My First Week With GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra was my main Codex driver for the last week, and I am back on GPT-5.5. That sounds harsher than my actual opinion…
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Laravel Cookie Encryption
Laravel encrypts and signs all cookies automatically, to prevent the client from modifying them. Laravel's encryption is done via the OpenSSL library with AES-256…
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Let's dive into the details: 1. Authentication vs. Authorization Authentication is the process of identifying who a user is, while Authorization is the process…
Read postLaravel: Should I use Breeze or Jetstream? And what’s Nova?
Both Laravel Breeze and Laravel Jetstream are officially maintained packages by Laravel for scaffolding out authentication systems. While they might seem similar at a…
Read postLaravel: Breeze as a Dev Dependency vs. Jetstream as a Production Dependency
When you start a project with Laravel Breeze you require it as a dev dependency like this: composer require laravel/breeze --dev But when you…
Read postLaravel 10: middlewareAliases, routeMiddleware & middlewareGroups
In new Laravel applications, the $routeMiddleware property of the App\Http\Kernel class has been renamed to $middlewareAliases to better reflect its purpose. Here's how you…
Read postCreate a New Laravel Project: No-Nonsense, Step-by-Step Guide
Get Your Environment Ready Open your Windows Terminal. Start a new session with your WSL2 Linux system. Choose an Application Name Select a name…
Read postWorking with Feature Branches in Git
Feature branches act as a container for new functionality you're adding or changes you're making to a project while keeping your main branch untouched.…
Read postLaravel: “Remember me” active by default
If you're looking to have the "Remember me" functionality active by default in the login and registration process, in Laravel, this is handled through…
Read postLaravel’s dependency injection, the Service Container, and related concepts
Let's dig into Laravel's dependency injection, the Service Container, and related concepts. Dependency Injection (DI) At its core, dependency injection is a technique whereby…
Read postThe SOLID principles of object-oriented design
SOLID is an acronym representing a set of five design principles to make software design more understandable, flexible, and maintainable. These principles were introduced…
Read postPHP: Constructor Property Promotion
Constructor Property Promotion is a feature that was introduced in PHP 8.0 to reduce the amount of boilerplate code needed when defining class properties…
Read postGetting Freelance Developer Jobs
Here's a random list of things I have done to find freelance jobs. The list includes things that I haven't done yet but plan…
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