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The elephant in the room
Josh Comeau shares a thoughtful take on AI, arguing that deep technical skill becomes more valuable, not less, as these tools improve. His point is that strong developers can use AI to amplify their work, Read more…
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Hard truths about building in the AI era
Keith Rabois shares a sharp, opinionated take on how AI is reshaping startups, careers, and product teams. The episode is especially interesting for its thoughts on hiring, the future of product management, and building with Read more…
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Notes on software quality
Anthony Hobday shares a thoughtful framework for thinking about software quality, from reliability and speed to clarity, efficiency, and beauty. I liked his argument that quality depends on both individual care and organisational appetite. Read Read more…
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Details That Make Interfaces Feel Better
Jakub shares a collection of small interface details that compound into a much better user experience, from text wrapping and concentric radius math to interruptible animations and optical alignment. It is packed with practical UI Read more…
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Utilizing Claude Skills in client projects
In this post, Dries shows how they use Claude Skills to automate repetitive work in client projects, like generating Saloon requests, DTOs, and Livewire pages. It is a practical look at where these workflows save Read more…
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The latest and greatest in postcardware at Spatie
Nick and Dries share how they built Kaartje, a digital postcard wall with a spinning 3D globe that places postcards near the sender’s city. It’s a fun behind-the-scenes look at the stack, the role AI Read more…
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Integration testing our Laravel package with a real server and queue
The Flare team explains how they built end-to-end integration tests for their Laravel package using a real Testbench workbench app, HTTP server, and queue worker. The post also shows how they swapped the sender to Read more…
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Flood Fill vs the Magic Circle
Sebastian reflects on Robin Sloan’s distinction between software’s flood fill and the magic circle of the physical world. It’s a sharp piece on where AI coding feels limitless, and where paper, printers, post offices, and Read more…
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How I write feature specs
Sebastian shares a practical three-step workflow for writing feature specs, from gathering notes with tools like Granola to using a thinking model to surface contradictions and scope. He then switches back to hands-on editing to Read more…
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Our hackathon project: Live at Spatie
At our latest hackathon, we built Live at Spatie, a Laravel and React wrapper around Owntone that lets the whole team queue music, see what’s playing, and control the office speakers. The nicest touch is Read more…