Developer / Gold Coast, AU

Hey, I'm Josh Salway.

I build things for the web and write about the interesting parts.

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About me

I'm a full-stack developer from the Gold Coast, Australia. I build practical web applications, contribute to open source, and write about what I learn along the way. I pick the right tool for the job, not the trendy one.

Latest Articles

Rebuilding joshsalway.com: From Statamic to Astro

I rebuilt my personal site from Statamic SSG to Astro 6 with React islands. Here's what changed, what I added, and why static pages should ship zero JavaScript.

Blameless Post-Mortem: Laravel SessionManager Clone Removal

A blameless post-mortem on a reverted Laravel framework PR. What happened, what we learned, and the path forward.

14 More PRs Merged Into Laravel -- Serializable Closure, Cloud CLI, and More

Another round of contributions: 14 PRs merged across 5 Laravel repos, with a deep dive into serializable-closure bug fixes.

Windows vs Mac for Claude Code: The Benchmark That Changed How I Work

I benchmarked my Ryzen 9950X3D against my M1 MacBook for real Laravel + Claude Code work. The results were not what I expected.

20 PRs Merged Into Laravel In 12 Days

A reflection on contributing 20 merged pull requests across 12 Laravel repositories in under two weeks.