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Better Software

Async Laravel with jobs and events

Somethings are just too expensive to tack on to the end of a request. Laravel's job system lets you easily offload work to a background process.

Dustin LeBlanc

· 2 min read

Better Software

Automating Blog Newsletters with Mailchimp and Statamic

Emailing new posts to subscribers helps you keep a constant channel of communication open with your audience. Here's how to do it with Statamic and Mailchimp!

Dustin LeBlanc

· 5 min read

Better Software

The Hidden Cost of Features

Sure it might only take a few hours to code, but you're going to be paying for those features for years.

Dustin LeBlanc

· 10 min read

Better Software

Workstations are Cattle Not Pets

You've heard the term 'Servers are cattle, not pets', and beliefs about the treatment of cattle aside, generally you're on board. Give up your pet laptop too.

Dustin LeBlanc

· 5 min read

Better Software

Keep the ship running

In the world of web software, dependencies on external services are legion. It's not if the API goes down, its when the api goes down. Are you ready for that?

Dustin LeBlanc

· 2 min read

Better Software

Intoduction to Statamic for Drupal Developers

If you've been building Drupal sites to feed the family for the last several years like I have, you might be skeptical of trying another CMS, but try Statamic!

Dustin LeBlanc

· 8 min read

Better Business

People Don't Buy What You Do, They Buy Why You Do It

To quote the eternal optimist Simon Sinek, people don't by what you do, they buy why you do it. If your venture has no soul, it also has no soulmates.

Dustin LeBlanc

· 8 min read

Leadership

Something Good

We all have good and bad days - but having good things on bad days can make all the difference.

Lauren Kelly

Lauren Kelly

· 3 min read
Colin the chicken was well cared for

Better Business

Portlandia Tech

Before we choose a technology partner, we make sure to visit the farm and see how the servers and developers are being treated. We must honor Colin the server.

Dustin LeBlanc

· 3 min read

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