future, with Livewire 4 now primarily switching to a Volt-like syntax?
Thanks!
Thanks!
August 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@freek.bsky.social hey, this may be a long question for 🦋, but can you offer some insight into how you see the @spatie.be laravel-livewire-wizard’s future, with Livewire 4 now primarily switching to a Volt-like syntax?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I can neither confirm nor deny that every time I make a task-list-like form in an app, I test it with Adele lyrics. 😅
August 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I can neither confirm nor deny that every time I make a task-list-like form in an app, I test it with Adele lyrics. 😅
As we have come to expect with @johnrudolphdrexler.com, he has set and cleared a high (trust) bar with this talk at Laracon US. Great job.
(The witch then doth retreat back into the cave.)
(The witch then doth retreat back into the cave.)
My new talk is up! 5 practical things developers can do to build trust with their non-technical bosses. In the high trust environment you have less micromanagement and conflict, and more freedom and harmony. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zki4...
Building High-Trust Environments | John Drexler Laracon US 2025
YouTube video by Laravel
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
As we have come to expect with @johnrudolphdrexler.com, he has set and cleared a high (trust) bar with this talk at Laracon US. Great job.
(The witch then doth retreat back into the cave.)
(The witch then doth retreat back into the cave.)
Happy to say, you can soon run
php artisan make:volt folder.component
and it will work as expected.
@laravel.com forever 🔥
php artisan make:volt folder.component
and it will work as expected.
@laravel.com forever 🔥
So, today I sat down and made another “signature” PR to @laravel.com’s Livewire Volt.
It’s what I call a “janitorial PR” - that crack that’s bugging you until you fix it - even if it’s only you who sees it.
As a reminder to never stop going back and giving back.
github.com/livewire/vol...
(3/3)
It’s what I call a “janitorial PR” - that crack that’s bugging you until you fix it - even if it’s only you who sees it.
As a reminder to never stop going back and giving back.
github.com/livewire/vol...
(3/3)
Support the dot in the make:volt command by morpheus7CS · Pull Request #140 · livewire/volt
Hi,
looking over Caleb Porzio's Livewire screencasts today, I noticed that the make:voltcommand doesn't support the dot notation, that is already present in make:livewire command.
Here'...
github.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy to say, you can soon run
php artisan make:volt folder.component
and it will work as expected.
@laravel.com forever 🔥
php artisan make:volt folder.component
and it will work as expected.
@laravel.com forever 🔥
Had some twists and turns in the past few weeks.
Time to go back to the lesson I learned in my Para Alpine Skiing days: when it doesn’t work, go back.
In ski racing, that meant no skiing through gates, just freeskiing, making turns and finding the joy in everything being simple again. (1/3)
Time to go back to the lesson I learned in my Para Alpine Skiing days: when it doesn’t work, go back.
In ski racing, that meant no skiing through gates, just freeskiing, making turns and finding the joy in everything being simple again. (1/3)
August 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Had some twists and turns in the past few weeks.
Time to go back to the lesson I learned in my Para Alpine Skiing days: when it doesn’t work, go back.
In ski racing, that meant no skiing through gates, just freeskiing, making turns and finding the joy in everything being simple again. (1/3)
Time to go back to the lesson I learned in my Para Alpine Skiing days: when it doesn’t work, go back.
In ski racing, that meant no skiing through gates, just freeskiing, making turns and finding the joy in everything being simple again. (1/3)
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Tested @svelte.dev’s experimental async and remote function call features these past few days, with some very simple use cases.
Complexity of learning to do things “the SvelteKit way” has been lowered dramatically, while maintaining the high DX bar.
Great update! 🫶🏻
github.com/sveltejs/kit...
Complexity of learning to do things “the SvelteKit way” has been lowered dramatically, while maintaining the high DX bar.
Great update! 🫶🏻
github.com/sveltejs/kit...
Remote Functions · sveltejs kit · Discussion #13897
The RFC was tweaked, see #13897 (comment) for a list of changes tl;dr Remote functions are a new concept in SvelteKit that allow you to declare functions inside a .remote.ts file, import them insid...
github.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Tested @svelte.dev’s experimental async and remote function call features these past few days, with some very simple use cases.
Complexity of learning to do things “the SvelteKit way” has been lowered dramatically, while maintaining the high DX bar.
Great update! 🫶🏻
github.com/sveltejs/kit...
Complexity of learning to do things “the SvelteKit way” has been lowered dramatically, while maintaining the high DX bar.
Great update! 🫶🏻
github.com/sveltejs/kit...
Reposted by gal.jakic.dev
After a falling tree branch paralyzed him, Google software engineer Sasha Blair-Goldensohn began helping people with disabilities navigate their cities and neighborhoods.
Meet the Google engineer making Maps more accessible
After a falling tree branch paralyzed him, Google software engineer Sasha Blair-Goldensohn began helping people with disabilities navigate their cities and neighborhoods.
www.wbur.org
July 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
After a falling tree branch paralyzed him, Google software engineer Sasha Blair-Goldensohn began helping people with disabilities navigate their cities and neighborhoods.
