Resources & People to Follow

A curated list of creators, tools, and communities that have shaped how I build things.

People to Follow

Taylor Otwell@taylorotwell

Creator of Laravel.

Povilas KoropLaravelDaily

Laravel tutorials, best practices, and team training.

Jeffrey WayLaracasts

The best Laravel and PHP screencasts on the internet.

Theo Browne@t3dotgg

React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern web dev opinions.

Vercel TeamVercel

Next.js creators — follow for framework news and best practices.

Caleb Porzio@calebporzio

Creator of Livewire and Alpine.js. Brilliant UI engineer.

Herd

The fastest local PHP/Laravel development environment for macOS and Windows.

TablePlus

Beautiful database GUI for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and more.

Tinkerwell

Run PHP code snippets in any Laravel or PHP project with ease.

ImageKit

Real-time image optimization and CDN delivery with a generous free tier.

PlanetScale / Turso

Serverless MySQL and SQLite-compatible databases built for the modern web.

Forge

Server management platform for deploying Laravel apps to any VPS with zero config.

Postman / Hoppscotch

API testing tools for development and documentation.

GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer that lives in your editor. Dramatically speeds up boilerplate.