A deep dive into PHP attributes, from metadata and Reflection to practical design patterns, Laravel examples, performance, testing, and the cases where explicit code is better. Read more
There's a third way to automate Claude Code, and unlike /goal and /loop, it doesn't need your laptop open at all. Anthropic just shipped routines: cloud-hosted automations triggered by a schedule, an API call, or a GitHub event. Read more
A practical conference session on building PHP extensions with Go and FrankenPHP, then wiring them into Laravel and Symfony as native-feeling features. It uses an in-memory LRU cache as the example and offers a nice tour of framework flexibility and PHP internals. Read more
A sharp writeup on how a malicious site could trick Claude into exfiltrating memory-derived personal data through its web browsing flow. It walks through the attack chain, the prompt injection setup, and Anthropic's eventual mitigation. Read more
In this video, Tideways shows how PHP 8.6 speeds up array_map when you use first-class callables.
A deep dive into the Laravel Scheduler, from event registration and cron evaluation to mutexes, background processes, sub-minute tasks, and production-safe scheduling. Read more
Stefan Zweifel shares how he reorganized his dotfiles into a minimal setup, split private config into a separate repo, and streamlined setup and Brewfile syncing with a few small scripts. Read more
Over the years, I've built up a collection of aliases, shell functions, and CLI tools that make my terminal feel like home. All of it lives in a single repository: my dotfiles. It's a backup of every terminal tool and configuration I rely on, and it means I can set up a brand new Mac from scratch in about five minutes. Colleagues at Spatie use it as a starting point for their own setups too. Let me walk you through what's in there. I'll cover the tools and tricks first, with installation and…
Jarred Sumner explains why the Bun team is moving from Zig to Rust, after years of fighting memory safety issues in a codebase that mixes GC and manual memory management. He also shares how Claude helped make a mechanical, test-suite-driven rewrite realistic without pausing feature work for a year. Read more
CLAUDE.md isn't documentation, it's working memory. A practical approach to keeping it lean and focused instead of letting it grow into an unreadable 300-line dumping ground. Read more
Agentic commerce is a buzzy term, but is still pretty abstract for developers asking what they can actually build today. This post explains MPP through a working Laravel example, and introduces the new square1/laravel-mpp package. Read more
Every year I dread coming back from vacation not because of the work, but because I have no idea where I left off. A failing test, a well-written TODO, and a slow first day back are all you need to ease back in. Read more
A practical deep dive into UUIDs, ULIDs, and Sqids, from generation models and sorting behavior to database storage, public IDs, and security trade-offs. Read more
Nick Houtman shares how AI is reshaping UX work: clients arrive with better prototypes, common patterns get safer and more generic, and real research still matters most. Read more
Laravel now supports attaching arbitrary metadata to routes, and the latest laravel-flare client shows that context in error reports and performance traces. Read more