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    The Story Behind ArtisanPack UI’s Open-Source Media Library

    Jacob Martella

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    Every content management system needs a robust media library. Learn about the journey of pivoting the ArtisanPack UI Media Library from a CMS framework feature into its own powerful, open-source package. We detail the straightforward plan, the development process using Claude Code, and the essential features like folders, categories, tags, and modern image conversion support.

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    What I’ve Been Up to Lately

    Jacob Martella

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    It’s been a busy middle of the year, filled with a massive website migration at work, a university name change, and several personal projects. Despite the chaos, I managed to squeeze in a fun family vacation to Kansas City and Omaha, attend Laracon US online, update my personal dashboard app, and make significant progress on…

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    What I’ve Learned with Laravel After a Few Months

    Jacob Martella

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    Because of *gestures wildly* everything going on in the WordPress landscape, I’ve started taking a look at the web development world outside of WordPress. And I think I’ve fallen in love with Laravel. It’s reignited my passion for web development and reminded me of why I got into web dev in the first place.

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    Introducing Digital Shopfront Content Management System

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    I’m building a new content management system. What started out as sort of a crazy idea I had while driving to the Great Smoky Mountains last fall is starting to turn into a real thing. Here’s what I’m planning with Digital Shopfront CMS.

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