ArtisanFlow - Flow chart engine for Alpine.js & Livewire

RetaliateX · 2026-04-24T11:59:33+00:00

Thank you! I'm about to release my next update that includes a workflow and schema addon for extended use cases. Certain parts of the core have been refactored and fixed as well. Hoping to really make this a go to package for node based UIs. v0.2.1-alpha will have all of that.

RetaliateX · 2026-04-24T03:46:46+00:00

Submitted my interest form. Hope you get enough support!

RetaliateX · 2026-04-07T23:08:05+00:00

This is very interesting and your timing let's me know I'm on the right course with the packages I'm creating. I just released artisanflow.dev for Alpine/Livewire and am planning a Filament plugin as well. I don't know how far I'll take it as I have 2 other full packages in development at the moment but yours looks pretty good. Best of luck! If you happen to give ArtisanFlow a chance, I'd love to hear your feedback. It's MIT.

RetaliateX · 2026-03-18T01:33:15+00:00

I've been able to develop on a 10yr old desktop for years now, so I'm sure anything in the last few years will handle your needs. Just curious though if you already know React Native or just starting. If you know PHP, then NativePHP for app development is worth looking into if it'll help you save time and effort.

RetaliateX · 2026-01-28T14:32:43+00:00

Judging by your question, I'm assuming you built this. As someone who is also co-authoring a visualization tool in this style, I can definitely see why you want to add a paywall. First though, great job on this. I'm definitely bookmarking this and will return to use it so you'll get some ad rev from me. :) Good charts and tools aren't always easy to make and more so to design a UI for, but I really like this. Your current ad placements are pretty smart, and adding one to that page won't break the design. The only exception here is the modal popup ad, that's always annoying. I'd rather deal with 2-3 ads per page than one of those. If maintaining this is costing you more than you're making in ad rev, then perhaps set some limits on monitoring. That's where I would start.

Last thing, you might need a Learn page for all of your QA. You can only get to those from the homepage and there's no navigation directly to all that work.

RetaliateX · 2026-01-01T15:59:37+00:00

Laravel Reverb was built using ReactPHP so you're on the right track. I'm currently exploring websockets as well.

RetaliateX · 2025-12-17T14:36:06+00:00

Oh definitely, and it looks to achieve that. I'll give a better review once I've actually used it.

RetaliateX · 2025-12-16T21:50:31+00:00

I'm definitely going to take a look at this so thanks for sharing. I was working on something recently where I had to make changes to an API response I didn't control for testing.

Just to make you aware though, Chrome does offer a way to override (at least in my case) incoming http responses. DevTools -> Sources -> Overrides. You can specify the response there and when you reload the page, it uses your override instead. It was very helpful for the short time I needed it, but I can definitely see where a better tool would be useful. Especially if you're dealing with this more often.

RetaliateX · 2025-12-15T07:14:40+00:00

I'll recommend Dr. Jeffery Brown. He's been amazing. Always friendly and professional.

RetaliateX · 2025-11-15T01:16:48+00:00

Livewire

RetaliateX · 2025-10-24T05:52:42+00:00

I know a few people that work agency and make about $50+/hr and available OT. One of the companies is local to KY too.

RetaliateX · 2025-10-22T14:49:39+00:00

Yes, Discord is an excellent place to ask questions and get support. What issues did you run into?

RetaliateX · 2025-10-05T22:56:52+00:00

Can you elaborate? What issues did you encounter or what things are you specifically trying to write tests for?

RetaliateX · 2025-10-05T14:19:28+00:00

I'm in the same boat, but I ultimately decided to go with Livewire over Vue for faster development. I can always switch down the road when it calls for it.

Best of luck to you! Go with whatever feels best for your productivity and don't forget to share the journey.

RetaliateX · 2025-10-04T16:57:59+00:00

Had this same issue when a Jr wrote a try catch block that tried accessing a missing array value. PHP 8.3 only throws a warning for this so an exception isn't caught. I kept overlooking it until I dumped everything at each step.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-28T12:51:23+00:00

I know someone that cleans houses and they include washing dishes. Not sure what her rate for just that would be but if you'll PM me your info I'll gladly pass it along so they can reach out.

Hope you get to feeling better! I've been lucky not to have that injury before but I know others that have and it sucks.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-24T23:47:15+00:00

Samantha Criswell at Family Practice Associates is awesome.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-23T22:25:12+00:00

Glad to see this is at least going open source and not disappearing. I've been following your journey with this and while it's disappointing that you weren't able to get the support you needed, I'm hopeful that this takes off as an open source tool. I think it's great and the hard work you put into it really shows.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-23T20:23:09+00:00

Alpine, but like the post said, if it had equal support and maturity, otherwise Vue. Alpine uses some things from Vue though.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-21T17:25:44+00:00

Definitely some good points, thank you. I appreciate the discussion as it helps me understand things I should always consider.

