Ben Sampson

@freekmurze @phpstorm Link for the lazy: spatie.be/videos/front-l…

🐘 We’ve released a free video course that explains all new PHP 8 features. Match, annotations, nullsafe operators, we’ve covered it all. You’ll see a few nice new @phpstorm tricks as well! Enjoy! More free videos on how you can install and migrate to #PHP 8 will be added soon!

@brendt_gd Infrequently at sampo.co.uk/blog

I wonder how many technical people in my circle have a blog, so tell me: do you blog? RTs are appreciated :)

I wrote a quick article on setting up automatic social images for your blog (@gridsome in my case). ⚡️ They're awesome for making posts stand out and look super slick across all the different social sites Check it out 👇 (image by 🤖 ) atymic.dev/tips/blog-soci…

@atymic @gridsome I should definitely set this up on my blog. I painstakingly make each image in Sketch after I’ve written the post 🤣. Nice write up, thanks.

How to embed YouTube videos in Laravel: The easy way sampo.co.uk/blog/how-to-em…

sampo.co.uk/blog/how-to-em… #laravel #php

Generate Js enums from your php emums/constants github.com/modstore/larav…

@RalphMRivera Is now: twitter.com/BenSampo/statu…

📈 Laravel Enum just hit 1 MILLION installs! github.com/BenSampo/larav… #laravel #php

I've just tagged v3.0.0 Laravel Enum ✅ Laravel 8.0 support github.com/BenSampo/larav…

TIL Custom casts was a feature of Laravel. Laravel is super neato. atymic.dev/blog/laravel-c… Thank you @atymic

Embedding media by its public URL using laravel-embed sampo.co.uk/blog/embedding…

🐘 Over the last years, refactoring code has become a crucial task in my daily work. It's the missing link between "working" and "good" code. In my latest post, I share what good code means to me and how I use it to refactor my PHP applications. christoph-rumpel.com/2020/8/refacto…

Effortless embeds for laravel: github.com/BenSampo/larav…

Yesterday I released a #Laravel package to help with embedding media using public URLs: github.com/BenSampo/larav… Also a supporting blog post: sampo.co.uk/blog/embedding… #php @laravelnews @UKLaravel @jeffrey_way

A farmer in North Brum has lost a contract to supply his 🥔 because of COVID-19. To save tonnes being wasted, #SlowFoodBirmingham are saving the potatoes. By paying £10 you get 2kg whilst 8kg of the spuds will be donated to people in need in the city. slowfoodbirmingham.co.uk/campaigns/

Many of you are having to adapt to a new working environment and we know it can be tough. We are used to supporting this change for those who have had the luxury of choice, but if you haven’t the principles are still the same. Let us show you: ow.ly/1JCj50ziVmY

We worked with Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences to design a website that helps healthcare professionals communicate to their patients the condition of their kidneys (kidney age). buff.ly/2JI2aBJ

🔥 Appending to a yield section in Laravel is super useful!