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Effectively using Facades and Hexagonal Architecture to separate bounded contexts
Separating your bounded contexts A challenge when implementing bounded contexts is managing the dependencies between them. We always aim to make bounded contexts as independent
Most common challenges faced by startups in 2024
It’s pretty evident that a startup in 2024 faces unique challenges that just haven’t existed in other years. Every entrepreneur knows that they
Deploying distributed web application - Laravel queued jobs
If you have a really simple PHP application that you deploy to a single server, deploying it basically boils down to transferring the source code
Structuring your labels for maximum efficiency in a Laravel application
If you’ve ever watched a TV show like “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” or similar then you’re probably aware of how important it is
How to hire a CTO
During the past years, I’ve interviewed a lot of developers, technical leaders, and CTOs. There are a few key things I’ve learned about
Small commits: ask me why
Every time I work on code with someone I haven’t worked with before, I end up having the same conversation. It usually starts when
Learning Machine Learning: Neural Networks
This is a follow-up article on Machine Learning, Part 2. Have you read the introduction to Machine Learning (Part 1) already? The next thing I
Learning Machine Learning
I’ve always been fascinated by science fiction and the advances of technology. And AI/ML has often represented a huge chunk of that because,
Building an SDK with PHP, part 3: Making it testable
This post is part 3 of the “Building an SDK with PHP” series. Read Part 1 and Part 2 In our last article we’ve
Building an SDK with PHP, part 2: Making it configurable
This post is part of the “Building an SDK with PHP” series. Read Part 1: building an SDK. If you’ve followed along with the
Ten years of testing htaccess rewrite rules
A little over ten years ago, I felt so annoyed with testing Apache’s mod_rewrite RewriteRules that I started looking for a tool to
Bounded contexts for dummies
Chunking up our code No matter how smart or intelligent we are, when things become too complex, we can no longer keep them in our
You are not Spotify: how efficient teams are born
We see teams blindly following Scrum, Kanban, or the Spotify model and introducing roles into teams (such as a Site Reliability Engineer) because other companies
Building an SDK with PHP: Part 1
Whether you’ve built a private or public-facing API, at some point you or your users are going to want to communicate with it. To
Get rid of ports in your docker development setup with Traefik
Reading tip: Learn how to run an ssh tunnel in your docker based development environment to easily connect to mysql or other non-http services. When
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