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]
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How we use CSS custom properties to customize your newsletter archive original
Here's an interesting technique that we use in Mailcoach.
Read more [mailcoach.app]
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Easy, alternative soft deletion: `deleted_record_insert`
Here's a strategy for soft deletes where you move data to another table instead of leaving it in-place.
Read more [brandur.org]
Laravel Pseudo-Daemons
Here's a cool technique by Aaron Francis where he uses artisan commands to create daemons.
Read more [aaronfrancis.com]
Bitmasking in Laravel and MySQL
– aaronfrancis.com - submitted by Aaron Francis
An introduction to using bitmasks in general, and their usage in PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.
Read more [aaronfrancis.com]
My Software Estimation Technique
Jacob Kaplan-Moss shares the technique he uses when he needs to develop a project timeline.
Read more [jacobian.org]
Hostnames as self-executing fetches
Here's a cool technique by Bram Van Damme
Read more [www.bram.us]
Grandfathering in legacy
Here's a nice technique that you can use in legacy projects.
Read more [madewithlove.com]
