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John Rudolph Drexler

@johnrudolphdrexler.com.bsky.social

Laravel and Product Management: Thunk.dev I also make games: Catacombian.com NYC (by way of St. Louis, Chattanooga, Jakarta, & Oakland)

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Building High-Trust Environments | John Drexler Laracon US 2025
YouTube video by Laravel Building High-Trust Environments | John Drexler Laracon US 2025

My new talk is up! 5 practical things developers can do to build trust with their non-technical bosses. In the high trust environment you have less micromanagement and conflict, and more freedom and harmony. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zki4...

11.08.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Advanced Eloquent Relations | Chris Morrell Laracon US 2025
YouTube video by Laravel Advanced Eloquent Relations | Chris Morrell Laracon US 2025

My Laracon talk is now live on YouTube!

youtu.be/qLC04_BPQTY?...

09.08.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
You Should Reinvent The Wheel | Thiery Laverdure Laracon US 2025
YouTube video by Laravel You Should Reinvent The Wheel | Thiery Laverdure Laracon US 2025

Here’s my talk from Laracon: You Should Reinvent the Wheel

If you were wondering what the slides looked like for the first half, they were added in post πŸ˜…

youtu.be/E4_QSEfInrc?...

08.08.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

02.08.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10738    πŸ” 2158    πŸ’¬ 283    πŸ“Œ 301
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I cannot fathom how much money VCs who don't write code are going to lose on the AI hype train.

09.08.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀫

07.08.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it makes a "ka-ching" sound

06.08.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For, well, you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder

06.08.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The sentence, "Joey T is an S-tier hang," was spoken more than once last week.

06.08.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

learn more at thesocialgame.gg

06.08.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is not a sustainable business model

06.08.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
06.08.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2023    πŸ” 395    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 16

yes

06.08.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For now I'm exclusively using it for completely fake things haha. I published a physical card game and I'm seeing if it can turn it into a web game.

05.08.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

05.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

might be getting addicted to vibe coding. It's so fun to send it out on a mission, do 20 minutes of work, and check it, give it another mission, and repeat.

05.08.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so glad!! Who won?

05.08.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ§™β€β™€οΈ

05.08.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on Kapow - Table Filters in Livewire YouTube video by Thunk

Going to link up with @johnrudolphdrexler.com tonight at 7pm EST to hack on some complicated filtering stuff in Livewire for our client-management app.

Come hang out:
youtube.com/live/zT0jn1f...

04.08.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️❀️

04.08.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much Ross!

04.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The bandanas really tie the look together

01.08.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was a riot. Great crew

01.08.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Definitely the most beautiful place I’ve ever tested my new board game.

01.08.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best moment ever

30.07.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final round. Good luck

30.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was not easy lol. The team did some extraordinary feats to pull all this off.

29.07.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have not been able to talk about the work I’ve been doing with the Forge team, and today is like Christmas. Buckle up.

29.07.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, 5 minutes of tech difficulties helps to shake the nerves off.

29.07.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️

29.07.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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