Laravel Advanced: Lesser-Known, Yet Useful Composer Commands
– backpackforlaravel.com - submitted by Karan Datwani
Five Lesser-Known But Useful Composer Commands.
Read more [backpackforlaravel.com]
Handling email testing in Laravel with Ray
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Learn how to use Ray to test emails in Laravel!
Read more [myray.app]
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Fun with Blade directives
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Some fun things you can do with Blade directives.
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Some cool SQLite things
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Just a small post about some of the cool things you can do / see in SQLite.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
Assigning a user to an error
– flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
Learn how you can assign a user to an error in Flare!
Read more [flareapp.io]
Architecture Testing in Laravel with Pest
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Read about how to use Pest to add architecture tests for your PHP application and enforce standards such as folder structures, naming conventions, and more.
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I write my code in the controller
– hakanaktas.com.tr - submitted by Hakan
A pragmatic approach to avoiding early optimizations
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Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Thinking Data vs Thinking Business Processes
– davorminchorov.com - submitted by Davor Minchorov
Learn about the differences between thinking in terms of data (CRUD) vs thinking in terms of business processes (behaviour) and how it affects code maintainability.
Read more [davorminchorov.com]
Laravel Under The Hood - The Strategy Pattern
– blog.oussama-mater.tech - submitted by Oussama Mater
Have you ever wondered how Laravel switches between different drivers' implementations? Well, hang tight, we will learn how!
Read more [blog.oussama-mater.tech]
Primitive Obsession: what it is, how to spot it and, how to fix it!
– acairns.co.uk - submitted by Andrew Cairns
Explains what the Code Smell 'Primitive Obsession' is, the damage it can cause to your codebase, how to spot it and - how to fix it!
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Encrypting Queued Jobs, Notifications, Mail, and Listeners in Laravel
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Read about how to encrypt queued jobs, notifications, mailables, and listeners in Laravel for improved security.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
Optimizing PHP for performance
– mateusguimaraes.com - submitted by Mateus Guimarães
Let's dive on how to enable OPCache and fine-tune php-fpm to handle the most requests as possible on a given machine.
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Form Validation with Type Inference Made Easy with Zod, the Best Sidekick for TypeScript
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Let's explore Zod: a library that can help us validate data not only on the client but also on the server, and even generate TypeScript types to maintain end-to-end type safety and consistency.
Read more [tighten.com]
Disabling Composer's default timeout inside of scripts
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Composer's 30 second execution timeout can get in the way of long-running processes executed from a script. This is how you disable it.
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vue-ray 2.0 is out - full Vue 3 composition api support
– github.com - submitted by Patrick
The vue-ray package has released v2.0, with full script setup/composition api support, reduced overhead, and more.
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Elevate Your Laravel Eloquent Queries with Tappable Scopes
– seankegel.com - submitted by Sean Kegel
Use tappable scopes in Laravel to break down complex queries into reusable pieces without needing to use magic query scopes in Laravel.
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How Ahrefs Gets a Billion Dollar-Worth Infrastructure With a 90% Discount
Choosing colocation for the infrastructure was the right decision for Ahrefs.
Read more [tech.ahrefs.com]
Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JS
A nice technique to prevent simple bots from harvesting your email address.
Read more [rouninmedia.github.io]
How to build a writing habit
A wonderful essay by Peter Suhm
Read more [writinghabit.com]
How we stopped a DDoS attack at Laracon
– flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
Discover how we stopped a DDoS attack at Laracon!
Read more [flareapp.io]