Posts tagged with php
– stitcher.io – Edit
Brent continues his optimization journey processing 11 million database events. Starting from 50k events per second, he implements combined inserts, skips unnecessary deserialization, and reaches 400k events per second. A great deep dive into PHP performance optimization.
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– ohdear.app – Edit
The final part of Oh Dear's series on SQL performance. Mattias introduces phpunit-query-count-assertions, a package that catches N+1 queries, duplicate queries, and missing indexes in your test suite. Since implementing this at Oh Dear, they've eliminated 15% of their SELECT queries.
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by Freek Van der Herten – 2 minute read – Edit
If you're using AI tools like Claude Code to help write code, you've probably noticed they don't automatically know your team's coding conventions. The AI might write perfectly valid PHP, but it won't follow your specific style guide unless you tell it to. That's the problem Laravel Boost solves. It…
– tighten.com - submitted by Kayla Helmick – Edit
We released version v1.5.0 of Parental, our package that adds support for Single Table Inheritance (STI) in Laravel. This new version allows types to become other types and use numeric type columns instead of strings. It also adds new helper methods for eager-loading.
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– danielpetrica.com - submitted by Andrei-Daniel Petrica – Edit
A quick but essential fix for anyone pushing the edges of the Laravel ecosystem. The default FrankenPHP binary provided by artisan octane:install is static and locked to PHP 8.4, which causes major headaches if your application relies on PHP 8.5 features or specific system extensions.
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– tnakov.dev - submitted by Trajche Nakov – Edit
Evolving from dd() to Ray for a smoother workflow. Explore how Ray can boost your debugging game without stopping your code!
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– tnakov.dev – Edit
I fully agree (but I might not be totally objective here 🙂)
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– joshhornby.com - submitted by Joshua Hornby – Edit
Prompts break silently. Here's how to catch regressions with PHPUnit evals before your users do.
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Partial Function Application in PHP 8.6 will let you write a “pre‑configured” callable by calling a function with some arguments and using placeholders for the rest.
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A practical guide to deploying a high-performance Laravel stack using Octane, FrankenPHP, and a fully automated Docker Compose workflow.
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PIE's creator James Titcumb shows of PIE.
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– cosmastech.com – Edit
Laravel 8 first introduced HTTP request pooling, thanks to a contribution from Andrea Marco Sartori. This allows developers to write code which will execute any number of HTTP requests concurrently. Under the hood, this is made possible thanks to the async request functionality of Guzzle and cURL’s multi handler functionality.
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– tighten.com – Edit
Imagine your team wants to bring AI into their workflow to automate routine tasks, extract insights from data, assist with content creation, or improve customer support. Smart move!
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– aaronsaray.com – Edit
While parameterized queries are the preferred method, sole() adds an extra layer of protection when using raw queries, especially when only one record should match.
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– stitcher.io – Edit
PHP 8.5 includes the pipe operator, clone with, a new URI parser, and more.
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– cosmastech.com – Edit
Using Laravel’s new traits, WithCachedRoutes and WithCachedConfig, you can significantly reducing test run times.
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– flareapp.io – Edit
Performance monitoring gives you a complete view of what's happening in your Laravel app. The dashboard tracks everything: HTTP routes, queued jobs, Artisan commands, and database queries.
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– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler – Edit
Adding fake() methods to your custom facades in applications and packages can provide some nice DX and APIs.
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– stitcher.io – Edit
A few experiment by Brent. His process involves using noise generation, specifically the xxHash algorithm, to create a cohesive world map with smooth transitions between land and water using linear interpolation (LERP)
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The State of PHP 2025 survey by JetBrains examines how developers use, prefer, and rely on PHP, showing how this long-standing web language continues to modernize through new frameworks, improved tooling, and AI-assisted workflows.
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