Stop Passing Booleans As Arguments
Boolean flag arguments hide intent and make code harder to read. Here's how to refactor them into expressive enums in Laravel.
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Thoughts on web development, Laravel, and building better software.
Building a Circuit Breaker for LLM Services in Laravel
Stop your Laravel queues from overwhelming when LLM services go down. Implement the circuit breaker pattern for automatic recovery and adaptive worker scaling.
Read articleAuto-Ban Malicious IPs on Cloudflare with Laravel
How to automatically ban malicious IPs on Cloudflare when they trigger too many 404s or probe for WordPress vulnerabilities, keeping your logs clean and your site secure.
Read articleDoes using the Circuit Breaker Pattern add too much noise?
A common concern with resilience patterns is code complexity. Here's how to implement circuit breakers that sit outside your code.
Read articleDisplay Your Public GitHub Contributions on Your Website
Learn how to showcase your public GitHub contributions on your Laravel website using GitHub's GraphQL API, caching, and Blade components for a dynamic portfolio.
Read articleSeek Out People Who Care Deeply
Surround yourself with people who care deeply about their craft - passion and challenge from others will push you further than talent alone.
Read articleFrom Scared to Speak: My First Laravel Talk
My experience overcoming fear to deliver my first talk at a Laravel meetup.
Read articleUsing Conditional Traits for Clean Queries
Ever write a query and had a bunch of if filled with conditions? Here's a better way using conditional traits.
Read articleAvoid Abstraction Until It's Clearly Necessary
How over-engineering can kill your project and why you should avoid abstraction until it's clearly necessary.
Read articleLaracon 2024, a Recap
What an amazing Laracon 2024! Here's a recap of the event, the talks, and the community.
Read articleDeeply Monitoring Laravel Events with AWS CloudWatch
How to deeply monitor Laravel events with AWS CloudWatch (and Laravel Vapor) to gain insights into your application's performance and behavior.
Read articleWe started a podcast
We started a Laravel podcast to share our experiences and insights with the community.
Read articleUsing Cloudflare Page Cache with Laravel
How to use Cloudflare page cache with Laravel to cache pages to improve performance and reduce server load.
Read articleUseful bash aliases for Laravel projects
Bash shortcuts and aliases are a great way to speed up your workflow. They allow you to create custom commands that can be used to perform common tasks quickly and easily.
Read articleJust Try It
If something makes you feel uncomfortable, just try it.
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