Uses (September 2025)
This post lists all the tools, services, and equipment I use day-in, day-out. I'll update this post whenever I make any major changes to my setup.
Duncan McClean
Software Developer from Glasgow, Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώσ ΄σ Ώ. Primarily working with Laravel, Statamic, Vue.js and Tailwind CSS. Part of the Statamic Core Team.
Cargo is now in Alpha!
It's been a long time coming but Cargo is finally in alpha! It's basically a complete rewrite of Simple Commerce. It's been a massive amount of work, but I'm really happy with how it's turned out and I can't wait for you to try it out!
Configuring public access to Meilisearch on Laravel Forge
Meilisearch is a super fast engine that's easy to self-host on your own infrastructure, avoiding the need for another Saas subscription. It's super simple to setup w/ Laravel Forge, but there's a gotcha if you want it to be publicly accessible.
Demo: Using Laravel Reverb outside of a browser π‘
I recently shared how I'm using Laravel Reverb outside of a browser to build a real-time webhook proxy.
Update on Cargo / Simple Commerce
Cargo (the new version of Simple Commerce) is basically done. Recently invited a handful of folks into the GitHub repo to help me test things before I make it publicly available.
Pair with me π
After pairing with Ben Holmen last week, I've decided to open up my calendar and take part in the "Pair-amid Scheme". I'm very much an introvert, so pairing a strangers is a little outside my comfort zone, but hopefully it's a good way to meet new people and learn from others.
The Future of Simple Commerce
It's nearly been five years since I started working on Simple Commerce. It started out as a way for me to play around with the Statamic 3 Alpha, but slowly and surely grew into the most popular way to build e-commerce sites with Statamic.
Setting up Xdebug's profiler with Laravel Herd & PHPStorm
I recently made the switch to Laravel Herd, after using Valet for years. One of the things I've wanted to do for a while is setup Xdebug to do some proper performance profiling. This post demonstrates how to get everything setup.
Simple Git Blame
Recently found myself going to the GitHub website multiple times a day to gather context on code I'm looking at in my code editor. I ended up building a VS Code extension to quickly open the Git Blame on GitHub.
Select dropdown cells with Laravel Excel
An application I work on generates and sends spreadsheet exports with pre-filled fields. Users can then populate the spreadsheet and re-upload it to the application. However, some of the fields are enums, meaning the values need to match exactly with the enum's backing value.
