The evolution of a PHP object throughout the years
This is just a fun little post I wrote because I wanted to visualise how my data transfer objects have evolved over the years.
# August...
Jul 29th 2021
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stitcher.io
How to handle GitHub webhooks in a Laravel application
Whenever something happens in one of your repos on GitHub, you can configure a webhook to be sent to your app. This way, you can perform some extra logic when...
Jul 27th 2021
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freek.dev
We don't need runtime type checks
Do you want to make a guess about when I last encountered a TypeError in one of my projects? To be honest, I can't remember, so it's probably...
Jul 26th 2021
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stitcher.io
Would you like some optimism or realism with your estimate, sir?
I've already made quite a lot of project estimates in my programming career. In these last three years, I've been estimating (and building) lots of features for one specific project....
Jul 23rd 2021
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stitcher.io
Use Blink to execute something once and only once
Our Blink package is marketed as a caching solution to memoize data for the duration of a web request. Recently, we came upon another use case for the package:...
Jul 22nd 2021
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sebastiandedeyne.com
Refactoring our search capabilities using Elasticsearch and two new Spatie packages
At Flare, we're continously making improvements to our code base. A lot of the code has gone through multiple iterations and improvements. A part of our code base that was...
Jul 20th 2021
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flareapp.io
PHP 8.1: before and after
The release of PHP 8.1 will be here within a few months, and once again there are many features that get me excited! In this post I want to...
Jul 16th 2021
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stitcher.io
Adding backlinks to a GitHub wiki
Backlinks, or bi-directional liks, are becoming table-stakes for productivity apps since they’ve been popularized by Roam. It’s a simple concept: when you create a link from page A to...
Jul 16th 2021
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sebastiandedeyne.com
Rethinking with events
I'm working on a new feature for our Spatie website: I'm adding a lightweight form of gamification for our ±10.000 users.
Here's how it works: every time a...
Jul 14th 2021
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stitcher.io
An event-driven mindset
I'm working on a new feature for our Spatie website: I'm adding a lightweight form of gamification for our ±10,000 users.
Here's how it works: every time a...
Jul 14th 2021
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stitcher.io