Full-stack Developer focused on building practical web applications.https://joshsalway.com/https://joshsalway.com/articles/rebuilding-joshsalway-com-from-statamic-to-astro/https://joshsalway.com/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.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/laravel-pr-59323-post-mortem/https://joshsalway.com/articles/laravel-pr-59323-post-mortem/A blameless post-mortem on a reverted Laravel framework PR. What happened, what we learned, and the path forward.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:59:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/14-more-prs-merged-into-laravel-serializable-closure-cloud-cli-and-more/https://joshsalway.com/articles/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.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/windows-vs-mac-for-claude-code-the-benchmark-that-changed-how-i-work/https://joshsalway.com/articles/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.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/20-prs-merged-into-laravel-in-12-days/https://joshsalway.com/articles/20-prs-merged-into-laravel-in-12-days/A reflection on contributing 20 merged pull requests across 12 Laravel repositories in under two weeks.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/update-unblocked-25-laravel-fixes-and-whats-next/https://joshsalway.com/articles/update-unblocked-25-laravel-fixes-and-whats-next/I was unblocked from the Laravel GitHub org yesterday. Here's the full list of 91 PRs across 27 repos, confidence percentages, and what still needs review.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/25-laravel-bug-fixes-tested-verified-ready-to-merge/https://joshsalway.com/articles/25-laravel-bug-fixes-tested-verified-ready-to-merge/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/fraghub-gg/https://joshsalway.com/articles/fraghub-gg/Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/barcoder-a-free-barcode-scanner-and-creator/https://joshsalway.com/articles/barcoder-a-free-barcode-scanner-and-creator/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/i-built-a-free-poker-timer-app/https://joshsalway.com/articles/i-built-a-free-poker-timer-app/Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/why-i-chose-to-build-my-own-apps-instead-of-taking-a-traditional-job-for-now/https://joshsalway.com/articles/why-i-chose-to-build-my-own-apps-instead-of-taking-a-traditional-job-for-now/Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/why-kpis-work-best-when-people-and-customers-come-first/https://joshsalway.com/articles/why-kpis-work-best-when-people-and-customers-come-first/Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/how-to-add-a-dark-mode-selector-to-your-alpinejs-and-tailwind-css-app/https://joshsalway.com/articles/how-to-add-a-dark-mode-selector-to-your-alpinejs-and-tailwind-css-app/Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/using-laravel-enums-in-react-with-inertiajs-a-modern-update/https://joshsalway.com/articles/using-laravel-enums-in-react-with-inertiajs-a-modern-update/Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshsalway.com/articles/using-laravel-constants-in-react-with-inertiajs/https://joshsalway.com/articles/using-laravel-constants-in-react-with-inertiajs/Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT