Randall Wilk
Full-stack Laravel developer based in Madison, Wisconsin; maintains open-source Laravel, Livewire and Alpine.js packages and writes at randallwilk.dev.
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NuPhy Halo IO Series 96 KeyboardTheir words
I decided to give NuPhy keyboards a try, and I'm glad I did. This keyboard has become my favorite one to use.
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Logitech MX Master 4 MouseTheir words
Even when not docked, I still prefer an external mouse for most operations. I really love the Logitech MX Master 4 mouse. For me, it feels great to hold, and it also provides support for some macOS gestures like swiping up for mission control.
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UniFi UNAS Pro 8Their words
I've been wanting to get a NAS for a while now, so I decided to go all-in and get the UNAS Pro 8 from UniFi. The initial cost was a lot but for me it's been well worth the investment.
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Apple Watch Series 10Their words
I never was much of a watch person until I bought my Apple Watch Series 10. Now I feel naked if I leave home without wearing it.
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YubiKey 5C NFCTheir words
For websites and services that support Webauthn authentication, I use a YubiKey 5C NFC security key. This particular key is nice because it works with both my MacBook and my iPhone without having to use any adapters. I highly recommend purchasing at least one of these to use a form of two-factor authentication for websites that support it.
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RaycastTheir words
I've never liked Spotlight on macOS, and previously I used Alfred as a replacement. However, now I've discovered Raycast. Raycast is my primary mode of navigating through macOS, as I've bound the keyboard shortcut to
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1PasswordTheir words
If you're not using a password manager, you're doing it wrong. I prefer to use 1Password. I honestly don't think I could live without 1Password. Having access to all my vaults across all my devices is also a plus.
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BackblazeTheir words
In addition to time machine backups, I also use Backblaze as an offsite backup.
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Spark Mail AppTheir words
On both my MacBook and iPhone, I prefer to use the Spark Mail App for handling my emails.
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ShottrTheir words
Shottr makes manipulating screenshots a lot easier and nicer than the default screenshot functionality provided by macOS. My favorite feature from it is the ability to easily blur out text in my screenshots.
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BlipTheir words
While Airdrop works very well between Apple devices, it can be kind of annoying to transfer files between either my Mac or iPhone and my Windows PC when I need to. The Blip app helps bridge that gap and is free and easy to use. I've actually started using it more often between my Apple devices as well than I use Airdrop now.
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Laravel ForgeTheir words
Laravel Forge is an amazing service offered by the Laravel team to provision and manage servers. I use it for both my personal and work related servers.
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HetznerTheir words
For some projects I've started to use Hetzner for vps hosting. I've found you can get more powerful servers for a cheaper cost than with providers like DigitalOcean.
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Laravel ShiftTheir words
I've only used Laravel Shift a few times, but each time I did it saved a lot of time upgrading my Laravel projects.
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FlareTheir words
To track exceptions in production, I've found Flare to be very helpful.
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Liked Flare
To track exceptions in production, I've found Flare to be very helpful.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Laravel Shift
I've only used Laravel Shift a few times, but each time I did it saved a lot of time upgrading my Laravel projects.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Hetzner
For some projects I've started to use Hetzner for vps hosting. I've found you can get more powerful servers for a cheaper cost than with providers like DigitalOcean.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
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Loved Laravel Forge
Laravel Forge is an amazing service offered by the Laravel team to provision and manage servers. I use it for both my personal and work related servers.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Blip
While Airdrop works very well between Apple devices, it can be kind of annoying to transfer files between either my Mac or iPhone and my Windows PC when I need to. The Blip app helps bridge that gap and is free and easy to use. I've actually started using it more often between my Apple devices as well than I use Airdrop now.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Shottr
Shottr makes manipulating screenshots a lot easier and nicer than the default screenshot functionality provided by macOS. My favorite feature from it is the ability to easily blur out text in my screenshots.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Spark Mail App
On both my MacBook and iPhone, I prefer to use the Spark Mail App for handling my emails.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Uses Backblaze
In addition to time machine backups, I also use Backblaze as an offsite backup.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved 1Password
If you're not using a password manager, you're doing it wrong. I prefer to use 1Password. I honestly don't think I could live without 1Password. Having access to all my vaults across all my devices is also a plus.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Raycast
I've never liked Spotlight on macOS, and previously I used Alfred as a replacement. However, now I've discovered Raycast. Raycast is my primary mode of navigating through macOS, as I've bound the keyboard shortcut to
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Recommends YubiKey 5C NFC
For websites and services that support Webauthn authentication, I use a YubiKey 5C NFC security key. This particular key is nice because it works with both my MacBook and my iPhone without having to use any adapters. I highly recommend purchasing at least one of these to use a form of two-factor authentication for websites that support it.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Apple Watch Series 10
