Daniel Plomp

Dotmap

Building Dotmap: shipping features nobody asked for

How a side project grew from "map with dots" to a full professional discovery platform.

Vibe Coding

I can't stop adding features to the app no one asked for

Last week I built Vocaboo — a vocabulary quiz app for my daughter. Six hours of vibe coding. Problem solved. Ship it.

Laravel

Laravel finally has an official AI SDK. Here's why it matters.

Taylor Otwell just dropped something big: an official, first-party AI SDK for Laravel.

Vibe Coding

The app no one will ever use (except my daughter)

Last week, my daughter came home with a vocabulary list. Fifty English words. Test on Friday.

Expensio

I built Expensio. Here's what's next.

Some tools exist because someone got frustrated enough to build them.

AI

I watched a developer admit AI killed his business model. Here's why I'm not worried.

Last week, Jeffrey Way — the founder of Laracasts and one of the most respected voices in the Laravel community — posted a video that hit different.

AI

I tried every AI coding assistant. Here's what actually stuck.

I've been deep in the AI coding assistant rabbit hole for the past year. Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex — I've tried them all. And I have opinions.

AI

I watched a 60-minute tech talk. I had the key insights in 34 seconds.

Last week I discovered a CLI tool that changed how I consume video content. It extracts transcripts from YouTube, podcasts, and web pages — then summarizes them using AI.

NativePHP

NativePHP Mobile v3: Build iOS Apps with PHP (Now Free)

PHP developers can now build and ship native iOS and Android apps without learning Swift or Kotlin. No license fees. No trial periods. Just install a package and start building.

Sitefinity

Is Sitefinity Still Worth It in 2026? An Honest Take

I spent over a decade building sites on Sitefinity. It paid my bills, taught me enterprise development, and gave me deep expertise in .NET CMS architecture.

Laravel

Building AI Features in Laravel: Patterns That Scale

Everyone's adding AI to their Laravel apps. Most are doing it wrong.

Building in Public

Building Expensio: January 2026 update

Time for another Expensio update. Here's what I've been working on this month.