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Concurrent HTTP requests without opening too many connections
I’ve been performing a talk on PSR-7 at PHP meetups and conferences. In that talk I demo the use of Guzzle to perform concurrent
How to build faceted search with facet counters using Elasticsearch
We all know them, search pages which allow you to filter through vast data sets by checking or unchecking filters. In most cases each filter
Commands, events, global functions and testing
The other day I was listening to the FullStackRadio episode 34 which is about dealing with dependencies in Active Record models. This is a very
On how to implement a code of conduct
Preface Recently there has been a lot of commotion around code of conducts and if a user group/open-source project should implement them or not.
Otto: First Impressions
A new tool called Otto came out recently. It’s a tool from Hashicorp. At the project homepage we can see the headline “meet the
Thread carefully
As far as I can remember, PHP has always had a terrible reputation at handling very heavy (or asynchronous) tasks. For a long while if
Set Blackfire to the rain
If you’ve ever worked on any PHP application, or package, or anything you know that debugging performance issues is hard. There are several ways
Managing data flow on the client-side
I like to think of client-side applications as empty shells that get populated with data and where the source of that data can be anything:
madewithlove retreat in Girona
Team building is an important part for any company and maybe even more if the team you’re working with is spread out over the
Webpack your bags
Last updated: December 2020 By now you’ve probably heard about this new cool tool on the block called Webpack. If you haven’t looked
*AwareInterfaces: simple interfaces with getter and setter
Sometimes you see simple interfaces with a getter and a setter for a specific type of object. Some examples are league/event‘s EmitterAwareInterface and
Why You Should Avoid Over-Abstracting
Some time ago I started working on an existing project, so I read the documentation before diving in. At the top of the contributing.md
Laracon EU 2015 recap
After Laracon US in Louisville, Kentucky, a few weeks ago it was time for Laracon EU this week. For the third time in a row
PHP Docblock return types
Return type hinting is great! When I use my IDE and experiment with classes that I haven’t used before, I really love that it
HTTP Client for SDKs
SDKs I like using SDKs when I’m creating prototypes. It’s super easy to get started. You copy and paste some code samples, fill
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