Weekly newsletter of AmitMerchant.com - Issue #7

My year-end post about the things I’ve done/achieved in 2021. I have tried to keep it short and only included some important numbers.

Some may argue that Laravel is a framework that is bloated with methods and stuff to do everything under the sun. But in my opinion, that’s one of those things that make Laravel, “Laravel” because the more options you have out of the box, the better your life gets!

When you are working with images on your website, the issue of the layout shift that comes with it is real and pretty annoying at times.

There comes a time when you want to clone a Git repository through GitHub or a similar client but at the same time, you don’t want the entire history of that repository.

When you want to format certain Eloquent models before setting/retrieving in Laravel, you would certainly reach for the accessors and mutators.

When you’re working with images on your website, it would be good if you can provide some sort of image magnification to your users when clicked/tapped/hovered over the images for better visibility.

Make your screen black. Click or tap to turn your display all black. Works with multiple other colors too. Useful for cleaning your screen or spotting dead pixels.

This tool lets you play mechanical keyboard sounds as you type on your keyboard.

A full-blown text expander.