favicon.svg en-US 2026-01-29T22:16:35+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/quotes-buzz-williams-4-things ]]> 2026-01-29T22:16:35+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/short-filament-file-upload-issues runningUnitTests()) { // Don't actually generate S3 signedUrls during testing. GenerateSignedUploadUrlFacade::swap(new class extends GenerateSignedUploadUrl { public function forS3($file, $visibility = '') { return []; } }); } ``` ### Fix In order to get it working make sure your app environment isn't called `testing` but call it something like `staging` instead. It will save headaches and time figuring out what is going on.]]> 2026-01-23T23:02:44+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/looking-back-on-2025 We were and still are complete opposites yet you made showed me that even when we are different we can always find a middleground. > In the thoughest of times we have tried to be there for each other. We didn't always have 100% to give but we tried our best with what we did had to give.
> I want to thank you for being the kind and loving mom and wife you are. And let's make 2026 a year that will last a lifetime.  ]]> 2026-01-01T18:39:20+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/reflecting-on-my-career-journey-aspirations-challenges-and-goals-for-2026 2025-12-27T21:30:29+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/my-imperfect-introduction-in-20-words-or-less

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For some reason this generally is easier when I talk to people in person, not online in a call but actually in person. Yet at the same time I talking about what I find interesting and helping people solve problems by sharing my knowledge or thinking outside the box when it is required. For the past 9+ years I've been working with Laravel which is really close to my heart, it is the framework that jump-started my career and has been perfect for my needs. It has helped me tremedously with to achieve things that I would have never believed, yet looking back I see how much I've grown as a person and developer. However, the one area that struggle with the most is seeing my self-worth. Even when people tell me I did a great job, it feels as if doing that "great" job is normal and thus not of value in my mind. Because of this I want to learn how to be better in selling my own worth and sharing my knowledge with other's online. Not sure how I will be doing this, but I want to start with sharing a daily interesting fact or tip that I've learned. At the same time this will be the hardest thing to do because I don't see value in sharing the "obvious", yet while thinking back at myself while just starting my career I definitely missed guidance from someone who just told me if I was doing something right or wrong. So what would my personal introduction be at this moment? > I'm Wouter. I am a software developer with 9+ years of experience, and I enjoy thinking and implementing solutions for challenging problems. I don't think my introduction is good because it lacks conveying what I'm good at. This may not always be needed, but in an age of personal brands, I am lagging behind, and I need to do something about it. If you found this post interesting feel free to follow me on [X (wottavm)](https://x.com/wottavm).]]> 2025-11-22T16:04:28+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/converting-my-blog-to-markdown {markdown} ``` Additionaly you can even setup additional configuration for multiple plugins that Streamdown supports.]]> 2025-11-04T21:16:28+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/reading-list 2025-12-17T10:31:29+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/enabling-cloudflare-r2-file-uploads-with-livewire disk(config('filesystems.default')) ->visibility('private') ->fetchFileInformation(false) ->image(), ```]]> 2025-10-30T21:38:36+00:00 https://woutervm.com/blog/to-write-or-not-to-write 2026-01-01T18:33:43+00:00