Marco Mertens

Web developer, scrum master and #agile enthusiast. I love building web applications and promoting agile culture in any environment.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@taylorotwell Wow. That would definately be fun. Are you looking more for a product guy, a dev or both? I'm kinda both and it would be really nice to actually work for the framework I love 😉

[Taylor Otwell @taylorotwell]

Meet Laravel Wayfinder — Wayfinder automatically generates fully-typed, importable TypeScript functions for your controllers and named routes so you can call your Laravel endpoints directly in your client code just like any other function. ✨

Available now in public beta.

https://t.co/KyxCGPLLBe

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@enunomaduro Me too. With Laravel integrating an authentication flow into you system is actually fun. You can even use it to build an API based custom auth system for JS driven client websites.

[Povilas Korop | Laravel Courses Creator & Youtuber @PovilasKorop]

Job offer via @LaravelJobs

Written like a POETRY.
Don't know the author, but I would give them Oscar statue in job description writing :)

I particularly liked those underlined lines.

Full job ad: https://t.co/6Lf56wfQlB
(warning: Symfony, not Laravel)

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@milan_milanovic And to you.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop But - actually - thinking should precede typing always. With or without AI 😉 But I like using AI tools very much myself. They help me to get better results in less time.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@milan_milanovic One of the problems is that at the C-level hard deadlines are often required. But the longer the project duration the greater the uncertainty. Scrum is good for breaking large things done into more predictable tasks. But it does not make a unpredictsble future predictable.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@milan_milanovic Firstly, finishing what we started 2 years ago: standardising / rebuilding our content delivery platform and core APIs. And then start integrating AI into our @statamic based CMS.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop I like the Resources. They even return the appropriate http status codes. But you definately loose control over your responses. So - at the end of the day it depends on your specific use-case. More control: go for JsonResponse, magic is fine: use resources.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

Again, some really good rules to follow. The focus they bring to my work really does the trick. But one word of caution: do not be too detailed in your to-do list. You may end up with a huge administration overhead. Think more #Kanban less Todoist.

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

𝟭𝟭 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟵𝟱% 𝗢𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲

Here are a few things that I use every day:

𝟭. 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲. Here, I rank my list and select the one big task I want to achieve tomorrow. There could be more tasks, but the fewer you have, the better.

𝟮. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸. Especially when working in a demanding job such as programming, we want to be in a flow state as much as possible. So, I turn off all notifications during these periods and check them once per hour when I take a break.

𝟯. 𝗗𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆. For me, this is during the morning (1.5-2h sessions), but it's different for everyone. I do repetitive tasks and meetings (batched by type) for the rest of the day.

𝟰. 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁. After each day, I reflect on what worked and what didn't. Try to optimize for the next day.

𝟱. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗼. We often overthink about things and do nothing. We need to do things as this is the thing that only counts. Focus on 20% of things that matter (Pareto principle).

𝟲. 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. Yes, it's hard, especially for large corporations with meeting cultures. Try to mark your meetings as worth it and then decide if you should go to the next one. And also, make no default for everything that doesn't bring value to your life.

𝟳. 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 such as Pomodoro to stay focused and avoid burnout.

𝟴. 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 to others when possible to free up your time and focus on essential tasks.

𝟵. 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. Try to use different tools to automate everything you can automate, especially repetitive tasks.

𝟭𝟬. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱. As David Allen said, "Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them." Use todo apps for your tasks (Microsoft TODO, Todoist, ...), note-taking tools to note taking (Notion, Evernote, ...), and techniques such as Getting Things Done (GTD).

𝟭𝟭. 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲. Last but not least. This is the thing that can affect productivity the most. Usually, it needs 7-8 hours of sleep to maintain physical and mental health. Also, try to eat healthily and do some physical activities. Regular walks can do wonders, as scientific research shows.

And remember, we are not machines; not every day is the same. One day, you will do a lot, and another will be small, but this is a part of the process. Do, reflect, and try to 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝟭% 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼.

#personaldevelopment #productivity #gettingthigsdone

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop Thanks for the reall nice overview. I especially like the Spatie package because it's nice integration with routing. And you can even combine role based and per user permissions.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@heytjmiller Thanks. I'll check it out.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@heytjmiller Currently I am only exploring and looking for smaller more specialized models at Hugging Face etc. I'll let you know as soon as I have something more specific.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop The problem is that you need to teach "How to troubleshoot" in general. But this is a skill every developer needs to learn. If you know best practice approaches, analysis patterns to follow etc. the particular application is just context but you can still follow a clear path.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

My first day at the Journalism & AI Symposium at #Reuters here in London has been absolutely awesome.

https://t.co/lY1CCoLQ5m

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop Nice list. I would only add AI tool like ChatGPT or Perplexity to the toolbox. To them you can describe your vague idea and then do some fact checking against several docs, tutorials. This way you can rather quicky build a more complex environment by working examples.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop I still use Bootstrap in some older projects with Laminas (formerly known as Zend). But simply because Tailwind wasn't around at the time. Now I would choose Tailwind over Bootstrap. And the old projects will be refactored when the next major update for bootstrap will be required

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@PovilasKorop I'd add API, tailwind and Linux. But everything points to a quire mature fullstack skillset already.

[Marco Mertens @textrixx]

@allenholub First I try to understand exactly what the reasons are and then - with a good amount of empathy - find ways in which those disfunctions can be fixed together.