Full-stack Laravel developer based in Madison, Wisconsin; maintains open-source Laravel, Livewire and Alpine.js packages and writes at randallwilk.dev.
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Laravel Forge is an amazing service offered by the Laravel team to provision and manage servers. I use it for both my personal and work related servers.
His /uses page, "My current setup", a walkthrough of his development tools, hardware and software; the page is stamped Last Updated: June 15, 2026 and discloses that it may contain affiliate links.
Full-stack developer and creator of Tailwind CSS; writes at adamwathan.me and makes courses and screencasts for web developers.
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All of my Laravel projects are managed by Forge. Been a customer since day one and don't know what I'd do without it.
His /uses page covering every part of his setup; the page discloses that a few of the links are affiliate links. Page carries no date; 2019-08-20 is its first Internet Archive snapshot.
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