Stephen Bateman
@iambateman.com
Laravel developer, husband, dad.
My interests… building better cities and making web dev side projects.
Fun fact…I’m pretty good at ping pong.
My interests… building better cities and making web dev side projects.
Fun fact…I’m pretty good at ping pong.
I have to believe that someone at the ad agency said “it’s impossible to screw up a bacon ad.”
Which kicked off a fun internal competition of which the client is totally unaware.
Which kicked off a fun internal competition of which the client is totally unaware.
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I have to believe that someone at the ad agency said “it’s impossible to screw up a bacon ad.”
Which kicked off a fun internal competition of which the client is totally unaware.
Which kicked off a fun internal competition of which the client is totally unaware.
a major pickleball development was literally run out of my town because of noise.
...it was going to be on a lot sandwiched between the interstate and a forest.
None of this is a joke. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
...it was going to be on a lot sandwiched between the interstate and a forest.
None of this is a joke. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
a major pickleball development was literally run out of my town because of noise.
...it was going to be on a lot sandwiched between the interstate and a forest.
None of this is a joke. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
...it was going to be on a lot sandwiched between the interstate and a forest.
None of this is a joke. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yes! I was there on Friday.
For me, Livewire is accumulating memory on every update in FrankenPHP. A big form was using 128mb+. It took forever to figure out what to do.
Did you sort out your obscure error?
For me, Livewire is accumulating memory on every update in FrankenPHP. A big form was using 128mb+. It took forever to figure out what to do.
Did you sort out your obscure error?
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Yes! I was there on Friday.
For me, Livewire is accumulating memory on every update in FrankenPHP. A big form was using 128mb+. It took forever to figure out what to do.
Did you sort out your obscure error?
For me, Livewire is accumulating memory on every update in FrankenPHP. A big form was using 128mb+. It took forever to figure out what to do.
Did you sort out your obscure error?
Does the non awful news thing work? That’s a great idea.
October 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Does the non awful news thing work? That’s a great idea.
Good for them for taking a swing at it.
Not having a chain is definitely creative.
Not having a chain is definitely creative.
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Good for them for taking a swing at it.
Not having a chain is definitely creative.
Not having a chain is definitely creative.
Did it! this is great.
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Did it! this is great.
If you start by developing your knights and bishops early and save your queen moves for later, you’ll jump 100 points this week.
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If you start by developing your knights and bishops early and save your queen moves for later, you’ll jump 100 points this week.
Have you written an article citing those experts and making the case?
I’d love to read it.
I’d love to read it.
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Have you written an article citing those experts and making the case?
I’d love to read it.
I’d love to read it.
Oooh this looks great. I wonder if it can auto sync to Dropbox for a poor-man’s Loom
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Oooh this looks great. I wonder if it can auto sync to Dropbox for a poor-man’s Loom
Yea it’s too willing to write one-off div’s.
It may be the biggest challenge I have with Claude right now.
It may be the biggest challenge I have with Claude right now.
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Yea it’s too willing to write one-off div’s.
It may be the biggest challenge I have with Claude right now.
It may be the biggest challenge I have with Claude right now.
Have you ever seen an update with e-bikes? I’d be curious how that compares
October 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Have you ever seen an update with e-bikes? I’d be curious how that compares
Does it take four months of refrigeration? Sounds amazing but I don’t think I have the fridge space for four months of potato storage 🙈
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Does it take four months of refrigeration? Sounds amazing but I don’t think I have the fridge space for four months of potato storage 🙈
This was a big tweet for me. I’ve been packing and unpacking toiletries for years…it never occurred to me to just have extra toothpaste that stays in the bag 😂
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This was a big tweet for me. I’ve been packing and unpacking toiletries for years…it never occurred to me to just have extra toothpaste that stays in the bag 😂
I’ve built a workflow that generates about 10,000 words of plan for a feature. All that gets reviewed carefully.
Then I feel a lot more confident letting the agent break the plan down and churn through it.
Then I feel a lot more confident letting the agent break the plan down and churn through it.
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve built a workflow that generates about 10,000 words of plan for a feature. All that gets reviewed carefully.
Then I feel a lot more confident letting the agent break the plan down and churn through it.
Then I feel a lot more confident letting the agent break the plan down and churn through it.
I use Phpstorm configurations for npm run dev.
And herd automatically starts db.
Do just Claude for me.
And herd automatically starts db.
Do just Claude for me.
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I use Phpstorm configurations for npm run dev.
And herd automatically starts db.
Do just Claude for me.
And herd automatically starts db.
Do just Claude for me.
I’ve used that a bunch and it’s great.
October 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’ve used that a bunch and it’s great.