a blog by david hallin about programming, and learning new things

02 Jun 2020

Handling null values in an 'order by' query with Laravel Eloquent (Laravel Beginner, mysql + postgres compatible)

Sometimes you want nulls first, other times you want them last
02 Apr 2020

Testing the Existance of Laravel Models

Coming from Codeigniter, using Eloquent to test for results can be different
30 Mar 2020

Masking Livewire inputs with manny

How to create masks for livewire inputs using hallindavid/manny package
30 Mar 2020

The importance of being a part of a dev community

I just got started building open source software. Why did it take me this long?
29 Mar 2020

My first open source package

I just released my first open-source package
28 Mar 2020

Deploying a static site to a repo subtree and hosting it for free on github pages

I explain how I setup an easy way of deploying to github pages with a domain name
26 Mar 2020

How to use Sublime Text Snippets and improve your workflow

Why sublime snippets are great, how to make them, and how to edit them
25 Mar 2020

BootstrapVueFormBuilder

It is a way to quickly scaffold Bootstrap Vue forms
25 Mar 2020

First Post

First post - just welcoming everyone to the site.