Implementing Stripe trials for memberships: patterns and best practices
How to add trials to membership subscriptions using Stripe and Laravel Cashier, with patterns for free-until, trial_months, and safe webhook handling.
Skilled Software Engineer, Seasoned Technical Leader, and Passionate Golfer
I’m Steven, a software engineer and technical leader based in the west coast of Scotland. I’m the CTO at Digitonic, where we develop technologies for the investor relations and igaming industries.
How to audit PHP dependencies (practical guide)
How to audit PHP Composer dependencies for security, license and maintenance issues, with tools and a small script you can run today.
Install Sentry Self-Hosted on EC2 with Docker, Forge & SSL
Step-by-step guide to deploy Sentry Self-Hosted on an AWS EC2 Ubuntu 24.04 server provisioned via Forge. Configure Docker, swap, SSL with Nginx, MaxMind GeoIP, Slack & GitHub integrations, Mailgun SMTP, Laravel backend + browser tracing, and connect GitHub Copilot via Sentry’s MCP server. Includes troubleshooting.
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