I never was much of a watch person until I bought my Apple Watch Series 10. Now I feel naked if I leave home without wearing it.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked UniFi UNAS Pro 8
I've been wanting to get a NAS for a while now, so I decided to go all-in and get the UNAS Pro 8 from UniFi. The initial cost was a lot but for me it's been well worth the investment.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Logitech MX Master 4 Mouse
Even when not docked, I still prefer an external mouse for most operations. I really love the Logitech MX Master 4 mouse. For me, it feels great to hold, and it also provides support for some macOS gestures like swiping up for mission control.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved NuPhy Halo IO Series 96 Keyboard
I decided to give NuPhy keyboards a try, and I'm glad I did. This keyboard has become my favorite one to use.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked HUANUO Dual Monitor Stand
I prefer using monitor arms over the default stand that most monitors come with, and at the end of 2022 I switched to the HUANUO Dual Monitor Stand. It's a single mount with two monitor arms, and it holds the monitors in place nicely. Each arm is flexible in where I can position them.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
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Loved Sanodesk 72x30 Standing Desk
Another part of my recent office upgrade was the Sanodesk 72x30 Standing Desk. Overall, I love this desk so far. The bamboo top looks and feels great, and I have plenty of room on the desk to set it up how I want to. Being able to raise it to a standing position is also nice too when I get sick of sitting.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
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Liked BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2 Light Bar
Using these BenQ light bars allows me to better illuminate my desk at night without having to keep my overhead lights on. What I really like about this light bar is that it can be configured to automatically turn off when I leave the desk.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
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Liked Dell S2725DS 27-Inch Monitor
I've been upgrading my home office setup, and these monitors have been part of that upgrade. So far I'm very happy with the picture and color quality of the monitors, and the pricing really wasn't too bad either. Here's the
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
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Liked CalDigit TS5 Plus Dock
When I purchased this dock it cost me $500, so it was not cheap! It has been well worth the cost though, giving me plenty of ports to use and even allowing me to charge accessories without having my MacBook plugged into it.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved 16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Max
Overall, I'm loving the M4 Max so far, and I've noticed that it does handle certain tasks such as running Pest PHP tests about twice as fast sometimes as the M1 Pro did, which is nice.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Transmit
Sometimes to connect to S3, FTP and SFTP servers, I like to use Transmit.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Helo
Liked TablePlus
In the past, I've used DataGrip from JetBrains to manage my databases. Now, I prefer to use TablePlus, as it is much simpler to use.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Ray
Ray is an excellent debugging tool I like to use from the amazing Spatie.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved Laravel Herd
Using Herd for local development is a no-brainer. In my experience it's made it much easier to manage my sites and local php and node versions, plus it runs each site much faster.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Pest Plugin
Pest Plugin. It makes Pest a first class citizen in the IDE, and as another perk, it's completely free.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Liked Laravel Idea
Since I mostly work on Laravel projects or packages, I usually enable the Laravel Idea plugin. It's a paid plugin, but it's definitely worth the money since it can provide stuff like auto-completions for route names, request fields and more.
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
Loved PHPStorm
PhpStorm is still my IDE of choice. I've tried many others in the past including Visual Studio Code, Sublime, or Atom, but I keep coming back to PhpStorm. Here's a screenshot of my editor setup:
randallwilk.dev 15 Jun 2026
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Site randallwilk.dev His site: posts, open-source package docs and his /uses page.
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x.com @wilkrandall His X account, linked from his own site.
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GitHub rawilk His open-source Laravel packages and dotfiles.
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- alpine-ripple — Ripple effect (materialize) for Alpine.js. 19 Oct 2026
- profile-filament-plugin — Profile & MFA starter kit for filament. 19 Oct 2026
- filament-quill — Quill rich text editor for Filament. 14 Oct 2026
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- randallwilk.dev — Repo for my personal site. 1 Oct 2026
- laravel-printing — Direct printing for Laravel apps. 14 Sept 2026
- rawilk — My personal GitHub repository 4 Aug 2026
- guidelines-skills — Guidelines and skills for laravel-boost. 28 Jun 2026
- laravel-casters — A collection of custom casts for Laravel. 24 Jun 2026
- laravel-ups — UPS api wrapper for Laravel. 22 Jun 2026
- filament-password-input — Enhanced password input component for filament. 22 Jun 2026
- human-keys — Use stripe-like keys for your models. 22 Jun 2026
- laravel-stubs — Opinionated modifications to the default Laravel stubs. 22 Jun 2026
- laravel-settings — Store Laravel application settings in the database. 22 Jun 2026
- laravel-webauthn — Add webauthn functionality to Laravel. 20 Apr 2026
- forge-recipes — Scripts to use on Forge provisioned servers. 27 Aug 2025
- laravel-base — Useful blade components and functionality for most Laravel projects. 18 Mar 2025
- filament-inner-nav — Add inner navigation to filament panel pages. 18 Mar 2025
- laravel-form-components — Form components built for Tailwind & Livewire. 18 Mar 2025
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