@opravicujemo.se indoktrinacija 10-letnika se začne… ZDAJ!
June 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@opravicujemo.se indoktrinacija 10-letnika se začne… ZDAJ!
I may have created the ugliest app in the World today, but it’s the internal beauty of it that’s important.
Probably the highlight of my week. 🫶🏻
Probably the highlight of my week. 🫶🏻
June 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I may have created the ugliest app in the World today, but it’s the internal beauty of it that’s important.
Probably the highlight of my week. 🫶🏻
Probably the highlight of my week. 🫶🏻
Won’t be able to make it to Barcelona this year, but as a wheelchair user and @svelte.dev community member - knowing that the venue is fully wheelchair accessible (without digging around for info) is hugely important.
Congrats to @rich-harris.dev and Svelte Team pushing #a11y online and offline. ✌🏻
Congrats to @rich-harris.dev and Svelte Team pushing #a11y online and offline. ✌🏻
April 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Won’t be able to make it to Barcelona this year, but as a wheelchair user and @svelte.dev community member - knowing that the venue is fully wheelchair accessible (without digging around for info) is hugely important.
Congrats to @rich-harris.dev and Svelte Team pushing #a11y online and offline. ✌🏻
Congrats to @rich-harris.dev and Svelte Team pushing #a11y online and offline. ✌🏻
In a world, where crappy social network CEOs are the norm, we need more Jays (@jay.bsky.team) to step up and show us how leading and building a inclusive online social network/community is done.
🫶🏻 🦋
mashable.com/article/blue...
🫶🏻 🦋
mashable.com/article/blue...
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In a world, where crappy social network CEOs are the norm, we need more Jays (@jay.bsky.team) to step up and show us how leading and building a inclusive online social network/community is done.
🫶🏻 🦋
mashable.com/article/blue...
🫶🏻 🦋
mashable.com/article/blue...
Even when you’re not in #Laravel land, community contributions such as this @svelte.dev Starter Kit can really save your 🥓: laravel-news.com/laravel-12-s...
Used a slightly modified AuthSplit component yesterday for the auth layouts for Happy Cal. Great work by Osemudiamhen Ughu. 🫶🏻
Used a slightly modified AuthSplit component yesterday for the auth layouts for Happy Cal. Great work by Osemudiamhen Ughu. 🫶🏻
Laravel 12 Svelte Starter Kit - Laravel News
The Svelte Starter Kit for Laravel was created by Osemudiamhen Ughu and provides a Svelte version of Laravel's New Starter Kits.
laravel-news.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Even when you’re not in #Laravel land, community contributions such as this @svelte.dev Starter Kit can really save your 🥓: laravel-news.com/laravel-12-s...
Used a slightly modified AuthSplit component yesterday for the auth layouts for Happy Cal. Great work by Osemudiamhen Ughu. 🫶🏻
Used a slightly modified AuthSplit component yesterday for the auth layouts for Happy Cal. Great work by Osemudiamhen Ughu. 🫶🏻
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When you’re 10 layers deep in a Bash script that you wrote last year and forgot how it works:
Smeagol: Bash... yesss, precious Bash... We wrote it, yesss… but we don’t remember how!
Smeagol: Bash... yesss, precious Bash... We wrote it, yesss… but we don’t remember how!
March 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
When you’re 10 layers deep in a Bash script that you wrote last year and forgot how it works:
Smeagol: Bash... yesss, precious Bash... We wrote it, yesss… but we don’t remember how!
Smeagol: Bash... yesss, precious Bash... We wrote it, yesss… but we don’t remember how!
Decided today is a perfect day to write some non-job-related code and learn some @svelte.dev CRUD with @cloudflare.social D1 in the process.
Very WIP at the moment…
Very WIP at the moment…
March 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Decided today is a perfect day to write some non-job-related code and learn some @svelte.dev CRUD with @cloudflare.social D1 in the process.
Very WIP at the moment…
Very WIP at the moment…
<rant>
if I got half a cent every time I hear "ND filters are like sunglasses for your camera/lens" on a random Youtube ND filter video review, I'd be challenging Elon in terms of net worth right now... 🫠
</rant>
if I got half a cent every time I hear "ND filters are like sunglasses for your camera/lens" on a random Youtube ND filter video review, I'd be challenging Elon in terms of net worth right now... 🫠
</rant>
a fat man wearing sunglasses and a colorful shirt is looking through his glasses .
ALT: a fat man wearing sunglasses and a colorful shirt is looking through his glasses .
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
<rant>
if I got half a cent every time I hear "ND filters are like sunglasses for your camera/lens" on a random Youtube ND filter video review, I'd be challenging Elon in terms of net worth right now... 🫠
</rant>
if I got half a cent every time I hear "ND filters are like sunglasses for your camera/lens" on a random Youtube ND filter video review, I'd be challenging Elon in terms of net worth right now... 🫠
</rant>