Yesterday we released the next generation of Laravel Forge. This is the biggest update we’ve made since we originally launched back in 2014. The web has changed a lot since then, and so have our expectations of what a server management platform should offer. That’s why we added a whole bunch of new features including:

- Instant Laravel VPS servers - Zero downtime deployments - Free on-forge domains - Health checks, Heartbeats, & real-time metrics - First-party Nuxt.js and Next.js support

Aside from being created within 10 seconds, our new Laravel VPS servers - backed by our partnership with DigitalOcean - also offers a cool new feature: Team terminal sessions. You can open an SSH session straight to your server within Forge and also pair with your teammates!

Thanks! Glad you found it funny too! :)

Well, there's a few reasons:

1. It's funny. 2. It's actually useful. 3. I'm a dummy.

Hope you find it funny and useful though!

I've never used Tableau, but heard a lot of hate about it. However, in my previous role, we were big fans of Metabase (https://metabase.com). You can also self-host it, which was a huge win for us.

Sure! https://james.brooks.page

Yes, you should absolutely not be using Google Analytics. They don't need more data, your users don't want to see cookie banners and most of you really don't need 99% of the data that you can filter through...

I can't recommend Fathom (https://usefathom.com) enough. They have a huge focus on privacy-first tracking. You don't need to show a cookie banner and you can still track events etc.

If you want $10 credit for signing up, use https://usefathom.com/james but otherwise, https://usefathom.com

Seriously, Google Analytics sucks. Use anything other than that.

At first I was offended by how accurate the SodaStream comment was, but hey... we all want to create our own bubbly drinks.

Hey HN! I wrote a script to find a Polestar 2 that matched my specification.

Turns out, a lot of people wanted this too so I added a front end to it and now you can be notified when your spec is available.

Let me know what you think!

Hey everyone!

I'm James, aka @jbrooksuk. For over a year I've been working on Checkmango, a full stack A/B testing platform.

I started working on it after I left my old role at an online travel agency. We wanted to do A/B testing, but any meaningful platform was costing several £k a month.

Checkmango is my attempt to fill a gap in the market of small — medium sized businesses that want to do A/B testing.

Everything is API based and you can check out the API docs at https://developers.checkmango.com (thanks to Bump.sh for hosting the OpenAPI spec).

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Me! I'm in Staffordshire, so would be better to travel to Manchester than London.