PinnedMade a Laravel app in 1 minute, in my phoneNo installs, no downloads, its pure magic, and you can do it too — One of the things that start to take its toll when creating simple prototypes or small projects is the setting up the kitchen sink: creating the migrations, syncing up the models, each model attributes and properties, setting up the factories and seeders, shoving traits here and there… I think you…Laravel4 min readLaravel4 min read
PinnedHosting Laravel for free in 2022Heroku as died, long live the free alternatives — Heroku these past days was in hot waters for one simple reason: a place to go for hosting small projects for free was moving to paid plans exclusively. Most developers had to look for an alternative home for their small projects. I was just planning to mount Larawiz, my online…Laravel9 min readLaravel9 min read
1 day agoShould Resident Evil 4 for iPhone cost $60?The same game on console or PC. It’s worth the price for the same experience? — This week started with Resident Evil 4 being listed on the Apple’s App Store for $60. It’s a standard price for AAA (high production) games in the industry, some wanting to push it for $70. It leaves for titles of lesser scope, like indie games or old remastered titles, to…Resident Evil5 min readResident Evil5 min read
Sep 11Starfield is great for 2013A hand-crafted experience met with half-baked features — The first ten hours with the game and you will see the level of hand-craftingness. Bethesda has put a lot of work to create a new world with a lot of places, materials, people, and narratives that makes the universe feel alive. The problem of Starfield is not the writing…Videogames4 min readVideogames4 min read
Jul 31Sonoma is the dawn of HackintoshApple killing the remainder of its Intel past, one feature at a time — The Cupertino company recently completed its transition to Apple Silicon at the WWDC 2023. There are some criticisms of how it panned out, mostly due to the Mac Pro processor being the same as the Mac Studio, but for a 2 year plan with a greater ecosystem than the change…Apple4 min readApple4 min read
Jul 18Managing Roles and Permissions in LaravelMove aside Spatie, I’ve come to make something faster! — I honestly like Spatie’s library for managing roles and permissions in Laravel, but one thing I can’t fathom to understand is why everything is done through the database. Most of the time, you declare roles and permissions in your application. By having roles and permissions set in stone, not only…Laravel3 min readLaravel3 min read
Jun 28Choosing a monitor for your Mac in 2023Some will be fine, others will try to kill your eyes — A few days ago I made a guide to get the perfect Mac Mini for your budget. Not only I put some good price points to think about, but also to understand what accesories you can get without breaking the bank. One of the points that was very debatable was…Macos9 min readMacos9 min read
Jun 26The complete Mac Mini M2 shopping guide (2023)For those who want the best bang for their buck — The new Mac Mini is a very good computing device. It’s relatively cheap, efficient, and powerful. Because they’re at the top of the value proposition in these days, the amount of “which should I pick” moments on Reddit and Twitter (RIP to both, get Lemmy and Mastodon) have left me…Apple19 min readApple19 min read
Jun 12APFS or HFS or NTFS or exFAT on my external driveFAT32 no more — When working with multiple devices with multiple OS, there is always the constant of file management. From large video files, software images and cold storage like backups or archives, to large groups of small files like the infamous node_modules, file fragments and PDFs scattered around. Moving these files from one…Apple6 min readApple6 min read
Apr 11This iPhone bug will erase itPasscodes? More like Blockcodes! — TL;DR: Deleting the in-screen Passcode after verifying, while it’s loading, will force you to recover the device, which erases everything. Friday before Easter weekend. Mom decides to change her iPhone Passcodes (also known as “PIN”) after seeing the news about iPhones being stolen to steal someone’s entire digital life (2)…IPhone3 min readIPhone3 min read
