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Short, practical notes on Laravel, Vue and shipping software, mostly the things I wish I'd found sooner.

2023

How to contribute to open-source projectsWhat I learned contributing to six projects in one year, with real examples of each way to help.Jul 21Software engineering2 min read Configuring a Prettier pre-commit hookPrettier, Husky and lint-staged in four steps, so unformatted code never reaches a commit.Jan 16Front end1 min read

2022

Setting up authentication for Laravel single-page appsThe three settings (CORS origins, session domain and Sanctum stateful domains) that make a separate SPA front end log in cleanly.Oct 11Laravel2 min read

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