Polyglot developer and system architect Muhammet Şafak. Hands-on writing on building applications with PHP, Laravel, JavaScript and Go; a developer journal, projects and experience spanning from 2014 to today.https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en-UShttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/rediscovering-modern-css/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/rediscovering-modern-css/The problems we used to solve with JavaScript and preprocessors now have native CSS answers: container queries, :has(), and native nesting.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTarayuzcsshttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/resolving-invoice-number-collision-in-e-invoice-integration/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/resolving-invoice-number-collision-in-e-invoice-integration/Two workers produced the same invoice number in production. A log of how I resolved the race condition vs. legal gap dilemma in a real project.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukphplaravelrabbitmqmysqlhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/ai-self-review-what-it-speeds-up-where-it-falls-short/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/ai-self-review-what-it-speeds-up-where-it-falls-short/Three months ago I built a tool to audit my own diffs. This post is not about the 'why' but the 'how much': which workflow layers it plugs into, the numbers behind the speedup, the bug patterns it keeps catching — and where it hits its limits.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukaraclargitgohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/asking-a-tool-to-review-my-own-diff-commitbrief/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/asking-a-tool-to-review-my-own-diff-commitbrief/One afternoon I ran headfirst into the limits of self-review, so I wrote a tool that audits my own diff right from the terminal: CommitBrief. A note on why I built it, how it works, and what problem it actually solves.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukaraclargitgohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/which-methodology-for-which-project-decision-matrix/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/which-methodology-for-which-project-decision-matrix/Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid? That's the wrong question. A decision matrix from 18 years of production experience, three real case studies, and a way out of methodology religion.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/is-php-dead-2026-the-data/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/is-php-dead-2026-the-data/A view from 18 years of PHP development — the 2026 state of PHP through W3Techs, Stack Overflow, JetBrains, and Packagist data, including the language's often-ignored weaknesses.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdillerphpkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/git-in-production-a-senior-engineers-practical-guide/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/git-in-production-a-senior-engineers-practical-guide/From workflow selection to bug hunting with bisect, rebase discipline, worktrees, and signed commits — things I noticed after years of using Git.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTaraclargithttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-constants-enums-readonly-decision-tree/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-constants-enums-readonly-decision-tree/From define to asymmetric visibility — a three-axis mental model and a concrete decision matrix for getting immutability right in modern PHP.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdillerphpoophttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/twelve-years-of-this-journal-looking-back/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/twelve-years-of-this-journal-looking-back/Everything written in this journal from 2014 to 2026, and the story of growth it tells — and a closing.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/visibility-writing-as-a-career-investment/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/visibility-writing-as-a-career-investment/Writing sharpens your thinking and compounds over time. On the career value of being visible — not as personal branding, but as an honest record.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/being-polyglot-is-an-outcome-not-a-goal/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/being-polyglot-is-an-outcome-not-a-goal/How becoming a multi-language developer turned into a supposed goal, why it never really was one, and how I actually got there.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgunlukgopythonphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/twelve-years-with-laravel-growing-with-a-framework/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/twelve-years-with-laravel-growing-with-a-framework/From 2014 to 2026, twelve years with Laravel — a story of maturing with a tool, outgrowing it, and choosing it again.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-applications-with-php-in-2026-state-of-the-ecosystem/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-applications-with-php-in-2026-state-of-the-ecosystem/The real state of PHP in 2026: language maturity, ecosystem health, and why the 'it's dead' narrative is still wrong.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/eleven-years-in-a-developers-shifting-priorities/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/eleven-years-in-a-developers-shifting-priorities/A reflection on how my priorities as a developer have shifted over eleven years of this journal — from speed to resilience, from code to decisions.Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunlukphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/the-changing-craft-of-writing-code-in-the-age-of-ai/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/the-changing-craft-of-writing-code-in-the-age-of-ai/How much of writing code have AI tools taken over, and what is left for the developer? A reflection on the shifting craft.Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunlukaraclarhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/mentorship-and-knowledge-sharing-growing-by-helping-others-grow/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/mentorship-and-knowledge-sharing-growing-by-helping-others-grow/A career post on why mentorship is not a sacrifice but one of the most effective tools for a senior developer's own growth.Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/feature-from-idea-to-three-platforms-end-to-end-flow/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/feature-from-idea-to-three-platforms-end-to-end-flow/The mature, repeatable process I follow when shipping a feature across API, web, and mobile simultaneously.Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunluklaravelreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-85-on-the-way-the-languages-maturing-face/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-85-on-the-way-the-languages-maturing-face/PHP 8.5 isn't out yet, but reading through the proposals on the table reveals how a language evolves over more than a decade.Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/how-far-can-you-go-with-gos-standard-library/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/how-far-can-you-go-with-gos-standard-library/A hands-on look at just how much mileage Go's rich standard library gives you, and a principled approach to deciding when to reach for an external dependency.Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTdillergohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/specialist-vs-generalist-t-shaped-career/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/specialist-vs-generalist-t-shaped-career/On the tension between deep specialization and broad generalism, and how the T-shaped career model resolves that equation.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/managing-expo-ota-updates/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/managing-expo-ota-updates/Practical notes on shipping quick fixes without waiting for the app store review cycle, using Expo Updates — including its real limits.Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunlukreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-19-forms-and-actions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-19-forms-and-actions/I evaluate React 19's stable-release form actions model by comparing it with previous approaches.Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTarayuzreacthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/maintaining-a-polyglot-codebase-the-cost-of-context-switching/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/maintaining-a-polyglot-codebase-the-cost-of-context-switching/The hidden cognitive overhead of working in multiple languages simultaneously, and how I manage it.Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTgunlukgophptypescripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-12-release-cadence-maturing/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-12-release-cadence-maturing/I evaluate the changes in Laravel 12 and how the framework's annual release tempo affects project planning.Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/tailwind-css-4-new-engine-and-configuration/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/tailwind-css-4-new-engine-and-configuration/A calm assessment of the Oxide engine and CSS-first configuration approach that Tailwind CSS 4 brings — with the composure a major version bump deserves.Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTarayuzcsstailwindhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-your-own-product-solo-the-looplio-experience/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-your-own-product-solo-the-looplio-experience/An honest journal from a developer running the API, web, and mobile single-handedly — the real trade-offs of solo product development.Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunluklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-4-property-hooks-and-asymmetric-visibility/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-4-property-hooks-and-asymmetric-visibility/Property hooks and asymmetric visibility in PHP 8.4, and how these additions will change the way we model classes.Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/shipping-a-feature-across-three-layers-api-web-mobile/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/shipping-a-feature-across-three-layers-api-web-mobile/The end-to-end workflow for delivering a single feature simultaneously across API, web, and mobile layers — lessons from building Looplio.Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunluklaravelreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/home-cloud-server-raspberry-pi5-upgrade/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/home-cloud-server-raspberry-pi5-upgrade/Building a home cloud server with Raspberry Pi 5: CasaOS, Nextcloud, RAID storage, and Cloudflare Tunnel.Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunluklinuxhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/submitting-a-mobile-app-to-the-stores-with-expo/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/submitting-a-mobile-app-to-the-stores-with-expo/A first-hand account of the preparation steps and real experience of submitting a React Native app to the App Store and Google Play using Expo and EAS Build.Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunlukreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-native-performance-list-rendering/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-native-performance-list-rendering/Practical techniques for keeping large lists smooth in React Native — real-world experience with FlatList, memo, and keyExtractor.Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunlukreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/did-someone-say-github-actions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/did-someone-say-github-actions/An introduction to CI/CD with GitHub Actions: how to set up workflows and automate your deployment process.Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTaraclargithub-actionshttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/http-basic-authentication/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/http-basic-authentication/What is HTTP Basic Authentication, how does it work, and when should you use it? A practical breakdown of the oldest auth mechanism in the web stack.Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTwebhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/jwt-authentication-how-it-works/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/jwt-authentication-how-it-works/A practical look at JWT authentication — token structure, signing mechanics, and the trade-offs you need to understand before reaching for it.Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTwebjwthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/idempotency-in-apis-safely-repeating-the-same-request/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/idempotency-in-apis-safely-repeating-the-same-request/Designing API operations that produce no side effects when repeated; idempotency keys and practical implementation at the application layer.Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/side-projects-and-open-source-career-value-and-real-cost/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/side-projects-and-open-source-career-value-and-real-cost/An honest assessment of how side projects and open source contribute to a career: the returns, the costs, and when archiving a project is the right call.Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/table-driven-tests-in-go/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/table-driven-tests-in-go/A hands-on introduction to Go's standard testing package and the table-driven test pattern, embracing the language's minimal testing philosophy.Sun, 05 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTdillergotestinghttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/feeding-mobile-and-web-with-the-same-calendar-logic-looplio-diary/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/feeding-mobile-and-web-with-the-same-calendar-logic-looplio-diary/The practical decisions and lessons learned while consistently serving a single business logic to both React Native and web clients in Looplio.Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunluklaravelreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-11-slim-skeleton-structure/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-11-slim-skeleton-structure/A look at Laravel 11's leaner skeleton, the defaults that were removed, and the concrete impact on everyday development workflows.Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-native-navigation-and-screen-architecture/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-native-navigation-and-screen-architecture/Practical decisions and screen architecture approaches for setting up React Native Navigation Stack, Tab, and Drawer structures in the context of Looplio.Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunlukreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/job-change-decision-stay-or-leave/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/job-change-decision-stay-or-leave/How to turn a leaving-or-staying decision from an emotional reaction into a measurable evaluation — and distinguish legitimate signals from temporary frustration.Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/four-languages-in-one-year-mental-flexibility-of-polyglot-practice/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/four-languages-in-one-year-mental-flexibility-of-polyglot-practice/A reflection on how moving between PHP, Go, Python, and TypeScript within a single year shaped the way I think about software.Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTgunlukgopythontypescriptphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-3-typed-class-constants-and-new-additions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-3-typed-class-constants-and-new-additions/Typed class constants, json_validate, #[Override], and dynamic constant access in PHP 8.3 — the language's steady steps toward consistency.Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/type-level-programming-in-typescript-utility-types/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/type-level-programming-in-typescript-utility-types/TypeScript's built-in utility types and type transformation mechanisms: using the type system as a first-class tool.Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTdillertypescripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/filtering-the-hype-you-dont-have-to-learn-every-new-technology/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/filtering-the-hype-you-dont-have-to-learn-every-new-technology/How to manage your learning budget against the constant pressure of new tools and frameworks — a practical approach to deciding what to learn and when.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/getting-started-with-big-data-using-elasticsearch-and-kibana/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/getting-started-with-big-data-using-elasticsearch-and-kibana/An introduction to Elasticsearch and Kibana: the fundamentals of full-text search, data analysis, and visualization at scale.Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTaraclarelasticsearchhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/first-steps-into-mobile-development-with-react-native-and-expo/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/first-steps-into-mobile-development-with-react-native-and-expo/A web developer's experience crossing into mobile: what I learned while setting up Looplio with React Native and Expo, and how my expectations shifted.Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTgunlukreact-nativehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/rabbitmq-with-php/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/rabbitmq-with-php/Using RabbitMQ with PHP: creating a message queue, publishing messages, and consuming them.Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTaraclarphprabbitmqhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/async-job-processing-with-laravel-queue-and-supervisor/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/async-job-processing-with-laravel-queue-and-supervisor/How to set up asynchronous job queues in Laravel using the database driver, and keep workers running reliably in production with Supervisor.Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTframeworkphplaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/using-design-patterns-in-php-without-overdoing-it/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/using-design-patterns-in-php-without-overdoing-it/Design patterns are a tool, not a goal. When to use which pattern in PHP, and when they create unnecessary complexity.Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTdillerphpoophttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/frontend-state-management-pinia-after-vuex/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/frontend-state-management-pinia-after-vuex/How Pinia replaced Vuex in the Vue ecosystem: less boilerplate, better TypeScript support, and a more mature approach to state management.Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTarayuzvuehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/letter-to-my-2014-self-advice-for-the-early-years/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/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 in those early career years.Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/real-time-features-in-laravel-websocket-and-broadcasting/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/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.Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/taking-ais-impact-on-coding-seriously/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/taking-ais-impact-on-coding-seriously/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.Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTgunlukaraclarhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-traits-what-they-are-and-when-to-use-them/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-traits-what-they-are-and-when-to-use-them/A practical explanation of PHP traits, why they exist, and how to use them to share behavior across unrelated classes without the pitfalls of multiple inheritance.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-10-stricter-types-and-the-process-layer/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/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.Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/documenting-apis-with-openapi/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/documenting-apis-with-openapi/Deriving documentation from code and sharing a single source of truth with clients: integrating the OpenAPI specification into your daily development workflow.Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/using-chatgpt-for-the-first-time-as-a-developer/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/using-chatgpt-for-the-first-time-as-a-developer/Honest first impressions from a developer after a few days with OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT: where it impresses, and where it falls short.Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTgunlukaraclarhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-2-readonly-classes-and-new-types/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-2-readonly-classes-and-new-types/A look at readonly classes, DNF types, and standalone type declarations in PHP 8.2, and their impact on domain modeling.Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/naming-in-a-codebase-an-architectural-matter/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/naming-in-a-codebase-an-architectural-matter/Why naming is not merely a style choice, but a design decision in its own right — patterns I have observed over the years.Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTdilleroophttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/end-to-end-type-safety-with-typescript-from-api-to-ui/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/end-to-end-type-safety-with-typescript-from-api-to-ui/How to carry your type contract from the backend API to the frontend interface without breaking it — and the practical approaches to get there.Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTdillertypescripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/automating-repetitive-tasks-with-python/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/automating-repetitive-tasks-with-python/How to move manual workflows into reliable Python scripts: which tasks are worth scripting and how to do it right.Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTdillerpythonhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/seniority-the-responsibility-that-doesnt-come-with-the-title/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/seniority-the-responsibility-that-doesnt-come-with-the-title/The title often arrives before genuine seniority does. On why seniority is not about technical knowledge, but about the capacity to make decisions under ambiguity.Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTgunlukkariyerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-18-concurrent-rendering/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/react-18-concurrent-rendering/How React 18's concurrent render model changes application behavior, and what that means in practice.Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTarayuzreacthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/designing-value-objects-in-modern-php/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/designing-value-objects-in-modern-php/Embedding meaning into code instead of relying on primitives: why and how to design value objects in PHP.Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/contract-first-api-design/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/contract-first-api-design/How a contract-first approach aligns expectations across teams before a single line of code is written, and what it looks like in practice.Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/go-1-18-generics-toward-the-end-of-a-long-wait/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/go-1-18-generics-toward-the-end-of-a-long-wait/Go 1.18's generic support shows how a language can be reshaped thoughtfully. First impressions and trade-offs.Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTdillergohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/docker-containerization-installation-and-basic-usage/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/docker-containerization-installation-and-basic-usage/A hands-on beginner's guide to Docker's container architecture, core commands, and the concepts of volumes and networking.Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTaraclardockerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-9-release-cadence-and-php-8-compatibility/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-9-release-cadence-and-php-8-compatibility/How Laravel 9's annual release cadence affects project planning, and what PHP 8 compatibility means for your codebase.Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/being-a-polyglot-developer-choosing-the-language-for-the-problem/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/being-a-polyglot-developer-choosing-the-language-for-the-problem/Personal notes on why mastering multiple programming languages is a matter of tool selection, not identity.Sun, 02 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTgunlukgopythonphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/simplifying-my-toolset-as-a-software-engineer/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/simplifying-my-toolset-as-a-software-engineer/Reviewing my tool stack during the transition from senior to staff level, I realized fewer tools lead to clearer decisions.Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTgunlukaraclarhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-1-safer-domain-models-with-enums-and-readonly/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-8-1-safer-domain-models-with-enums-and-readonly/PHP 8.1 isn't out yet, but I'm already exploring how the upcoming native enum support and readonly properties will reshape domain modelling.Sun, 07 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/trying-graphql-after-rest/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/trying-graphql-after-rest/While solving a real over-fetching problem with GraphQL, I weigh where REST is still sufficient and where GraphQL actually makes sense.Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTwebapigraphqlhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-type-conversion-and-type-coercion/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-type-conversion-and-type-coercion/A practical look at PHP type conversion and coercion: gettype, settype, var_dump, and why strict_types belongs in every file.Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-a-testing-habit-in-laravel-switching-to-pest/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-a-testing-habit-in-laravel-switching-to-pest/I explain the syntax and structural differences that turned test writing from a chore into a habit when moving from PHPUnit to Pest.Sun, 05 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTaraclarlaraveltestinghttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/mysql-storage-engines-innodb-vs-myisam/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/mysql-storage-engines-innodb-vs-myisam/A practical comparison of MySQL storage engines: the differences between InnoDB and MyISAM, their trade-offs, and which one to choose.Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTaraclarmysqlhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/seo-problems-in-spas-and-ssr-options/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/seo-problems-in-spas-and-ssr-options/I compare the visibility problem that client-side rendering creates for search engines and evaluate server-side rendering alternatives.Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTarayuzjavascripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/generics-and-type-inference-in-typescript/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/generics-and-type-inference-in-typescript/Building reusable, type-safe abstractions with generics in TypeScript and making the most of type inference.Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTdillertypescripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-octane-persistent-process-performance/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-octane-persistent-process-performance/How Laravel Octane eliminates per-request bootstrap overhead — and the trade-offs that come with it.Sun, 06 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/error-handling-in-go-living-with-the-error-value/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/error-handling-in-go-living-with-the-error-value/A practical approach to embracing error handling as a language idiom in Go, a language with no exception mechanism.Sun, 02 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTdillergohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-enum-need-pre-8-1-solutions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-enum-need-pre-8-1-solutions/How we represented fixed value sets before PHP 8.1 introduced native enums, and the trade-offs of each approach.Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/api-error-contract-returning-meaningful-errors-to-clients/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/api-error-contract-returning-meaningful-errors-to-clients/How binding API error responses to a consistent contract simplifies client development and debugging.Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/slimming-laravel-controllers-with-action-classes/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/slimming-laravel-controllers-with-action-classes/How to write more testable and maintainable code by moving business logic out of controllers and into single-purpose action classes.Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/cutting-dev-server-startup-to-seconds-with-vite/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/cutting-dev-server-startup-to-seconds-with-vite/Why switching from a Webpack-based dev environment to Vite makes build times dramatically shorter.Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTaraclarjavascriptvitehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/coding-with-php-8-0-attributes-and-nullsafe-operator/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/coding-with-php-8-0-attributes-and-nullsafe-operator/PHP 8.0 is out. I share how I've been using attributes and the nullsafe operator in real projects, and what they've actually delivered.Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/preparing-for-php-8-union-types-match-named-arguments/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/preparing-for-php-8-union-types-match-named-arguments/PHP 8.0 isn't out yet, but the RFCs and beta releases are already readable. Here are my notes on three key features worth understanding before release.Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-data-processing-scripts-with-python/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-data-processing-scripts-with-python/The practical case for offloading repetitive transformation tasks to Python, with real script examples.Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMTdillerpythonhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/from-monolith-to-modern-ui-with-inertia-js/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/from-monolith-to-modern-ui-with-inertia-js/How Inertia.js delivers a single-page-app feel without a separate API, how it integrates with Laravel, and when it's the right choice.Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelinertiahttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-8-model-factories-and-new-directory-structure/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-8-model-factories-and-new-directory-structure/A deep dive into Laravel 8's class-based factory system and new directory layout, focused on generating test and seed data.Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/vue-3-composition-api-why-and-when/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/vue-3-composition-api-why-and-when/I discuss what the Composition API brings over Options API in Vue 3, and when you should prefer it, with concrete examples.Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTarayuzvuehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/exception-and-error-handling-in-php/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/exception-and-error-handling-in-php/A practical guide to PHP exceptions and error handling: try-catch-finally blocks, multiple catch clauses, custom exception classes, and global handlers.Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-http-services-in-go-is-the-standard-library-enough/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-http-services-in-go-is-the-standard-library-enough/I explore what you get — and what you don't — when building a small HTTP service with Go's net/http package, and where the framework threshold sits.Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTdillergohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/python-introduction-why-another-scripting-language/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/python-introduction-why-another-scripting-language/I explain the gap Python fills in my polyglot practice, my learning journey, and a PHP developer's perspective on Python.Sun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTgunlukpythonhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/alpine-js-a-lightweight-choice-for-small-interactions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/alpine-js-a-lightweight-choice-for-small-interactions/When should you reach for Alpine.js, and when should you not? I discuss the right scale for UI needs that don't require a full framework.Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTarayuzjavascriptalpinehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/spa-authentication-with-laravel-7-and-sanctum/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/spa-authentication-with-laravel-7-and-sanctum/How Laravel Sanctum solves SPA authentication, and why its cookie-based approach is cleaner than token-based alternatives.Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/interactive-laravel-apps-without-writing-javascript-livewire/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/interactive-laravel-apps-without-writing-javascript-livewire/A practical look at Livewire's server-driven interaction model — when it's the right choice, and where its limits lie.Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravellivewirehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/standardizing-api-responses-a-consistent-contract/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/standardizing-api-responses-a-consistent-contract/How returning the same response structure from every endpoint simplifies client code and makes errors predictable.Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-4-typed-properties-and-arrow-functions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-4-typed-properties-and-arrow-functions/PHP 7.4 was released in November 2019. Typed properties and arrow functions significantly strengthen the language's type system and syntax.Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/concurrency-in-go-goroutines-and-channels-in-practice/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/concurrency-in-go-goroutines-and-channels-in-practice/A hands-on look at Go's concurrency model — goroutines and channels — and what changes when you come from PHP's process model.Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTdillergohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/testing-vue-components/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/testing-vue-components/A practical approach to automatically verifying Vue component UI behavior: writing real-world tests with Vue Test Utils.Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTaraclarvuetestinghttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/migrating-to-typescript-type-safety-in-javascript/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/migrating-to-typescript-type-safety-in-javascript/My practical experience adopting TypeScript in a growing frontend codebase — what I gained, what I lost, and when it actually proved its worth.Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTdillertypescripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/api-versioning-strategies-and-tradeoffs/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/api-versioning-strategies-and-tradeoffs/How do you evolve an API without breaking existing clients? A comparison of versioning strategies with their trade-offs, drawn from real-world experience.Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-6-and-what-lts-really-means-versioning-strategy/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-6-and-what-lts-really-means-versioning-strategy/What does the Laravel 6 LTS release actually mean? Evaluating the long-term support decision against your project's lifespan and how to approach versioning strategy.Sun, 07 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-my-first-cli-tool-in-go/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-my-first-cli-tool-in-go/I reinforced my newly learned Go skills by building a real CLI tool — here's what the language feels like in practice and how far the standard library can take you.Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTdillergohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/why-i-switched-to-tailwind-css-utility-first/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/why-i-switched-to-tailwind-css-utility-first/Why I adopted the utility-first CSS paradigm with Tailwind CSS v1.0, the trade-offs I encountered, and when it actually makes sense.Sun, 05 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTarayuzcsstailwindhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/first-step-toward-polyglot-why-i-started-learning-go/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/first-step-toward-polyglot-why-i-started-learning-go/After more than a decade with PHP, why did I decide to pick up a second language — and why Go?Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTgunlukgohttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/how-react-hooks-changed-the-way-we-write-components/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/how-react-hooks-changed-the-way-we-write-components/React 16.8 introduced the Hooks API — here's how it shifted component authoring from class-based to functional, what the advantages are, and what to watch out for.Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTarayuzjavascriptreacthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/using-service-providers-and-the-container-correctly-in-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/using-service-providers-and-the-container-correctly-in-laravel/A practical guide to truly understanding Laravel's dependency resolution mechanism: how to use service providers and the IoC container the right way.Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-3-flexible-heredoc-and-list-assignments/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-3-flexible-heredoc-and-list-assignments/A hands-on look at PHP 7.3's flexible heredoc syntax and list assignment improvements, and how they contribute to better code readability.Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/2018-year-in-review-where-a-php-developer-landed/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/2018-year-in-review-where-a-php-developer-landed/An honest look at what I learned throughout 2018, how my habits shifted, and what I want to pursue next.Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTgunlukphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/consuming-apis-with-axios-in-the-frontend/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/consuming-apis-with-axios-in-the-frontend/Practical notes on keeping the request/response layer clean in the UI using Axios interceptors, error handling, and shared configuration.Sun, 04 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTarayuzjavascripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/task-scheduling-in-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/task-scheduling-in-laravel/How I use Laravel's task scheduler to manage multiple scheduled jobs from a single cron entry, keeping all scheduling logic readable and version-controlled inside the codebase.Sun, 07 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/multilingual-i18n-in-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/multilingual-i18n-in-laravel/Practical notes on adding multi-language support to Laravel: organizing language files, separating text from code, and managing locale switching.Sun, 02 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/npm-and-the-modern-javascript-package-ecosystem/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/npm-and-the-modern-javascript-package-ecosystem/Managing JavaScript dependencies with npm, configuring package.json correctly, and handling the practical challenges you run into in the package ecosystem.Sun, 05 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTaraclarjavascriptnpmhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-a-calendar-events-feature-with-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-a-calendar-events-feature-with-laravel/How I built a full calendar feature in Laravel from scratch, handling recurrence rules, timezones, and date range queries end to end.Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTgunluklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-my-first-tests-with-phpunit/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-my-first-tests-with-phpunit/From installing PHPUnit to writing my first unit tests — what worked, what tripped me up, and the lessons learned along the way.Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTaraclarphptestinghttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-notifications-email-and-sms/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-notifications-email-and-sms/How I use Laravel Notification classes to send the same notification logic across multiple channels — email, SMS, and more.Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/readable-async-code-with-async-await-in-javascript/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/readable-async-code-with-async-await-in-javascript/How async/await syntax replaced Promise chains and made asynchronous JavaScript genuinely readable — with examples.Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTdillerjavascripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/transitioning-to-component-based-ui-architecture-with-vue/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/transitioning-to-component-based-ui-architecture-with-vue/How I shifted from page-centric thinking to component-centric thinking, and how Vue.js makes that shift practical.Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTarayuzvuehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/formatting-api-responses-with-laravel-resource-classes/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/formatting-api-responses-with-laravel-resource-classes/How to produce clean API responses with Laravel Resource classes without leaking your database model directly to clients.Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-72-and-modern-php-habits/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-72-and-modern-php-habits/What PHP 7.2 introduced and how the direction of the language has shaped my day-to-day coding habits.Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/git-workflow-branching-merging-and-pull-request-discipline/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/git-workflow-branching-merging-and-pull-request-discipline/Branching habits, merge strategies, and how to build a traceable change history with Git and pull requests.Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTaraclargithttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/responsive-design-mobile-first-css/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/responsive-design-mobile-first-css/What the mobile-first CSS approach is and how to use media queries to keep a single interface looking right across different screen sizes.Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTarayuzcsshttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/authorization-with-laravel-gates-and-policies/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/authorization-with-laravel-gates-and-policies/How to centralize authorization logic in Laravel using Gates and Policies, keeping 'who can do what' decisions clean and testable.Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/promises-and-async-flow-in-javascript/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/promises-and-async-flow-in-javascript/What Promises are in JavaScript, how to escape callback hell, and the essential patterns for chaining then/catch and managing async flow.Sun, 03 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTdillerjavascripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/payment-integration-with-laravel-iyzico-experience/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/payment-integration-with-laravel-iyzico-experience/Real problems and solutions encountered while integrating iyzico payments into a Laravel project — things not in the documentation.Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTgunluklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/consuming-third-party-apis-http-client-with-guzzle/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/consuming-third-party-apis-http-client-with-guzzle/Connecting to external services in PHP with the Guzzle HTTP client — covering timeouts, error handling, and building a reliable request structure.Sun, 02 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTwebphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-closures-and-variable-capture-with-use/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-closures-and-variable-capture-with-use/What closures (anonymous functions) are in PHP, how variable capture with the use keyword works, and practical everyday examples.Sun, 04 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/simplifying-asset-compilation-with-laravel-mix/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/simplifying-asset-compilation-with-laravel-mix/Laravel Mix provides a fluent API that lets you compile JavaScript and CSS assets without writing Webpack configuration from scratch.Sun, 07 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTaraclarlaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/state-management-in-vue-with-vuex/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/state-management-in-vue-with-vuex/Centralizing shared state across components using Vuex: state, mutations, actions, and getters explained.Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTarayuzvuehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/sending-emails-in-laravel-with-mailables-and-templates/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/sending-emails-in-laravel-with-mailables-and-templates/Setting up reliable, maintainable transactional emails using Laravel's Mailable class and Blade email templates.Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/thinking-in-components-with-laravel-5-4-and-blade/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/thinking-in-components-with-laravel-5-4-and-blade/How the @component directive introduced in Laravel 5.4's Blade templating engine lets you split views into reusable, well-defined pieces.Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-1-nullable-types-and-void-return-type/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-1-nullable-types-and-void-return-type/PHP 7.1's nullable type declarations and void return type make function signatures more readable and precise.Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-maintainable-css-with-sass/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-maintainable-css-with-sass/How I bring structure to growing stylesheets using Sass variables, nested rules, and file partials.Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTarayuzcsssasshttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/single-page-application-routing-with-vue-router/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/single-page-application-routing-with-vue-router/A walkthrough of the core concepts and practical setup I encountered while moving page transitions to the client side with Vue Router.Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTarayuzvuehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/speeding-up-api-development-with-postman/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/speeding-up-api-development-with-postman/Sharing what I learned about testing API endpoints without a browser, building collections, and integrating Postman into my development workflow.Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMTaraclarapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/pagination-filtering-and-sorting-in-rest-apis/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/pagination-filtering-and-sorting-in-rest-apis/How I design pagination, filtering, and sorting parameters in an API to present growing datasets to clients in a manageable way.Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/file-upload-and-image-processing-with-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/file-upload-and-image-processing-with-laravel/A walkthrough of the end-to-end flow for file uploading, validation, and image resizing in Laravel.Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/interfaces-and-dependency-injection-in-php/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/interfaces-and-dependency-injection-in-php/How I use interface definitions and dependency injection in PHP to build loosely coupled classes, illustrated with practical examples.Sun, 03 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTdillerphpoophttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/migrating-to-webpack-from-gulp-to-module-bundling/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/migrating-to-webpack-from-gulp-to-module-bundling/Why I abandoned the build pipeline I built with Gulp, and what I gained — and struggled with — when switching to Webpack.Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMTaraclarjavascriptwebpackhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/events-and-listeners-in-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/events-and-listeners-in-laravel/How I use Laravel's event system to decouple side effects from the main flow — with practical examples of what you gain.Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/first-reactive-component-with-vue-js/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/first-reactive-component-with-vue-js/My experience moving from jQuery DOM manipulation to Vue.js's data-driven approach, and how I wrote my first reactive component.Sun, 03 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTarayuzjavascriptvuehttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/putting-solid-into-practice-in-php-single-responsibility-principle/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/putting-solid-into-practice-in-php-single-responsibility-principle/How I apply SRP — the S in SOLID — to PHP classes with concrete examples, moving beyond abstract theory.Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTdillerphpoophttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-5-2-multiple-auth-guards-and-route-groups/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-5-2-multiple-auth-guards-and-route-groups/How I manage multiple user types in a single Laravel 5.2 application using guards and route groups.Sun, 07 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/scalar-type-declarations-and-return-types-in-php-7/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/scalar-type-declarations-and-return-types-in-php-7/A practical look at how I use scalar type declarations and return type definitions introduced in PHP 7.Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-0-the-long-awaited-release-speed-and-type-declarations/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-7-0-the-long-awaited-release-speed-and-type-declarations/PHP 7.0 was released this week. I share my first impressions on the performance gains, scalar type declarations, and return types.Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/publishing-your-own-php-package-on-packagist-with-composer/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/publishing-your-own-php-package-on-packagist-with-composer/I configured a PHP package from scratch and published it on Packagist so others could use it — here's how I did it.Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMTaraclarphpcomposerhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/adding-shared-behavior-to-requests-with-laravel-middleware/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/adding-shared-behavior-to-requests-with-laravel-middleware/What middleware is in Laravel, how to write it, and how to centralize cross-cutting concerns like authentication in one place.Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/eloquent-relationships-hasmany-belongsto-and-eager-loading/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/eloquent-relationships-hasmany-belongsto-and-eager-loading/How to define hasMany and belongsTo relationships in Laravel Eloquent, and how to solve the N+1 query problem with eager loading.Sun, 06 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-a-front-end-build-pipeline-with-gulp/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-a-front-end-build-pipeline-with-gulp/How I set up a front-end workflow that automates Sass compilation, JavaScript bundling, and browser reloading with Gulp.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMTaraclarjavascriptgulphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/getting-started-with-es6-let-const-and-arrow-functions/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/getting-started-with-es6-let-const-and-arrow-functions/An introduction to the most impactful ES6 features — let, const, arrow functions, and template literals — with practical examples.Sun, 05 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTdillerjavascripthttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-5-6-new-features-variadic-functions-and-exponentiation-operator/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/php-5-6-new-features-variadic-functions-and-exponentiation-operator/An overview of PHP 5.6's variadic argument support and the new exponentiation operator, with practical examples.Sun, 07 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-json-api-endpoints-with-laravel/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/writing-json-api-endpoints-with-laravel/A practical walkthrough of building interface-agnostic JSON API endpoints in Laravel.Sun, 03 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/fundamentals-of-restful-api-design/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/fundamentals-of-restful-api-design/Practical rules for making an API predictable through the triangle of resources, HTTP methods, and status codes.Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTwebapihttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/consistent-dev-environment-with-laravel-homestead/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/consistent-dev-environment-with-laravel-homestead/A step-by-step walkthrough of setting up Laravel Homestead to eliminate the classic 'it works on my machine' problem across teams.Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTaraclarlaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/migrating-to-laravel-5-directory-structure-and-env/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/migrating-to-laravel-5-directory-structure-and-env/A walkthrough of the key changes when moving from Laravel 4 to 5 — directory layout, .env configuration, and application bootstrapping.Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/understanding-mvc-stop-bloating-your-controllers/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/understanding-mvc-stop-bloating-your-controllers/What each layer of MVC is actually responsible for, and how to keep your controllers thin.Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/traversing-large-datasets-with-php-55-generators-and-yield/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/traversing-large-datasets-with-php-55-generators-and-yield/The language-level approach to building large loops without blowing up memory: PHP 5.5 generators and the yield keyword.Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-form-validation-in-practice/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/laravel-form-validation-in-practice/A repeatable pattern for safely handling user input: Laravel validation rules and error messages.Sun, 02 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMTweblaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/simplifying-database-operations-with-eloquent-orm/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/simplifying-database-operations-with-eloquent-orm/From writing raw SQL to model-based access: a practical look at Laravel's Eloquent ORM and how it fits into day-to-day development.Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-fast-consistent-uis-with-bootstrap-3/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/building-fast-consistent-uis-with-bootstrap-3/How to produce decent-looking interfaces without a designer: Bootstrap 3's grid system and ready-made components.Sun, 07 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTarayuzcssbootstraphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/switching-to-git-leaving-ftp-behind/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/switching-to-git-leaving-ftp-behind/The confidence that comes with version control: how switching from FTP to Git changed my development habits, and the basics of commits and branches.Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTaraclargithttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/blade-template-engine-eliminating-repetitive-html/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/blade-template-engine-eliminating-repetitive-html/The practical payoff of separating the view layer from logic: using Blade layouts, sections, and partials.Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMTframeworklaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/getting-started-with-my-first-laravel-4-project/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/getting-started-with-my-first-laravel-4-project/The structure that comes from moving beyond raw PHP to a framework: first impressions, installation, and the basics of Laravel 4.Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTframeworkphplaravelhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/sending-data-without-page-reload-jquery-ajax/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/sending-data-without-page-reload-jquery-ajax/The 2014 standard for decoupling form submissions from full page loads: practical usage of jQuery's $.ajax method.Sun, 04 May 2014 00:00:00 GMTarayuzjavascriptjqueryhttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/organizing-code-with-namespaces-in-php/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/organizing-code-with-namespaces-in-php/Code organization that eliminates name collisions and fits the modern library ecosystem: PHP namespace usage and the use statement.Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/psr-4-and-autoloading-escaping-the-include-chain/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/psr-4-and-autoloading-escaping-the-include-chain/Moving away from manual class includes to standard autoloading: the difference between PSR-0 and PSR-4, and Composer integration.Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTdillerphphttps://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/switching-to-composer-stop-managing-php-dependencies-by-hand/https://www.muhammetsafak.com.tr/en/blog/switching-to-composer-stop-managing-php-dependencies-by-hand/The practical side of moving from a pile of manual requires to modern dependency management: composer.json, autoloading, and installing packages.Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTaraclarphpcomposer