Software architect, and developer educator. Primarily working with #php and #laravel. Currently working on @sprout.ollieread.com. Big fan of #multitenancyhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3mum4clegr22fMy god Pterodactyl and its supporting functionality is so bad. There's a new CVE every other week it feels like. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum4clegr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3mp7tguqr3s2nThis may quite honestly be the longest and most in-depth article I've ever written. Prepare yourselves for a brain dump of all data-isolation strategies for multitenanted web applications!26 Jun 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7tguqr3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3mp7caasnr22tWhen reading a detailed piece of content for a complex topic, something that's quite long, how do you prefer to consume it? One big long page, or broken up into chunks? I'm not convinced the article format is working, especially with the #multitenancy stuff I'm writing.26 Jun 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7caasnr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3mhsewibbks2aIt's been a while, but I've posted a new article on my somewhat updated site! This one is all about getting Laravels `composer run dev` command to work with Laravel sail. #laravel #laravelsail #docker https://ollieread.com/articles/composer-run-dev-and-laravel-sail24 Mar 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsewibbks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3mhqccbcrhs2gI'm spending some time fully documenting the changes in Laravel version 13, 13.1 and 13.1.1 as a proof of concept. Ultimately, I'd like to provide detailed information about what is actually happened for each version. #laravel #opensource23 Mar 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqccbcrhs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m73x3gzonk27Ever wanted to know how to make your custom classes work with implicit route bindings in #laravel? Without them being models? Or explicitly bound? Or are you just curious about how it all works? Check out my latest article! https://ollieread.com/articles/laravels-route-model-binding03 Dec 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73x3gzonk27https://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m6jss7i6wc2cMy newest article is live! This is the most complex so far, and it's primarily informational. In it, I have a look at the different ways you can manually resolve services/dependencies in Laravel, and what the actual differences are. https://ollieread.com/articles/manual-service-resolution-in-laravel26 Nov 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jss7i6wc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m5y7nbc5ic2tThis week's article is all about #laravel middleware priority, having a look at the functionality not mentioned in the docs! There's more available to you than you know! https://ollieread.com/articles/laravel-middleware-priority19 Nov 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5y7nbc5ic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m5y7nbc5ic2tThis week's article is all about #laravel middleware priority, having a look at the functionality not mentioned in the docs! There's more available to you than you know! https://ollieread.com/articles/laravel-middleware-priority19 Nov 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5y7nbc5ic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m5txixrib227So, I'm writing a JWT auth package for Laravel, and I've decided to first build a JWT generator package for Laravel. This is 1-2 hours work, and it's a POC which should work for any JWT generation in Laravel. https://github.com/ollieread/laravel-jwt #laravel17 Nov 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5txixrib227https://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m5gn7k4on22xNew #laravel article released today! This one is all about an undocumented and hidden feature of Laravel, one that lets you easily register decorators for services! https://ollieread.com/articles/decorating-services-in-laravel12 Nov 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gn7k4on22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3m5gn7k4on22xNew #laravel article released today! This one is all about an undocumented and hidden feature of Laravel, one that lets you easily register decorators for services! https://ollieread.com/articles/decorating-services-in-laravel12 Nov 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gn7k4on22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lsqk57z3e22yI've just published my new article on "Request-derived context", an architectural pattern that I put together to define the process we use in modern web applications to retrieve request-based context. https://ollieread.com/articles/introducing-the-request-derived-context-pattern29 Jun 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqk57z3e22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lsqk57z3e22yI've just published my new article on "Request-derived context", an architectural pattern that I put together to define the process we use in modern web applications to retrieve request-based context. https://ollieread.com/articles/introducing-the-request-derived-context-pattern29 Jun 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqk57z3e22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lsoncytie224This may be the lengthiest, and wordiest article I've written in quite some time. It's not even strictly about #laravel or #php!28 Jun 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsoncytie224https://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lrdicbjytc2qHave a seat [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdicbjytc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lrazke7ujk2sThere's now a follow-up article that includes a solution for possible memory issues, as well as a Laravel Octane-specific option! #laravel #laravel-octane #identity-map https://ollieread.com/articles/managing-the-memory-usage-of-the-laravel-eloquent-identity-map [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrazke7ujk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lr7cusdsgs2wThis man has never written Go. We must protect him. We have it in our power to keep at least one pure programmer! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7cusdsgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lr6h2vidpc2lOne day, I'll figure out a way to combine my expertise in building web applications, with my fondness for Minecraft and/or modding it.09 Jun 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6h2vidpc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ollieread.com/post/3lqrshnctnc24Ah yes, AI porn bots have made it to Bluesky04 Jun 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:v3x7hw6vimmsyk4y57jixhfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrshnctnc24