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Jul 202612 min read
PHP & Laravel

Fibers Plus the Polling API: What Async PHP Actually Looks Like Now

Fibers give PHP concurrency. The Polling API gives it native epoll and kqueue. Here's how to build on both, with honest benchmarks.

Jun 20269 min read
PHP & Laravel

The Polling API Is the Most Underrated RFC PHP Has Shipped in Years

The Polling API gives PHP 8.6 native epoll and kqueue at last. Here's why the RFC nobody discussed is the most consequential in years.

Jun 202613 min read
API Design

The Tips Behind API Artisan: Building Laravel APIs Developers Actually Want to Use

Practical tips for building Laravel APIs developers trust: contract-first design, versioning, RFC 9457 errors, idempotency and more. Free book inside.

May 20265 min read
API Design

The Reason I Love Tempest for APIs

Tempest makes API development feel lightweight by combining typed request objects, attribute-based validation, discovery-driven routing, and built-in mapping with minimal ceremony.

May 202612 min read
PHP & Laravel

The PSR Standards You Are Probably Ignoring

Five PSR standards that most PHP developers skip. Master them and write code that works anywhere, tested easily, and tied to nothing.

Apr 202611 min read
Shipping & Tooling

Introducing Signal: documentation that lives in your code

Signal is a PHP library that generates living documentation from native attributes. Annotate your classes, run one command, get accurate docs.

Mar 202610 min read
PHP & Laravel

Building Real Applications with TempestPHP

How to structure TempestPHP applications with domain-first folders, repositories, command handlers, and thin controllers that stay maintainable.

Feb 20262 min read
Shipping & Tooling

Building polished CLI tools with MiniCLI v5

Transform PHP scripts into professional CLI products with MiniCLI v5's zero-dependency architecture and instant boot times.

Feb 202612 min read
PHP & Laravel

The Object Design Style Guide for PHP 8.5 - Discipline without friction

How PHP 8.5 absorbs Noback's Object Design Style Guide patterns directly into syntax, eliminating ceremony.

Feb 20263 min read
Architecture

The Pattern-First Trap in PHP

Why starting with design patterns too early can overcomplicate PHP apps, and a practical way to design from constraints instead.

Feb 202614 min read
Architecture

Your PHP application is not stateless

Understanding statelessness in PHP: filesystem assumptions, session state, and building truly stateless applications with Zero Trust principles.

Feb 20269 min read
Notes

Recalibrated

From clearing IEDs in Afghanistan to clearing pull requests. A raw look at navigating PTSD and finding a new mission through Linux and logic.