by Dave McKillen | Feb 6, 2025 | AI Integration, Artificial Intelligence
In today’s fast-paced digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. Businesses that integrate AI into their workflows are seeing increased efficiency, reduced operational costs, and game-changing automation that frees up time for...
by Dave McKillen | Dec 11, 2024 | Custom PHP programming, Laravel, Uncategorized
There’s no feeling quite like the satisfaction of watching your own Laravel application take off and drive real business success. After months of brainstorming, designing, coding, and testing, seeing your project come to life and deliver tangible results is...
by Dave McKillen | Nov 18, 2024 | Laravel, WordPress
Believe it or not, it is actually possible to use WordPress for the front end and Laravel for the back end of a web-based application. WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that is commonly used for building websites, while Laravel is a PHP framework...
by Dave McKillen | Oct 21, 2024 | Content, Giving Back, Lifestyle and Wellness
She won’t do it herself, so I’m going to go ahead and boast on her behalf. My wife works in the medical world and as such has access to old medical vial caps from work. She makes the most amazing art from them and the best part is that they end up recycled...
by Dave McKillen | Sep 13, 2024 | Lifestyle and Wellness
I was chatting with a buddy of mine a couple of days ago about working in a small software dev company. She made the very valid point that, done wrong it can be one of the less healthy lives to lead. Lots of stationary typing and not a lot of time in nature (unless...
by Dave McKillen | Sep 6, 2024 | Laravel
Well if you didn’t already have faith in the awesomeness of Laravel before now maybe this will convince you. Laravel has just successfully raised a $57M Series A in partnership with Accel. Dang! Taylor Otwell, Laravel God extraordinaire announced it Sept 5th on...
by Dave McKillen | Aug 26, 2024 | Back yard Farms, Florida application development, Laravel
I guess sometimes I get tired of the digital life. Don’t get me wrong, it is immensely fun creating digital tools to solve business probs. There’s nothing better that seeing an email ping arrive in your inbox signifying a Stripe payment for some client or...
by Dave McKillen | Jul 15, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
As we step into the second quarter of 2024, the landscape of Software as a Service (SaaS) is undergoing significant transformations driven by cutting-edge technologies. From AI-powered automation to immersive experiences, let’s delve into the key technologies...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 14, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
In today’s fast-paced and complex world, stress management and effective problem-solving skills are essential for maintaining well-being and navigating challenges successfully. Interestingly, the logical approach that artificial intelligence (AI) takes to...
by Dave McKillen | May 10, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
OK so it’s pretty common knowledge at this point that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved from a futuristic concept to an integral part of our daily lives, revolutionizing how we interact with technology. Now, more than ever though, it’s time...
by Dave McKillen | Apr 9, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
I’m guessing by now in 2024, you’re wondering what AI tools you can develop for internal use or offer your clients – am I right? Well Basebuild has too. One technology that has revolutionized the marketing landscape is OpenAI, offering a suite of...
by Dave McKillen | Apr 3, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant advancements, revolutionizing various industries and aspects of daily life. From healthcare and finance to transportation and entertainment, AI technologies have shown immense potential to improve...
by Dave McKillen | Mar 21, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
In today’s digital age, the power of artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way businesses interact with their customers. One fascinating application of AI is the development of chat bots that respond to user input verbally through audio output,...
by Dave McKillen | Nov 14, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence
While artificial intelligence (AI) has made great strides in recent years, human programmers still possess many advantages over AI. Here are some factual reasons why human programmers are still better than AI: Creativity: 1. AI is excellent at performing...
by Dave McKillen | Oct 18, 2023 | Florida application development, Utah application development
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the business landscape, and its impact is expected to continue in the next 5 to 10 years. Here are some ways AI is likely to affect businesses in the coming years: 1. Improved efficiency: AI can automate...
by Dave McKillen | Oct 5, 2023 | Florida application development, Utah application development
So as nutty as it might be to post a blog post about OTHER Laravel-based companies in the area, we think it is important that you realize how ubiquitous and stable Laravel is as a dev option. Laravel is a very popular PHP framework used for web application...
by Dave McKillen | Sep 19, 2023 | Florida application development, Laravel
Laravel is considered better than other frameworks for building web-based applications by many developers for the following reasons: 1. Eloquent ORM: Laravel has an intuitive and easy-to-use object-relational mapping (ORM) called Eloquent, which allows...
by Dave McKillen | Sep 6, 2023 | Laravel
As a business owner, you want to make sure that your Laravel development team is providing the best support possible to help your business succeed. Here are some ways you can help your Laravel development team do a better job supporting your business: 1. Clearly...
by Dave McKillen | Aug 16, 2023 | Laravel
Here are some important things to remember when building and maintaining a Laravel framework: 1. Use Best Practices: Laravel has many built-in features that encourage best practices, such as the use of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture and object-oriented...
by Dave McKillen | Aug 3, 2023 | Laravel, WordPress
WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in the world, powering over 40% of all websites. One of the reasons for its popularity is the availability of many high-quality themes that can be used to customize the look and feel of a website....
by Dave McKillen | Jul 9, 2023 | Laravel, Mobile Responsive
Florida is home to a thriving tech community, and web-based application development is a significant part of it. There are various web-based application development frameworks available in Florida, and each of them has its own unique features, advantages, and...
