Hans Appel
haheap.bsky.social
Hans Appel
@haheap.bsky.social
Full stack web developer based in Denmark, mainly working in PHP, Laravel (TALL stack)

Based in Denmark. Other interests include gardening, cycling, personal finance and enjoying good life. Primary job in air traffic control. who/me
In total, I have around 180 Gb of data in cloud storage (OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox combined). Some of it duplicated and most of it old and redundant.
There is no way I am so important that I can justify that amount of data.
Need a more minimalistic and sustainable setup
#minimalism
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I have realized how much I dislike cloud services like OneDrive and Google Drive. So much old stuff lying around that it's ridicolous. I have spent the weekend setting up a new directory system locally, based on the PARA system.
Next step is remove OneDrive, even though I am on a Windows machine.
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I just ordered a 3d printer - and my wife thinks it’s a good idea
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I have wanted to write fiction for years, but never had the time or focus to do so. Wrote when I was young, but then life happened..
Right now I find myself in a situation with a lot of time on hand - and suddenly the inspiration came flowing yesterday with 2000 words and a story to build on.
August 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reposted by Hans Appel
The Laravel Idea Plugin is Now FREE for PhpStorm Users posted by @ericlbarnes.com laravel-news.com/the-laravel-...
July 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Headed to Rome for a week long vacation in the morning. Can’t wait to get back to enjoy this beautiful city.

This time in more manageable temperatures than my July visit two years ago 🥵

Any suggestions for restaurants or overlooked attractions are welcome.
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March 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Hans Appel
To prepare for annexation, the Musk-Trump regime in the United States will attempt to recruit local traitors in Greenland and Canada. They’ll do this the way the Putin regime recruited Sergey “the Goblin” Aksyonov and others before Russia invaded Crimea, Ukraine, in 2014.
March 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Need recommendations and ideas for setting up a NAS at home. Mainly to store personal documents, photos from the entire families phones and ongoing backups.
What should I go for? Synology or qnap? Any reason to go for 4 slots in stead of just 2?
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Are there any European alternatives to Google Drive/OneDrive or should I just find money for a NAS at home?
March 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by Hans Appel
Announcing Fire Tower! It helps monitor your
#Laravel application's package versions, check crucial configuration, and even allows for custom checks. As @taylorotwell.bsky.social said at #Laracon, #weMustShip. Use coupon LAUNCH50 for 50% off your first month. firetower.dev
Fire Tower
firetower.dev
February 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thank heaven coding is just my hobby. Haven’t written a single line of code in two months. I haven’t even registered a new domain.
I do have some ideas, but won’t start anything until Laravel 12 and the new the starter packs have launched.
February 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Hans Appel
Share your insights on stage! Deadline for talk proposals is tomorrow the 15th of February. Submit your talk proposal now! #laravellive #laravel
February 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How many podcasts are you subscribed to?

I have just unsubscribed from 15 podcasts (most of them technical, laravel related or related to saas/marketing) and are now down to 10 on other topics
December 7, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Hans Appel
Anyone have or know of an open source Laravel project that could use my contributions?

It would have to start with relatively simple things, but I’d love to contribute to something so I can learn from the process.

#Laravel #OpenSource #GitHub
December 4, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Just realized I can use Laravel Prompts in my seeders, so a php artisan db:seed could ask for amounts and even which seeders to run.

Don't know when I'd use it, but still kinda cool
November 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM
How tall is Hans Henrik Appel?
The internet is out guessing heights again
howtall.is
November 27, 2024 at 9:03 PM
After years of renewing my annual subscription, I finally went for the Forever plan on Laracasts. The BEST place for PHP and Laravel tutorials year after year.

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November 27, 2024 at 11:20 AM
When do you build your site assets in Laravel (npm run build) for production?
When pushing to master (eg git workflow) or directly on prod/staging server?
November 25, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Why do smoke detectors always run out of battery in the middle of the night?
November 22, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Having a damaged tooth removed this morning.
Send more ice cream please
November 22, 2024 at 6:31 AM
After leaving X, I find myself going to Reddit every now and then. Just to get a bit of drama that I don’t find here 🦋♥️

Lovely to have drama ‘ad libitum’ instead of being stuffed with it.
November 21, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Reposted by Hans Appel
Starting in January, I would be open for some consultancy / freelance work.

If anyone needs an extra set of eyes 👀 or hands 🙌 on their project, let me know.
November 21, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Imagine the plot twist if @aaronfrancislives.bsky.social actually is Aaron trolling us all 🤔
I really hope this is @ianlandsman.com trying to put the screws on Aaron to get his ass over here.
November 20, 2024 at 1:59 PM