Christoph Rumpel Blog Feed

Times are changing.

Inspired by the AI assistant hype, we built Pixel Agents — a collaborative canvas where AI bots create art together.

In December, I asked what the next big leap for AI would be.

A month ago I tweeted that my mind was blown by tech and it wasn't AI.

PHP attributes are a great way to add metadata to your classes, methods, and properties.

Another year has come to an end, and it is time for my traditional coding year blog post.

PHP, the language driving the web, commands a staggering 77.4% share among websites reporting their server-side programming language.

Testing is a critical part of the development process.

A common challenge in testing is not only HOW to test something, but WHAT you can test.

Another year has come to an end, and it is time for my traditional coding year blog post.

Vite is the new front-end tooling for Laravel.

Vite is the new front-end tooling for Laravel.

Another year has come to an end, and it is time for my traditional coding year blog post.

For years now, I've been using my MacBook with the lid closed.

On March 17th this year, I released my latest video course Mastering PhpStorm.

Let's be honest.

After streaming now for a few months, including 12 live streams and over 25 hours of being live, it is time to share my first recap.

While working with Livewire, I came across a few situations where testing components didn't feel right.

Another year has come to an end, and it is time for my traditional New Year's Eve blog post.

In this post, we will look at how we can send real-time notifications with Laravel, the Laravel WebSockets package, and Laravel Echo.

Every few years, I feel the pressure to redesign my blog.

I've been programming in PHP now for almost ten years, and if there is one thing I learned over this period, it's that readability and simplicity are the keys for maintainable and sustainable code.

One year ago, I released my first stand-alone video course called Laravel Core Adventures.

In 2019, I moved to a new place and got my first own office room.

Welcome to this new blog-series of mine where I want to invite you to follow my path as one-man-company.

Ever wondered what it is like speaking at a big online conference?

Welcome to this new blog-series of mine where I want to invite you to follow my path as one-man-company.

Welcome to this new blog-series of mine where I want to invite you to follow my path as one-man-company.

Another year has come to an end, and it is time for my traditional New Year's Eve blog post.

The service container is a quite complex topic, and I see many struggling to understand what it does.

Exactly 365 days ago, I released my first ebook.

The latest Laravel product, Nova, has taken the community by storm.

Most interesting about a new product, except the product itself, are the little details and decisions that shaped it to what it became.

There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and deciding which editor theme to choose.

Another year has come to an end, and it is time for my traditional New Year's Eve blog post.

Next to "My Coding Year" articles, I decided to write a separate article about my speaking experiences from 2018 this year as well.

Starting with BotMan to create chatbots is easy, but dealing with bugs is not.

My first and most used Laravel package is the Twitter Channel I made for Laravel Notifications.

Inspired by Freek's article about his current setup, I wanted to share mine as well.

For my book and video-course about building chatbots in PHP I created the Laracon EU conference chatbot.

After working for agencies for five years, I'm now self-employed since July this year.

Getting started with testing JavaScript applications can be overwhelming.

Last month I have been through hell while my laptop broke one week before my book release.

I guess you already used quick replies for text buttons, right?

Ever wondered how well you know your favorite PHP framework Laravel?

On July 19th 20:00 CEST, I will join a Nomad PHP meeting to talk about `The PHP Developer Stack for Building Chatbots`.

Only one month left until the GDPR will take effect and people are already freaking out.

In part one and two we created a Facebook Messenger chatbot that let your users subscribe to your newsletter.

Due to the integration of CSP to my site, I had to turn off Turbolinks.