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RaySoftware

by Spatie

Who uses, recommends or left Ray, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Full-stack Laravel developer based in Madison, Wisconsin; maintains open-source Laravel, Livewire and Alpine.js packages and writes at randallwilk.dev.
loved

Ray is an excellent debugging tool I like to use from the amazing Spatie.

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.

2026-06-15·randallwilk.dev ↗

Scottish software developer working on Statamic and maintaining open-source addons such as Runway; writes at duncanmcclean.com.
uses

Ray lets me debug code without cluttering my app's output with dumps.

His post "Uses (September 2025)", listing the tools, services and equipment he uses day to day.

2025-09-06·duncanmcclean.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.