Stefan Zweifel

Quick #introduction I‘m Stefan. I call my self a Full Stack Developer and have been writing code for the last 15 years. Mostly #PHP with #Laravel. Sometimes #vue, #svelte. Love writing open source packages that solve a particular problem well. I also have a blog on stefanzweifel.dev. 👋

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What is direct democracy, essentially? For us in Switzerland, it means very frequent voting: ≈9 federal ballot measures per year, plus a large volume of cantonal and local votes. But it also means a practical challenge: who can open the voting envelope without tearing it apart? Always a tricky one

We run monthly Laravel meetups across Switzerland. Talks, dates, locations, videos — all in one place. Our newsletter is how we keep people in the loop. Subscribe here → laravel.swiss/newsletter

I made multiplayer Windows 98 Solitaire. It's called Solitaire Alone Together. You can play together, with the whole internet, but you can't chat or talk. solitairealonetogether.com

I got tired of accidentally opening Xcode because I've forgotten to choose "Always Open With…" on my Mac. So I build Short Circuit to manage file associations in one place. Feel free to use it, too! github.com/inxilpro/sho...

Ever needed a custom approval workflow inside a Filament app? At our July meetup, Luc Kromer showed the workflow engine he and his team built at FFHS — design business processes with a node editor, then generate forms that work for everyone in the company. Watch → www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XzO...

From ad-hoc prompting to a real pipeline. At our July meetup in Bern, David Pacassi Torrico shared how he and his team built a set of commands, skills and automation for their Drupal projects — letting AI handle the repetitive work. Watch → www.youtube.com/watch?v=upJQ... #Laravel #PHP #WebDev

Anyone can commit code to GitHub under your name — no password needed, no permission asked. At our July meetup, Tobias Gasche showed us exactly how easy it is to impersonate another GitHub user, and why signing your Git commits is the fix. Watch → www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kiJ... #Laravel #PHP

9 September. That’s the date.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

Our friends at Helga in Bern are looking for a Drupal Developer to join their team. Know someone who'd be a good fit? 👇 www.helga.ch/jobs/senior-... #Laravel #PHP #WebDev #Switzerland

This is how we've been helping clients figure out whether AI is working for them. ballast.now

Major performance improvements & security patches for Filament v4.12 and v5.7! laravel-news.com/major-perfor...

The State Of Laravel 2026 survey has started! You can now participate to identify how the ecosystem changed over the past 12 months! stateoflaravel.com?ref=2026 #Laravel

Ed Grosvenor's June meetup talk is now on YouTube: building MIT-licensed SaaS products on Laravel Cloud, and why recent updates make it a real alternative to Forge. → www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Ev...

Wrote about how I modernized and streamlined my dotfiles after a recent hardware failure. Also took the time to speed up my shell start-up while introducing a few new tools. stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

futurism.com/future-socie... lol

Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front on the DC Metro on July 4.

When I proposed this talk, I had only scratched the surface of what Laravel Cloud managed queues unlock. I’m going to have some trouble fitting it all in 30 minutes so I’ll do some follow up content. Make sure you don’t miss this event! luma.com/pxd6emhg

🗓️ Next week! Laravel Meetup Basel — June 24th at Acuity Analytics. Two talks on the bill: → A Laravel dev building in Python with AI agents (Tanja Bräther) → Building MIT-licensed SaaS products for Laravel Cloud (Ed Grosvenor) RSVP: luma.com/pxd6emhg

I'd like to highlight a package I reach for on almost every project: spatie/laravel-model-flags. Add the HasFlags trait and you get idempotent flags: run an action once per model, even when the job around it keeps firing. flag() never duplicates, it only bumps the timestamp 🚩

Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine ft.trib.al/TS7SOJp

If you've been using my "laravel-backup-restore" package in your projects, please upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. v1.9.4 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities that could affect you, if your dump files have been compromised. github.com/stefanzweife...

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

Tomorrow we're back in Geneva at the Infomaniak offices. Doors open at 18:00. Yves Engetschwiler will share how working with AI daily has changed his workflow — and sometimes challenges your confidence in your own skills. One speaker, good drinks, good company. → RSVP: luma.com/zamie9v5

Not gonna lie. This was one of best talks we ever had had our meetups. @gros.co did a fantastic job of distilling the thoughts and fears we probably all have in our heads.

