The MISSION
The Coder's Cantina Manifesto
Founded in 2021 as side project by Michael Wallner, the journey began with a simple yet profound goal: teaching web development on YouTube, focusing on Laravel, Vue.js, and AWS. As time unfolded, our mission expanded beyond tutorials; The Coder's Cantina has transformed into a living experiment, building web applications in public.
The core values? Open source everything, knowledge shared, community built.
Turning Dreams into Profitable Products
We're firm believers in the power of open source. But sustainability matters too. Coder's Cantina aims to turn projects into profitable products, proving that a thriving open-source ecosystem and financial success are not mutually exclusive. Sharing knowledge should be rewarding, both intellectually and financially.
Celebrating Failure
In a world often obsessed with success stories, Coder's Cantina takes pride in a positive failure culture. Every line of code, every bug conquered, it's all out there. We document not just victories, but the valuable lessons learned from setbacks. Failures become stepping stones, lessons etched into our code, celebrated as opportunities to grow.
Founder
Michael Wallner
Michael is a seasoned web application engineer with a Masters's degree and more than 15 years of hands-on experience in the industry.
He specialized in architecting and developing intricate, reliable, and high-performance web applications. His expertise spans the Full-Stack realm, with a fluency in Laravel and VueJS.
Tech Stack
Let's talk Technology
Backend
Fueling Operations with Robust Technologies
Laravel
The PHP Framework for Web Artisans. What else?
Frontend
Crafting Intuitive User Experiences with Style
Nuxt
Nuxt offers a good convenience to build richer sites on top of VueJs.
Tailwind CSS
An extremely adaptable CSS framework ready for direct integration into HTML – eliminating the need for bulky CSS.
Vite
Lightning fast frontend tooling; Batteries included!
VueJS
The frontend framework of choice to build rich websites and applications.
Services
Elevating Performance with Trusted Partnerships
Amazon Web Services
AWS, renowned for its extensive range of services, plays a pivotal role in hosting web applications by providing a versatile and scalable infrastructure that caters to the dynamic needs of modern online platforms.
GitHub
GitHub serves as the primary development platform, fostering a high level of activity within the open-source community. It offers contributors the most favorable experience.
GitHub Copilot
Utilizing GitHub Copilot as an advanced auto-completion tool enhances efficiency and prevents unnecessary errors in the coding workflow.
Mailpit
Mailpit is a fast, low memory, email testing tool. It acts as an SMTP server, provides a modern web interface to view & test captured emails.
Storyblok
Storyblok has emerged as the latest preference as Content Management System, supplanting TYPO3. All content for this website is curated and delivered through it.
Vercel
Hosting a Nuxt site on Vercel is not only effortless, but also a delightful experience. In fact, this website is powered by Vercel.
Desktop Applications
Redefining the Workstation Experiences
Bitwarden
A standout addition introduced in 2023 is the secure storage of all passwords in this dependable password manager, which also facilitates easy sharing in the team.
Brave Browser
The privacy-focused browser built on Chrome's foundation, providing a robust collection of dependable extensions while prioritizing and safeguarding privacy.
Discord
Discord is to communicate internally, discussing projects, but also hosts an entry point into the Coder's Cantina community.
Dropbox
Leverage the seamless collaboration and secure file sharing capabilities of Dropbox, ensuring efficient file storage and easy access to your files from anywhere, at any time.
Fork
Git is so much better with this fast and intuitive GUI. Fork transforms the version control workflow into a seamless and efficient experience.
Notion
From managing the video content to storing valuable knowledge for each project; Notion is a trustworthy tool.
Open Broadcaster Software
OBS serves as the tool for all video recordings, whether they are live-streamed or saved as VODs.
PHP Storm
PhpStorm is an IDE tailored for PHP, HTML, and JavaScript, featuring real-time code analysis, error prevention, and automated refactoring capabilities for both PHP and JavaScript code.
Premiere Pro
Editing Videos is done in Premiere Pro. Not the easiest one, but it gets the job done. Do you have any recommendations?
Querious
Querious is one of the best MySQL clients for macOS.
Sublime Text
Sublime Text maintains its reputation as the unrivaled speed champion, excelling as the go-to editor for swift and seamless small text changes.
XD
From YouTube thumbnails to rough sketches of ideas, Adobe XD is a handy quick tool – and it comes with the creative suite subscription.