Posts tagged "php"
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How a Caddy reverse proxy fix revealed a bug that had been hiding in our codebase for months. A detective story about assumptions, timelines, and the dangers of 'it works on my machine'.
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How we eliminated 90% of type-related bugs without writing a single test - a practical guide to achieving PHPStan Level 9 strict type checking in production PHP applications.
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PHP can handle 10,000 concurrent connections. Discover how Fibers, ReactPHP, Swoole, and Amp transform PHP into a high-performance async powerhouse for real-time applications.
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An honest, pragmatic comparison of Laravel and Symfony in 2025. Market data, philosophy, performance benchmarks, and a decision framework to help you choose the right PHP framework for your project.
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PHP 8.5 brings the long-awaited pipe operator, standards-compliant URL parsing, improved readonly cloning, and crucial deprecations preparing for PHP 9.0
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Discover how PHP 8.4's property hooks eliminate boilerplate code and make your objects 50% smaller. Learn get/set hooks, asymmetric visibility, and real-world migration strategies.
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Deep dive into PHP's type safety landscape: why no single library does it all and the winning multi-library strategy for 2025
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An in-depth technical analysis of PHP's transformation. We dissect the Zend Engine 3, the evolution of the type system from scalars to DNF, the JIT compiler, and the community efforts that redefined the language.
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Comprehensive guide to PHP AI/ML integration in 2025: frameworks, security, real-world implementations, and honest performance analysis
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Symfony 8.0 arrives November 2025 with PHP 8.4 Lazy Objects and up to 70% better cache performance
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A practical guide to building DDD Aggregates in PHP with patchlevel/eventsourcing. Learn the Aggregate Root's true job and how to refactor 'God Aggregates' into clean, maintainable, event-sourced models.
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How to orchestrate PHP quality tools with Makefiles and reduce build times by 70%
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Dive deep into PHP 8.5's game-changing features including the pipe operator, new array utilities, asymmetric visibility, and enhanced debugging capabilities. Discover how these additions will transform your daily development workflow.
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A deep dive into Fibers, PHP 8.1's game-changing concurrency feature. Learn what Fibers are, how they work, and how to use them for practical, non-blocking I/O operations like concurrent HTTP requests.
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