October has begun, and so has #Hacktoberfest! At Blumilk, we are excited to participate in this annual initiative that brings together developers from all over the world to support open source projects.

What is Hacktoberfest?
Hacktoberfest is an annual initiative organized by DigitalOcean in partnership with GitHub. The goal is to encourage developers to actively participate in open source projects by submitting pull requests (PRs). Whether you are working on popular frameworks, interesting libraries, or hobby projects, all contributions are welcome.

Blumilk and Hacktoberfest
At Blumilk, we value open source initiatives and are always looking for ways to grow our developer community. As part of Hacktoberfest, we have attached the tag to several of our repositories to make it easier for you to find projects to work on. This way, we want to encourage as many people as possible to participate and create valuable solutions together.

More details: https://hacktoberfest.com/

We are happy to announce that for several meetings we have been involved in Laravel Poland Meetup not as a partner, but as a co-organizer! We are extremely pleased to participate in building this Laravel community.

Laravel Poland Meetup #19
The next Laravel meetup will take place on September 30! This time our speaker will be Jacek Sawoszczuk - a full-stack developer at Blumilk, who will tell (almost) everything about Tinker.

Tinker is an interactive console environment for Laravel that allows for quick experimentation with code in real time.

Using Tinker, developers can:

Quickly test code fragments: Without having to run the entire application, you can test and debug individual functions and methods.
Interactively work with the database: Tinker allows direct interaction with the database, which is extremely useful when testing CRUD queries and operations.
Experiment with Eloquent models: Allows easy manipulation of data using Eloquent models without the need to create separate scripts.

Event details: http://bit.ly/laravelpolandmeetup19

We are happy to invite all Laravel enthusiasts to our office to watch Laracon Online together! This time Blumilk as the event host!

During Laracon Online we will have fascinating presentations, including:

Asynchronous Laravel: Discover the possibilities and advantages of asynchronous processing in Laravel.

Tricks with Tailwind: Learn how to fully utilize the potential of Tailwind CSS.

Laravel Typing: Discussions on best practices for typing in PHP.

Practical Testing: Gain knowledge on effective testing of Laravel applications.

Inertia and other news: Follow the latest trends and solutions in the Laravel framework.

Let's meet at Blumilk!
Would you like to drop by and watch Laracon presentations with us? We invite you to our office in Legnica! We have prepared comfortable seats for you, and beer and pizza will be waiting for participants to make the joint viewing more pleasant.

The number of places is limited, so we are waiting for your contact! We will contact all interested parties to confirm their participation.

Laracon 2021 on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/laracon2021-blumilk6827942599425347584/

Laracon official site: https://laracon.net/

We are happy to announce that a strong team of students from the Wrocław School of Banking, Collegium Da Vinci and the Witelon State University of Applied Sciences in Legnica have joined our team, starting their internships. The students will work on an innovative project aimed at creating an application that helps other students find internships.

The project that our new interns are working on is an application aimed at facilitating the process of searching for internships for students. Thanks to it, young people will be able to quickly and effectively find suitable internships that match their interests and field of study. All in one place.

For students who have joined our team, internships at Blumilk are not only a chance to gain valuable professional experience, but also the opportunity to work on a real project that has the potential to have a positive impact on the academic community.

During their internship at Blumilk, students will:
Get to know modern technologies and tools: While working on the project, students will have the opportunity to get to know the latest technologies and programming tools, which will enrich their skills and prepare them for their future careers.

Develop team skills: Working in a project team will teach them effective cooperation, communication and time management.

Receive support and mentoring: Our experienced programmers will watch over the students' progress, offering them support, advice and mentoring.

We believe that thanks to this cooperation, we will not only contribute to the development of their careers, but also create a valuable tool that will help many students in the future.

We keep our fingers crossed for our new colleagues and can't wait to see the effects of their work!

You may not know it about us, but we cooperate with the Witelon State University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Technical and Economic Science in Legnica. Our cooperation includes various initiatives that benefit the university, the students and our company.

Work experience: We run an apprenticeship programme so that students of IT can gain practical experience and see what the work of a programmer looks like from behind the scenes. We can confidently boast that some of our apprentices continue to work with us on a full-time basis. By working with the university, we have access to talented and well-educated young people who strengthen our team.

‘I spent three months interning at Blumilk and it was an amazing experience for me. I worked in a team with other developers and felt that I was making a real contribution to the company. The staff were very open and always willing to share their knowledge. I am very happy that I got a job after this internship.’

- Dawid Rudnik, apprentice 2021, currently programmer powering the Blumilk team.

Qualified project team: part of our team works as lecturers and academics, sharing their knowledge and experience with future professionals. This gives students access to current trends and best practices in the IT industry.

The participation of our employees in academic life, allows us to keep abreast of the latest scientific developments and innovations that we can implement in our projects. We believe that investing in the education and development of young talent is the best way to build a strong and innovative technology community.

We invite you to follow our activities and join our initiatives. Together we can achieve more!

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of watching the eighteenth Laravel Poland MeetUp. This time, both on-screen and right outside the walls of our Legnica office, we hosted Marcin Tracz – an experienced PHP+Laravel developer and an academic teacher at the Faculty of Technical and Economic Sciences at Witelon State University in Legnica. Marcin discussed the speed of Laravel Octane and how to use Laravel in tandem with Swoole. We hope we weren't too loud in the background! ;)

During the presentation, key advantages of Laravel Octane were covered, such as:

• Increased performance through application startup optimization.
• Persistent connections enabling faster server response times.
• Integration with Swoole and RoadRunner, allowing for even better resource utilization.

The speech by Marcin sparked numerous questions and discussions, highlighting how important and engaging the topics were. For us, as a partner of Laravel Poland MeetUp, it’s another proof of the value of sharing knowledge.

Thank you to all participants for your active involvement.
See you at the next meetups, both online and – we hope – in pubs!

Event details: https://fb.me/e/3OWFgrOlP