Tony Messias

Tony Messias

Lead Programmer

Article
Introducing Rich Text Laravel

A package to integrate Trix into Laravel applications

· Tony Messias
When we build forms for an application, it's common to need a field where a plain textarea isn't enough. So how do we proceed? We could process it on the backend and treat the input as Markdown, but this requires manual configuration and can often be...
Article
New: Install Takeout with Docker
· Tony Messias
Takeout is a convenient layer on top of Docker that lets you quickly spin up services without looking up the images and how to run them. Need a Redis service locally? Run:...
Article
Optimistic UI Tricks for Livewire and Alpine
· Tony Messias,  Omar Rida
There's been a lot of debate in the last few weeks on the merits of building web apps with HTML-over-the-wire vs. using popular JavaScript libraries like Vue and React, and how that choice affects the experiences of end users and developers....
Article
Kill Switches: Interrupting Long-Running Processes
· Tony Messias
A kill switch—sometimes known as a “Dead Man’s Switch”—is a type of safety mechanism common in machinery that interrupts a process in the event of an...
podcast
Turbo Laravel with Tony Messias
· Zuzana Kunckova,  Dave Hicking,  Tony Messias
Tony Messias (a programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about Hotwire & Turbo Laravel - what it is, why he thinks it's interesting, how it works, and more. Transcript Dave Hicking: Welcome to...
1807 W. Sunnyside, Suite 1G
Chicago, IL 60640
(312) 448-7405
hello@tighten.co
Work
Services
Manifesto
Results
Company
About
Team
Blog
Careers
Contact
Community
The Laravel Podcast
The Business of Laravel Podcast
Twenty Percent Time Podcast
Laravel Onramp
Nova Packages
Laravel Tricks
©2025 Tighten Co.
· Privacy Policy
Built with Jigsaw · Forms by FieldGoal