by Dave McKillen | Jul 4, 2023 | CMS, Content, Laravel, WordPress
Creating a reliable, strong partnership with your Laravel or WordPress maintenance team is essential for ensuring the continued success of your website or application. Here are some tips on how to establish and maintain a strong partnership with your maintenance...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 21, 2023 | Laravel, Uncategorized
Laravel is a popular open-source PHP web framework that offers a wide range of features and tools to build scalable and secure web applications. Laravel’s regular updates and new features ensure that developers can build applications that meet the latest...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 7, 2023 | Laravel, WordPress
Whether it is important to have your WordPress or Laravel development group be local to your area depends on several factors. Here are some pros and cons to consider: Pros of having a local development group: 1. Communication: Working with a local...
by Dave McKillen | May 18, 2023 | Laravel
Laravel is a popular open-source PHP framework that is widely used for web application development. Here are some advantages of building your software on Laravel: 1. Rapid Development: Laravel provides a number of pre-built functionalities, such as...
by Dave McKillen | May 4, 2023 | Mobile Responsive, Utah application development
So you have a product or service and feel like it’s time to build your application. You’re thinking, cool new phone app right? Well … maybe wrong actually. As technology continues to advance, the world is becoming increasingly mobile. More people than ever are...
by Dave McKillen | May 4, 2023 | Lifestyle and Wellness
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, many workers are concerned about the potential impact on their job security. While it’s true that some jobs may be at risk of automation, there are still several types of college degrees that are less likely...
by Dave McKillen | May 3, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already having a significant impact on many industries, including web development. While it is difficult to predict the exact ways in which AI will affect WordPress and Laravel in the next 10 years, here are some potential ways in which...
by Dave McKillen | May 2, 2023 | Giving Back, Irish heritage
I think it’s really important to try to go back to our roots and support the youngsters coming up behind us. An old friend Tim from Ireland asked me to jump on a call with his classroom. They asked me random questions everything from how to start a business to...
by Dave McKillen | May 4, 2021 | CRM
I suppose the point of this quicky post is to demonstrate that you don’t need to spend an arm and a leg to get a full leads-to-CRM pipeline set up for your clients (or your own company). Zapier has done a pretty good job at taking advantage of the different...
by Chris Walke | May 1, 2021 | Gadgets 'n Gifts, Lifestyle and Wellness, User experience
I went looking for a power bank because of a poor experience on a recent backpacking trip. On that, I carried my old power brick, only to discover it would only partially recharge my iPhone 12 Pro Max. Yes, I realize that camping should be for relaxing and enjoying...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 17, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
Hey this is super easy to use, clean, and best of all free! (to an extent). If you are looking for a simple way of providing your clients with a list of your week availability without all the back and forth of time guessing, then this is the tool for you. You point...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 17, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
Chris actually uses this one a lot more than I do but the peace of mind is what’s great about this. We have some clients who’s site just can’t go down for any serious length of time. Up Time Robot alerts you if the site is down giving you valuable...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 16, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
This ones been around for a while but I had a (small agency) client tell me the other day that they were in need of something like this but didn’t know of it’s existence. So here it is! Google’s Pagespeed Insights is the gold standard when it comes...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 15, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
WP Engine are a solid hosting choice frankly and we aren’t getting paid to say that (yet?). But they also provide a very nice speed summary tool for your WordPress sites, providing suggestions as to what you might do to improve things if the site is running...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 14, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
If you are looking to very quickly check if a site has been hacked then this is the way to do it. Enter a URL and boom! you will get a quick info summary of the (hopefully) good news. They check websites built in all programming languages, such as PHP, .NET, Java,...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 13, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
Some clients are self-admittedly not exactly tech geniuses and so it’s not always the best thing to believe them on the hosting end of things. https://www.whoishostingthis.com/ allows you to get the low down on the host, IP addresses, name servers and more all...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 12, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
Builtwith.com is just a super simple little tool that enables to you to immediately get the lowdown on what a site is “built with”. It provides a pretty detailed list of the different techs used. Nothing fancy but I personally use the thing at least once a...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 11, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
So we’ve been asked a few times at this point to create an all encompassing analytics dashboard that pulls all social, inbound etc. analytics into one easy to process interface. We were about to look into what would be involved in consuming the plethora of...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 10, 2019 | Gadgets 'n Gifts
Tr.im is a pretty neat and simple little URL shortener in that it has a nice simple look and feel about it. You can quickly and easily sign up for a free account, choose your own short URL (assuming it’s not taken) and instantly start tracking some basic...
by Dave McKillen | Jun 6, 2019 | Project Management, WordPress Contractors
I thought this was an interesting set of stats provided by the insanely talented folks at Net magazine. Turns out personality clashes and understanding roles can throw a wrench in the works. Ultimately though these are both communication related and THAT doesn’t...
by Jon Noel | May 28, 2019 | CMS, Content, Custom WordPress, WordPress Contractors
WordPress has been around for a LOOONG time at this point and to date it seems to have pretty much stolen the limelight for end-user friendly content management systems. Well today we are going to take a look at the pretty awesome Craft CMS. Let us weigh in how and...
by Dave McKillen | Jul 8, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT is used for a wide variety of tasks, but some of the most common uses include: Customer Support and Service: Automating responses to customer inquiries, providing quick answers to common questions, and offering 24/7 assistance without the need for human staff...
