Jeff Sagal

I wonder if applicants understand just how easy it is to see when you use AI to answer a question? We got over 1k applicants to our last job posting, with one open ended question - a couple sentences would be great. I'd estimate about 500 people gave me this answer, almost word for word.

Unpopular opinion? The official @laravel.com Inertia starter kits do way, way too much. There should be an option that just comes with Inertia wired up and a blank page.

@nunomaduro.com loved your pest talk - browser testing looks unreal! We’ve been building boltci.com to get blazing fast Laravel test runs on GitHub Actions. Would love to see how it can integrate with Pest sharding!

We’ve been cooking up some cool stuff for running your #laravel test suite on GitHub Actions. 13 mins to 3 mins for 5k tests! springloaded.co/blog/turboch...

3 years in, we finally decided it was time for a blog 🙌 springloaded.co/blog/build-i...

I found this screenshot in my pictures folder titled "bootstrap is the best". Sent to @owenconti.bsky.social circa 2011. Not even https on that link. And twitter had a github subdomain!? What a time to be alive.

We have 3 full stack dev roles open @springloaded.co right now. 2x laravel/react devs, and 1x laravel/vue devs. Shoot me a note if you’re interested! #laravel

Whoah, that was for sure the biggest earthquake I've ever felt! The floors were shaking in my apartment in North Van. #vancouver #earthquake

We're looking for a Product Designer to join the team at Springloaded for a 3-4 month project. jobs.springloaded.co/jan-2025/pro... If you're a Figma wizard with a strong background in mobile web apps, please get in touch! #hiring #productDesign

Do I know anyone that's been successful getting sourcemaps to work with @sentry.io when you have to build your assets on both web servers behind a load balancer?

Walks in nature, with no purpose other than just being, are wildly underrated.

Generating code with AI feels a lot like compiling a library with webpack a decade ago. Throwin inputs into a magic pipeline with next to no idea what’ll come out the other end of it with a whole lotta debugging

Picked up a homepod recently - I'm as impressed with the sound quality as I am blown away by the input lag. My $100 JBL speaker is basically instant when I hit play. Wild that AirPlay can't match that. I was really hoping to use it as a daily driver speaker for my desk, but it's kinda unbearable.

This is a huge quality of life upgrade in Tailwind v4. Not having to use arbitrary values for data attributes really simplifies the syntax. Stoked to try this out! tailwindcss.com/docs/v4-beta...

Good businesses have margin – not just profit margin, but margin for your time, health, relationships, and sanity. The goal of your business is to give you a better life. 💻🌱

Vancouver isn’t always the easiest place to live, but man, it sure can deliver.

If you're a freelancer in the #laravel community, I want to hear from you! I'd love to know: - what sort of engagements you prefer, long or short? - where do you find work? - what is your best case working arrangement? - if you contract with agencies, have there been any really great experiences?

Fresh start, new beginning vibes over here.

Hello world?