Custom Laravel auth driver with Firebase

Aug 25, 2021

Using Firebase, it's pretty straightforward to authenticate a user in your frontend app, but you may need to authenticate the user on the backend api as well. In this post, I will show you how to customise Laravel auth driver using Firebase.

Verify Firebase auth JWT with PHP Laravel

Aug 22, 2021

Firebase Authentication is an easy-to-use service to authenticate users to your app. Once a user is authenticated, Firebase will give us a JWT that contains the user info. In this post, I will walk you through how to decode and verify Firebase JWT using PHP Laravel.

Deploy your Laravel app as a static site to Netlify

Aug 8, 2021

You can deploy a static version of your Laravel app to CDN without writing a single line of JavaScript and without consuming third-party APIs. In this post, I will walk you through how to build a static version of your Laravel app and deploy it to Netlify.

Verify Firebase auth JWT with Ruby

May 15, 2021

Firebase Authentication is an easy-to-use service to authenticate users to your app. Once a user is authenticated, Firebase will give us a JWT that contains the user info. In this post, I will show you how to decode and verify Firebase JWT with Ruby.

Expo React Native CI/CD flow using CircleCI

Apr 19, 2021

Expo is a great abstraction layer around React Native which makes it a lot easier to setup React Native apps, from accessing native APIs to establishing CI/CD pipelines. In this post, I will walk you through how to setup CI/CD flow for Expo React Native using Circle CI.

Speaking at Laracon EU 2019 in Amsterdam

Dec 4, 2019

It’s been three months since I gave a talk at Laracon EU in Amsterdam. It was an unforgettable experience for me. In this post, I’m gonna tell you how I applied for the talk, how I prepared after my submission was chosen, and what happened to me at the conference.

Upgrade Laravel constantly and safely

Mar 9, 2019

Upgrading framework tends to be put aside as we often prioritize adding new features to products. However, if you don’t upgrade the framework for a long time, upgrading the framework will become a nightmare. In this post, I’ll show you how to upgrade Laravel easily and safely using Laravel Shift.

How we changed a developer team to work more productively

Jan 18, 2019

A company is like software. It has to be useful and also has some bugs. You have to maintain it, fix the bugs in it, and refactor it. It is the same as true as to a team.

Cache busting using Laravel Mix and CloudFront+S3

Dec 14, 2018

When you build assets (js, css, images) in Laravel applications, Laravel Mix is very useful. For basic usage, you don’t need to modify the default configuration file, webpack.mix.js. However, when you deploy an app to production, it’s important to take into account cache busting. In this post, I’ll show you how to implement cache busting using Laravel Mix and Amazon CloudFront+S3.

Refactor fat Laravel controllers using Responsable interface

Dec 6, 2018

When you write Laravel applications, controllers can easily get fat. In this post, I’m going to show you how to refactor fat Laravel controllers using the Responsable interface which was introduced in Laravel 5.5.

Laracon 2018 Recap: Great conference, people, and city

Sep 16, 2018

It’s already one and a half months ago, I traveled to Chicago from Japan to attend Laracon 2018 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. It was my first tech conference overseas and also my first visit to the US! I learned a lot, met many Laravel devs in the community, and enjoyed the city of Chicago.