Hey, I'm Jakub Gause

Crafting dev tools that don't suck. Co-founded Zaptime, leading the way at Topol.io & Lettr.com. I build SaaS products, freelance across the stack, and write about code, projects, and whatever else I find interesting.

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My Wife "Hacked" My MacBook, So I Wrote a Laravel Package

~8 min read Mar 1, 2026

How watching my MacBook go haywire turned out to be my wife cleaning the keyboard. And why it made me build a secret manager for Laravel.

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Git Worktrees with Claude Code, Laravel, and Herd

~6 min read Feb 27, 2026

How I set up isolated development environments using git worktrees, each with its own database, domain, and Vite port. One command to create, one command to destroy.

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I'm Tracking My Dog's Walk to Mordor - On the Blockchain

~7 min read Feb 24, 2026

How I built a permanent website that maps my dog Finn's real walking distance onto the Fellowship of the Ring's 1,800 km journey from the Shire to Mordor.

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