Today, I made my first two open-source contributions. It’s incredible how much courage it took to finally submit those pull requests 😅.
Day two and the excitement is still buzzing - can’t wait to see what’s coming next!
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Dominic Jäggi
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Father. Husband. Christian. Passionate hobby developer with a love for Laravel. Music enthusiast and event tech aficionado. Always learning, always building...
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- doti.dev
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- Joined October 2026
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Day two and the excitement is still buzzing - can’t wait to see what’s coming next!
Today, I made my first two open-source contributions. It’s incredible how much courage it took to finally submit those pull requests 😅.
A beautiful good morning from the /dev/null Mac app. Opened it this morning, but this time clicked update, and woooow, a lot has changed. Thanks @nunomaduro for your dedication!
Yesterday
Sometimes it's the little successes that turn the day into a highlight. Today is such a day for me. Let's celebrate 🎉
Tue, Oct 27
I’m currently seeing a suspiciously high number of “first” commits from the /dev/null app. Has it been released?
Do you also have days when you have to search for motivation in the most tangled corners?
What helps you then?
Sun, Oct 25
Mine was fixing a broken markdown link in a popular PHP package README about eight years ago. Terrifying to submit at the time, but the maintainer was super welcoming.
I've just checked my GitHub activity. https://github.com/Saleh7/ProxmoxVE_PHP_API/pull/16
GitHubAdded data param to deleteQemu method by sertxudev · Pull Request #16 · Saleh7/ProxmoxVE_PHP_APIHi, I have added the $data parameter to the deleteQemu method to be able to pass optional parameters to the request. Currently, the two optional parameters are purge and skiplock.
Today I’m enjoying the pleasant side of the nasty rainy weather: relaxing at home with my family, playing games, eating, and lounging around.
Sat, Oct 24
I think I underestimated Git and kind of neglected it. Today, I’m learning a lot of new things just by finally taking the time to dive into it.
Fri, Oct 23
Reflecting on a highly varied, rigorous, yet beautiful work week - how was yours?
What I wanted to tell you is this: Thanks to AI, I can now write to you in English. Unfortunately, I can only write or speak in a foreign language to a very limited extent. Reading, however, is no problem. Is there a name for that?
I hope you’re having a calm end to the week after such an exciting few days.
Thu, Oct 22
Discovered today: A practical but undocumented Eloquent method.
php
createOrFirst()Wed, Oct 21
I typically try to define a convention, that way each naming becomes an objective check.
Because it's one of the hardest problems in our industry. Plus writing good
README.md's.That's why I name them all myClass and just namespace everything. Now I just struggle with coming up with namespaces.
Tue, Oct 20
I have been a beginner programmer (for three years) and have taught myself through reading and tutorials. Unfortunately, I fail with every idea because, during implementation, I discover new patterns or exciting approaches and therefore start over again—I want to have consistent…