Insights & updates from the build floor

Aug 11, 2026

Living with a Low Pain Threshold

So much of what I've built over the past few years has been in response to tiny little annoyances. Things that take 10 minutes, but should take two.

By Ed Grosvenor

Jul 27, 2026 AI

A Letter to My Friends at Laracon

To all of my friends in the Laravel community, especially those who are feeling a little insecure about the future right now.

By Ed Grosvenor

Jul 27, 2026 AI

What Should We Be Building Today?

We're in a golden age of software development, and the barriers to building whatever we can imagine have vanished. So what should we be building today?

By Ed Grosvenor

Jul 22, 2026

Why We Built Ballast

We built a fully deterministic tool that measures and monitors code durability, and it has changed how we talk about AI

By Ed Grosvenor

Jun 16, 2026

Oops, They Did It Again

After a month long scramble to move automated workflows away from Claude, it turns out we didn't have to... yet.

By Ed Grosvenor

Jun 08, 2026 Clients Security

We've Had the Tools All Along

The tools required to keep us safe from the new threats have mostly been around for years. We just haven't been using them.

By Ed Grosvenor

Jun 01, 2026 Clients AI

There's No Such Thing as Stable

Needy apps that throw exceptions and crash from time to time might be less dangerous than the ones that never cause you headaches.

By Ed Grosvenor

Mar 16, 2026 AI

Beating Agent Anxiety

I've broken out of the rate limit rat race, and my Claude subscription is working for me full-time on things that really move the needle.

By Ed Grosvenor

Mar 11, 2026

The Trial Period Might Be Ending

Anthropic might have just signaled that the trial period we've all been enjoying is about to come to an end.

By Ed Grosvenor