I wrote 1 blog post every day for 2 years. Here's 5 things I learned about SEO
Interesting read for the bloggers amongst us.
Read more [flaviocopes.com]
Enums without enums in PHP
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
Brent explains a few patterns to add enum functionality in PHP.
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PHP: Past and Future
Joe Watkins compares the execution speed of PHP 4 against PHP 8. It's amazing how far PHP has come.
Read more [blog.krakjoe.ninja]
I hate regex
A nice site that clearly breaks down and explains how a regex works
Read more [ihateregex.io]
Pragmatically testing multi-guard authentication in Laravel original
Last week our team launched Mailcoach, a self-hosted solution to send out email campaigns and newsletters. Rather than being the end, laughing something is the beginning of a journey. Users start encountering bugs and ask for features that weren't considered before.
One of those features requests we got, is the ability the set the guard to be used when checking if somebody is allowed to access the Mailcoach UI.
In this blog post, I'd like to show you how we implemented and tested this.
The Wall of Technical Debt
Mattias Verraes explains a method for making technical debt visible and negotiable.
Read more [verraes.net]
EventSourcery: a free video course on event sourcing
A few years ago Shawn McCool recorded a very nice video course on event sourcing. He recently made the entire course free to watch.
Read more [eventsourcery.com]
Building Mailcoach original
Today, our team released Mailcoach, a beautiful, self-hosted mailing list manager. It integrates with services like Amazon SES, Mailgun, or Sendgrid to send out mailings affordably. It’s packaged as a stand-alone app, or can be integrated into a Laravel project, it's perfect for bloggers, artisans, and entrepreneurs.
Even if you're not in the market for an email solution, Mailcoach includes a video course on how it’s built. I'm sure you'll see some valuable techniques that you can bring to your own project.
In this blogpost, I'd like to share why and how we've built this.
Laravel Mixins Tips
– liamhammett.com - submitted by Liam Hammett
Some tips when dealing with lots of macros in Laravel, and composing them into mixin classes elegantly.
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The end of cold starts at AWS Lambda
Yan Cui explains a feature called "Provisioned concurrency" that Amazon recently launched
Read more [lumigo.io]
Memoizing stuff in PHP 7.4
Did you know that the null coalescing assignment operator in #PHP 7.4 can be used to make memoizing stuff a little more clean? pic.twitter.com/SWWJEXQBLx
— Brent (@brendt_gd) January 16, 2020
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Developing Blocker-Friendly Websites
– tighten.co - submitted by Matt Stauffer
In the age of internet tracking, more users are turning to blocker software for protection. Sara Bin shares some tips to improve your website's UX for these users—and everyone else!
Read more [tighten.co]
New in PHP 8
My colleague Brent explains everything that's coming in PHP 8. Union types alone will make it a worthwile release.
Read more [stitcher.io]
PhpStorm settings after 8 years of use
– stefanbauer.me - submitted by Stefan Bauer
This article is the result of my 8 years of experience with PhpStorm and my best settings that make you a faster developer and let you focus more on the important things.
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ES6 modules made simple
– dev.to
A good overview on how to import stuff in the JavaScript world.
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Authentication and Laravel Airlock
Mohammed Said wrote a good explanation of what Laravel Airlock brings to the table.
Read more [divinglaravel.com]
Disabling HTML5 Form Validation For Laravel Dusk Tests
– cwhite.me - submitted by Chris White
Disabling client-side browser validation will allow you to test your real validation rules, instead of Chrome's.
Read more [cwhite.me]
Using optional attributes in a Laravel factory
🕵️♂️ Just discovered "->optional()" in $faker for my Laravel factories.
— Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) January 18, 2020
Check it out.
Did you already know about this? pic.twitter.com/MrVETY7i3f
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Remove all history from a GitHub repository original
From time to time I need to remove all history from a GitHub repository, for instance right before releasing a package I've worked on in private. Sometimes I don't want people to see all mistakes I've made along the way :-).
