Letter to my 2014 self: advice for the early years
Looking back at 2014, the year this journal started: what I over-prioritized, what I neglected, and what I would do differently early on.
Blog
Articles & Content
My writing, videos and posts across platforms on software architecture, PHP, DevOps and product development. (Page 13/32)
Real-time features in Laravel: WebSocket and broadcasting
Adding live updates with Laravel Broadcasting: event-driven publishing, Pusher integration, and listening on the client side.
Taking AI's Impact on Coding Seriously for the First Time
I've been using ChatGPT for months, but something shifted this month — a curiosity turned into a real observation that made me question how I work.
PHP Traits: What They Are and When to Use Them
A practical look at PHP traits: why they exist and how to share behavior across unrelated classes without the pitfalls of multiple inheritance.
Laravel 10: Stricter Types and the Process Layer
Laravel 10's type discipline and the new Process facade: how the framework's maturing codebase translates into better day-to-day development.
Documenting APIs with OpenAPI
Deriving documentation from code and sharing one source of truth with clients: fitting the OpenAPI specification into a daily workflow.