PHP
A cartoonist’s review of AI Art
Matthew Inman’s take on AI Art. Some good points, and beautifully illustrated as always. Read more
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The State of PHP in 2025
The State of PHP 2025 survey by JetBrains examines how developers use, prefer, and rely on PHP, showing how this long-standing web language continues to modernize through new frameworks, improved tooling, and AI-assisted workflows. Read Read more…
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Maybe You’re Not Sick of Programming
Many programmers believe they are tired of programming, but they may actually be frustrated with bureaucracy, lack of product vision, and lack of ownership. Burnout can skew perspectives, and it may be more beneficial to Read more…
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Convenient Content Security Policies with Spatie Laravel CSP 3 Presets
Shawn Hooper enjoys the new presets we recently added to our Laravel CSP package. Read more
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Seven Real-World Examples of Using the Pipe Operator in PHP 8.5
I’m really looking forward to PHP 8.5’s pipe operator. Here are a few nice use cases. Read more
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The Downsides of Dynamic Method Calls in PHP
Dynamic method calls can be useful, but they also come with some risks that you should be aware of. Read more
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Scaling Request Logging from Millions to Billions with ClickHouse, Kafka, and Vector
After Geocodio unsuccessfully attempted to optimize with ClickHouse alone, they implemented a solution using Kafka for durable storage and Vector for efficient data ingestion. Read more
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Vendor locked
Brent reflects on how using Tailwind CSS has led to a loss of proficiency in writing standard CSS. Read more
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SQL performance improvements: analysing & fixing the slow queries (part 2)
Mattias delves into optimizing SQL queries using indexes, focusing on MySQL 8.0. He explains how indexes work, how to analyze slow queries using MySQL’s EXPLAIN keyword, and the impact of different index configurations on query Read more…