A sharp look at Tailwind’s default rem-based breakpoints, and the accessibility tradeoff they make. It explains how browser font-size preferences can shift layouts, why that can help some users, and why px breakpoints are still Read more…
We explain why Flare’s old AI-generated solutions no longer fit the way developers debug with modern coding agents. The replacement is a better workflow built around the MCP server, CLI, Copy for AI prompts, and Read more…
Michael explains why exit() can make parallel test workers crash without useful diagnostics, and why verbose flags do not help when the process dies outside PHPUnit’s control. The fix is simple: throw an exception instead, Read more…
Sebastian explains why Amp became his default coding harness, and why user experience now matters more to him than model churn. He also shares the AGENTS.md tweaks that reduced overzealous verification during day-to-day coding. Read Read more…
A practical walkthrough for running Claude Code inside Docker’s new sbx sandbox, with a custom PHP setup and extra tools for open source work. Benjamin also explains why sandboxing AI coding agents is the sensible Read more…
Brent surveys the most notable additions coming in PHP 8.6, including partial function application, the new polling API, readonly property defaults, and several smaller improvements and deprecations. Read more
Ankur Sethi argues that manually retyping LLM-generated code is a practical way to avoid cognitive debt. It slows you down, but helps you understand the code, catch bad suggestions, and keep a strong mental model Read more…
An essay on how AI-assisted development turns engineers into full-time reviewers. We spend our days evaluating AI-generated diffs instead of writing code, and that shift carries a new cognitive fatigue and may widen the senior/junior Read more…
Brendt shares fresh Packagist-based PHP version stats for July 2026: PHP 8.4 is now the most-used version, while PHP 8.5 reached 16% adoption after six months. He also notes that package minimum requirements still lag Read more…
Steve King builds a real order fulfilment flow to show how a workflow engine handles long-running processes in Laravel. The post covers steps, signals, retries, branching, human approval, compensation, and the surrounding tooling in one Read more…