PHP
Immutability in PHP Beyond readonly
A deep dive into immutability in PHP, from readonly properties and interior mutability to immutable value objects, collections, dates, cloning, boundaries, and testing. Read more
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Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API
We explain how Flare now uses OAuth to connect MCP clients, the CLI, and the API with scoped permissions instead of broad long-lived tokens. The new flow makes setup faster, adds read-only and project-level access Read more…
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Can we make default Tailwind a more accessible choice?
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…
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Why we removed AI solutions from Flare
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…
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`exit()` may silently break your parallel tests
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…
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Amped up
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…
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sbx: Sandboxed Claude, complete with PHP and tools
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…
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What’s new in PHP 8.6
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
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Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code
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…
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We Became Editors-in-Chief, and Nobody Trained Us
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…