"You're Not Being Left Behind" — Ed Grosvenor's April talk on why your skills as a developer aren't becoming obsolete. They're growing in value. "The one thing that will definitely survive is deep knowledge of what makes great software." → youtu.be/VJ2_CVgc6Og #Laravel #PHP #WebDev

💥 just released a github action: `uppt` it aims to be a very simple, secure release workflow for maintainers that adheres to best security practices ⚪ trusted, staged publishing on npmjs.com ⚪ github environment protection ⚪ generated release PR + changelog ⚪ automatic release + publish on merge ✨

One week from now we're returning to Geneva. Our May meetup will be held at the Infomaniak offices. One speaker confirmed — second slot still open. If you or someone you know would like to share what they're working on, reach out to us. → RSVP: luma.com/zamie9v5

My first GitHub pull request conflict...everyone pray for me.

🚀 Here's another new package: Laravel Mobile Pass. 🎫 It can generate Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes from your Laravel app. Boarding passes, tickets, coupons, store cards, loyalty cards, all through a fluent builder.

Back in February, Sandro Gehri introduced DesignOS — a planning toolkit guiding you from product idea to fully-featured vision. No formal design skills required. → Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pozX...

Wrote down how I recently tried to add a "remaining characters count" to a Filament PHP text input. stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

We're happy to welcome Agiledrop as a sponsor! 🎉 They're a Slovenia-based PHP & Laravel agency helping organizations like T-Systems, UNESCO and the European Commission build great software. → www.agiledrop.com Big thanks to them for sponsoring the Laravel community.

The March meetup is in the books. Great turnout at Xelon in Zug — lots of new faces. Storm-related train delays meant we ended up with one speaker on the night, but the conversations made up for it. Thanks to everyone who came out, and to Xelon for hosting. #Laravel #PHP

This Wednesday, March 25th, we meet in Zug at Xelon for our Laravel Switzerland meetup. 🎤 Yves — working with AI every day: the honest version 🎤 Serhii — building an OpenClaw alternative with with Laravel 12 & laravel/ai RSVP → luma.com/g2d0758i #Laravel #PHP

Published my Laracon EU 2026 recap. Lots of great talks this year — highlights for me were Dan Harrin on abstractions, Peter Suhm on unblocking users with AI, and Shane Rosenthal showing NativePHP rendering actual native iOS and Android elements. stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

Ich erhalte endlich mein "Adrienne erklärt die Tech-Welt & rantet dazu"-Format... Wenn Dich Big Tech und KI-Regulierung interessiert, sowie den Kampf gegen Überwachungsdystopien, und alles Digitalpolitische... dann gerne hier anmelden 😊 ⬇️ www.republik.ch/format/ctrl

Now that shape() is available in all major browsers, let me remind you that you can use my online generator to create any polygon with ... rounded corners! css-generators.com/polygon-shape/ Adjust the setting, then copy the code.

Podcasts 2026 stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

This was a productive train ride: I finally updated the Lambda Layer powering sidecar-browsershot to Puppeteer v24 and added automation to make maintenance much easier. github.com/stefanzweife... sidecar-browsershot was updated as wel. github.com/stefanzweife...

On the last leg of my journey home from Laracon EU. Swishing with a train through the south German countryside. Sun slowly setting. World of Warcraft's Westfall theme in my ears. Perfection.

Merge it. Taylor demos the full SDLC of 2026: Nightwatch catching an error, AI fixing it and opening a PR, Cloud creating a preview environment, OpenClaw calling to ask if he wants to merge the PR. No code touched. Fully self-healing app.

Neat new location. #LaraconEU

Our group has been hit by the DeutscheBahn curse: Were stuck at a German operated train station for 2 hours. Let's see if we arrive in the evening.

All packed and ready for #laraconeu next week. Tomorrow will be the long train travel day. Fingers crossed I make it through Germany.

@svenluijten.com Just came across your RSS feed again. Love the recent homelab centred posts.

Built a little app this afternoon - add the Laracon EU schedule to your calendar. 📅 Handy whether you're there in-person or watching online. laracon-schedule.laravel.cloud