Joel Clermont
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Followers
3.6K
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

2
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Apr 2023
On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: In today's video, stop scrolling through giant test classes and · 3 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
5.6 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
21×
Follows 168 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post In today's video, stop scrolling through giant test classes and learn the one keystroke that turns any file into a scannable, clickable outline in PHPStorm. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 3
In today's video, learn how to keep dev tooling out of your production Docker image by giving each Dockerfile its own ignore file, plus a gotcha in how Docker decides which one to use. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... In Laravel you reach for Storage::fake() to keep tests from writing real files. But what about code that uses raw fopen or fwrite? Here is the tool for that. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 2 If you isolate a Valet site to a specific PHP version, your Composer scripts might still run on the system default. One small prefix fixes it. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 1 A public property in Livewire can be edited from the browser, even one you never put in a form. There's a one-line attribute that stops it, and I keep forgetting it exists. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 1 I usually push back on pulling code into a method that's only called once. But my service providers are full of them, and I have no problem with it. Here's the difference that makes it okay. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 2 Extracting a long method into smaller ones can make it shorter without making it any easier to read. Sometimes the mess was fine. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 1 Ever stare right at an error message and still miss the answer? A single leading slash cost me 15 minutes of debugging with the Vite asset helper. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 2 Formatting numbers to match a style guide can be where we tend to make our own solution. But, Laravel has had a helper for it the whole time. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 1 Does a human partner still matter when AI seems to have all the answers? In this week's podcast, Aaron and I share why working through problems with a real person still beats going it alone. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... In today's video, watch a passing Artisan command test fail after one tiny refactor, and learn why the command never actually ran. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 1 A 502 error, an empty laravel.log, and code that worked fine locally. The culprit was a PHP extension I never installed, colliding with a Laravel helper. masteringlaravel.io/daily/2026-0... ★ 3

🦋 Handle & authenticity

✅ Domain-verified
@jclermont.com
The handle is the domain jclermont.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real jclermont.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Apr 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 5.6× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

49/100 Fair
  • Est. 78% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
  • Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
78%
Fake-follower risk
Medium
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

📖 Author of Mastering Laravel Validation Rules ✍️ I post useful Laravel tips https://masteringlaravel.com 🎙️ Co-host of https://show.nocompromises.io podcast 🐘 Organizer of Milwaukee PHP

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