I am happy to announce the immediate release of a new project that my friend (@stidges) and I have been working on for the past 3 weeks: http://www.laravel-tricks.com UPDATE: You can also get the source of the website here: maxoffsky.com/maxoffsky-blog/announcing-release-laravel-tricks-com-source/ Laravel-tricks.com is a website that features tips and tricks on using Laravel framework that developers […]
Dear readers of my blog! I have a lot of exciting announcements that I will make next week right here on this blog. If you don’t know me, I post a lot about Laravel on this blog and I am actively participating in Laravel community by recommending Laravel to other PHP developers, by answering questions […]
What is Laravel framework good for? You might have asked this question or was wondering what people build with this PHP framework. Well, wonder no more! I have taken a day of a weekend and created a website that showcases projects that are built with laravel framework, it is now live at http://builtwithlaravel.com The purpose […]
A word on Bootsnipp’s history Today marks one year and one month since Bootsnipp has been online. Over this time millions of people have visited it to get free Bootstrap snippets and resources. According to Alexa ratings, Bootsnipp is in top 20,000 websites around the world by popularity. Visitors come from all over the world. People […]
Last week I have released a new app made with Laravel 4 that I have been working on for almost two weeks. This app is called Mymaplist.com. If you ever wanted to make a list of places on a map and share that map with somebody, this web application is for you. It allows users […]
Over last week I have been building a few of my own products and one of them is called Filegr.am. It is a super simple and quick file sharing application but the key difference between other services is that files expire at a certain period of time instead of being stored forever. Some of the […]
Last week I have made a nice addition to my Bootstrap Snippets site – Bootsnipp.com . I have built and integrated a button builder that makes it easy for anyone to build up their Bootstrap Buttons. How easy you say? Well you just click on the color of the button, type in the text, choose the […]
Laravel fans! I am releasing a few wallpapers dedicated to Laravel, if you like them please share this post with others who might want to prettify their screen with these. Also if you have any suggestions on them, please let me know! You can download it in different resolutions below: 1280×800 2560×1600 1600×1200 1280×1024 1280×800 […]
I created this presentation for a Laravel Meetup that I organized. It explains what’s changed in Laravel v4 over v3 and brings up some nice examples of using new features. Check it out : And the transcript of it is below: laravel 4 What’s old?What’s new? by Maks Old: Clean and Eloquent syntax. Separation of […]
Security continues to be a major concern in computer networks. Reports indicate the continued trend of cyber-criminals exploiting any possible weakness within a network. This has lead to the need for new technologies and their quick implementation so that cyber threats can be combated and substantially reduced without interruption to network services. Lets have a […]
A couple days ago I printed Yoda on my 3d Printer – http://instagram.com/p/U2HR__StrH/ Yesterday I put him on a remote controlled micro robotic platform, watch video of it in action here: And today I made him speak. The basics setup is this : Arduino Uno. MicroSD card reader (4$ at DX.com ). MicroSD card […]
Two weeks ago I bought a 3D printer called PrintrBot Plus. I never had a 3D printer before. This technology is completely mind blowing to me. Fast forward, I made quite a bit of adjustments and upgrades. Here are the mods I have done to my PrintrBot Plus 3D printer: Replaced the tip with 0.35mm tip […]