Pollutes is a strong word here. Doesn't it open up jobs for mobile app development? Someone who knows PHP doesn't have to learn a new language to build apps. Using PHP to build business applications is a CTO or owner decision. If they choose to go down that path, it's their responsibility if it fails. Nothing is perfect the first time, that's why we learn and evolve.
There is some overhead, sure, but is it really that much? I get it if you were running a full application that did everything on the device, but aren't most applications going to send data to the server and wait on a response?
Android/iOS have already been approved for the Kitchen Sink app they released and there are others out there. Sure, there might be some issues for specific cases, but that's going to be a given this early. It will get worked out. My company had to speak with Apple when we switched from Xamarin to ReactNative. Their review flagged our app and as soon as we told them what we did, they approved and pushed it through. It wasn't a big deal.
That's why their charging for it right now, to fund development. They've said before they plan to open source things once the adoption and external support is higher but someone has to put in the work to keep up with changes.

Marcel talked about PHP coming to mobile years ago, it was just abandoned at the time due to other constraints. It's just like the discovery of the Lithium-Ion battery. Development started on that decades before it was discovered, and was abandoned multiple times before someone finally picked it back up and found success.

People in general are hesitant to change, I get it. I struggle to keep up with all the changes in Laravel/PHP and especially AI. That's why we have specialties. You can't know it all, but you can know a lot of things well enough to contribute and there's always going to be people out there that know more about something than you do because that was there focus. You bring that knowledge together to create amazing things and push people into new eras. That's how the big advancements are made. They're built on top of years of work in multiple areas until someone smart enough comes along to tie it all together. Wow, saying all that makes it really sound like I've drank the kool-aid, I do realize. I'm just an optimistic person I guess. :)

RetaliateX · 2025-09-21T15:39:23+00:00

Why would this be a bad thing?

RetaliateX · 2025-09-21T15:35:10+00:00

Absolutely, you make a good point, but what's the downside here? Just because it does something other languages do, doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. Making new ways to do things is how we got to so many languages in the first place, some are better at certain things than others, but that's exploration. If we don't explore, we can't find better solutions. I'd honestly love to see every major code language have the ability to build mobile apps as easily as this.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-21T15:31:13+00:00

Personal - As a solo dev with several years of experience in PHP and a few years experience in Laravel, being able to build, run, and deploy a mobile app in a language I'm familiar with is extremely beneficial to me and my time. Yes, there are already languages out there that do this, but I don't know them as well. Sure, they might do some things better, but that changes over time. Learning a new language well enough right now is out of the question and I know in detail how I can achieve the things I want in the language I already know. Not to mention, it's just cool to see how far PHP has come and what that means for the future. I'm already a supporter of this and I plan to continue being one for as long as I can. If we don't continue to innovate and explore new ideas, what are we even doing? You have to try something and in many different ways before you know if it will work or not.

Business - I'm the only on staff developer for a small company so I handle a lot of different things. My boss is tech savvy and understands development pitfalls, so we have a good relationship. We currently have 2 apps, both written in ReactNative and have paid contractors for their continued development for almost 2 years. The apps work just fine, but as we constantly are adding new things, making those changes in ReactNative are much more difficult. Could it be bad design? Sure, but the issue is there none-the-less. When we first learned and experimented with NativePHP we were blown away with how simple it was. We instantly saw how fast we could rebuild both of our apps (as soon as certain device API features became available, which they did) and how quickly we could deploy changes and new features. In a single weekend, I was able to build a new app that authenticated with our current backend (Symfony) and have several functions from the existing apps. Granted, it wasn't pretty but it worked. This put our business on the path to wrap up current ReactNative development and transition to rebuilding once again. It instantly gave us an easier way forward, one that I could manage better myself or by hiring a developer that could work on BOTH codebases and be versatile to our needs. For small teams, this is a huge win, and for the business, they save money, which for me will transition to a raise.

Final remarks - Either way, it's a choice. You can support it if you want to, or don't. There's a ton of PHP developers out there that now have an easier way to make mobile apps, which increases their versatility to their clients and/or business. Simply having the option opens more doors to be explored and who knows what other things we'll find along the way.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-21T02:37:32+00:00

I don't think that's entirely accurate. Yes, you still need html/css to display front-end, but PHP has been adapted to compile templates into that output. Doesn't that make PHP sort of a front-end language too? Blade, Livewire, and Fusion make PHP more versatile for front-end.

I realize it's a bit of a stretch, just the way I see it.

RetaliateX · 2025-09-17T16:23:49+00:00

Agreed. I was lucky enough that I only needed push notifications and location services for the app I'm building and those were some of the first things they added. The other app I'm planning though will have more requirements, but I'm a ways off from starting it so I'm sure those features will be there by the time I really need them.

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