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My resolutions for 2020
Now that 2019 comes to an end, it is time to reflect and make plans for the new year. All in all 2019 was a very turbulent year for me.
The last article was all about the command bus, a specific type of service bus. Now, let's take a step back and look at some other service buses. What similarit...
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Using a UUID in a Laravel Eloquent model
One of the things I really love about Laravel is how easy it is to customize it to your own wishes. Recently I was working on a model that used a standard auto-...
Digital Ocean
Providing developers and businesses a reliable, easy-to-use cloud computing platform of virtual servers (Droplets), object storage ( Spaces), and more.
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Migrate Apache .htaccess to NGINX server block
At the end of last year, this blog was migrated to a new server, hosted by DigitalOcean. The old server ran on Apache but on the new server I wanted to try out...
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What is a command bus and why should you use it?
This article explains the basic concepts of the command bus. Why should you use it and how? Pointers are given to advanced use cases and good resources. A comma...
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Installing a private package with composer
Private PHP packages can be installed using Composer. We need a little extra configuration in the composer.json file and then we setup our SSH key. Follow along...
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My resolutions for 2019
Now that 2018 comes to an end, it is time to reflect and make plans for the new year. I don't usually take time to reflect on the past year, this year is the fi...
Digital Ocean
Providing developers and businesses a reliable, easy-to-use cloud computing platform of virtual servers (Droplets), object storage ( Spaces), and more.
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SSH keys 101
SSH keys can be used to create a secure connection to a remote computer. In other words, they are an alternative to logging in using a password. Keys come in pa...
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8 resources to learn about SOLID design principles
Lately, I've been reading about the SOLID design principles. They were introduced by Robert C. Martin in his paper titled "Design Principles and Design Patterns...
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Solving inconsistent line endings within a Git repository
Windows uses CRLF (\r\n) lined endings while Linux uses LF (\n). If like me, you develop on both Windows and Linux machines you might experience some annoying p...
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My favorite talks from Dutch PHP Conference 2018
On June 7, 8, and 9, the Dutch PHP Conference 2018 was held. Now that all information has settled down, and most talks are available on YouTube, I want to share...
CodeMentor
Codementor is an online marketplace connecting developers with experts for on- demand 1:1 help via screen sharing, video, and text chat.
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Enforce strict type checking in PHP with PHP Code Sniffer
Since version 7.0, PHP has the ability to use strict type checking. Let us look at the differences between loose and strict type checking. Afterward, we can hav...
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How to prevent the use of unsafe-inline in CSP
It is best to prevent the usage of "unsafe-inline" in your Content Security Policy (CSP) header. In this article, I will explain why that is the case and how to...
Code coverage is the measure of how many lines of code your tests have covered. It is expressed as a percentage of the total lines of code in your project. ...
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Improving the performance of spatie/laravel-permission
Recently I was investigating the performance of an application we have built at https://www.swis.nl/?utm_source=barry. Now that the solution has been merged and...