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246 articles from this blog
A developer revives a dormant RSS aggregation project by rebuilding it with a new framework, HTMX, and simplified UX, rediscovering motivation through refactoring.
Explains the differences between PHP's readonly properties and private(set) asymmetric visibility, discussing their use cases for creating immutable data objects.
A developer reflects on using PHP 8.4's property hooks for a year, explaining their benefits and practical applications in code.
Explains the new pipe operator in PHP 8.5, showing how it simplifies chaining operations and improves code readability.
Explains Tempest framework's 'discovery' feature, which automatically scans and configures code without manual setup.
Announcing PHPverse 2025, a free online event on June 17th to celebrate PHP's 30th birthday with talks, Q&A, and giveaways.
Explains how Tempest PHP framework uses typed data objects for automatic request validation, simplifying web development.
Explains how to generate static HTML pages from dynamic PHP controllers using the Tempest framework's StaticPage attribute and data providers.
A reflection on the concept of 'theoretical software engineers' and the tension between ideal best practices and pragmatic, real-world development.
Overview of new features in PHP 8.4, including property hooks, chaining on 'new', and asymmetric visibility.
Explores Tempest PHP framework's 'unfair advantage' of starting fresh, questioning established patterns like Laravel facades, and embracing modern PHP features.
Announcement for a livestream to tag the first alpha release of Tempest, a software framework.
A developer reflects on the evolution of his custom static site generator, moving away from complex YAML configuration towards a simpler approach.
A developer's critique of inheritance misuse in OOP, comparing abstract classes vs. interfaces and advocating for better design patterns.
The author explains why their PHP framework, Tempest, will require PHP 8.4 as a minimum version, citing future-proofing, community advancement, and managing adoption.
A developer reflects on how his coding style and preferences have evolved over a decade, moving away from abstractions and clever code toward simplicity and practicality.
A developer shares the design process and challenges of implementing improved lazy loading in their custom ORM, focusing on static analysis and reducing configuration.
The article argues that most programming tasks, from ORMs to routing, fundamentally involve text processing and data mapping.
array_find in PHP 8.4 Written on 2024-07-18 PHP 8.4 adds a handful of functions that have been missing for a while: array_find() and its variants. The
PHP 8.4 introduces a new, fully HTML 5 compliant parser via the \Dom\HTMLDocument class, fixing long-standing HTML support issues.
