Why DRY is the most over-rated programming principle
DRY is just like every other principle out there - it has its place, but it's best taken in moderation.
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An Engineer’s Best Tips for Writing Documentation Devs Love
Some good tips for writing effictive, human-friendly documentation.
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Effective immutability with PHPStan
Did you know that DateImmutable isn't really immutable?
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Good developer experience examples
A nice list of things to keep in mind when writing software or documentation.
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Add Interfaces to Laravel to Increase Code Readability and Verbosity
Personally I don't know if this is a good practice, but you (and future me) might like it.
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New UUID formats
There are a couple of nice ideas there to solve longstanding problems with UUIDs
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Using callbacks to prevent code duplication
– doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg
DRY up code by deferring specifics to a callback.
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Improve Passing Booleans in PHP
Passing booleans to a method can be code smell, as it is not clear what a boolean does by reading the calling code.
Naming constructors
Andraes Möller blogged a few interesting strategies to name the constructors of your PHP objects.
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The value of a good database design
– tray2.se - submitted by Patrik Ahlström
You might think that the way your store your data isn't really that important. Well it's more important than you think it is. A good database design just like good clean code is the key to performance, not only for the end user but also for you the developer. A poor database model just like poorly written code will slow you down and furthermore it will slow your database queries down which results in a slow application.
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Clean Coders Hate What Happens to Your Code When You Use These Enterprise Programming Tricks
This talk by Kevlin Henney looks at how a handful of coding habits, design practices and assumptions can systematically balloon code and compound its accidental complexity.
Avoid using else
Using else often encourages complexer code structure, makes code less readable. In most cases you can refactor it using early returns.
Code that breathes
Have you ever needed to maintain a project that wasn't yours? A project that, when you first opened it, gave you chills down your spine? Even without reading the code in detail, you could already tell it was a mess.
Drying up test coverage using model scope events
– devonmather.dev - submitted by Devon Mather
Let's explore the option of firing events on model scopes to add some glue between our feature tests and our unit tests.
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Speeding up array_merge()
Here's why you should be carefull with array_merge in loops.
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Exceptional Naming
Kevlin Henney makes the case for not suffixing class names, or files with the type of object it contains.
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Where does my validation live?
Validation takes on many shapes and forms. In this post, Frank walks you through all the possibilities.
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Overriding vendor classes
Ever found yourself wanting to make a small tweak to a PHP file in a Composer dependency? Here's how to do it without forking the entire package.
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No code reviews by default
At Raycast, the dev team only requests code reviews when they think it's necessary.
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