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August 11, 2025
Motivational Quote Monday 2025-08-11
No matter how slow you are writing clean code, you will always be slower if you make a mess. Robert Martin
ReadAugust 5, 2025
Verbs with Daniel Coulbourne
Check out my video on "Verbs with Daniel Coulbourne" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/znRb7u25LVc Find more episodes on our Introducing the Community Corner Podcast post.
ReadJuly 8, 2025
NativePHP for Mobile With Shane Rosenthal and Simon Hamp
Check out my video on "NativePHP for Mobile With Shane Rosenthal and Simon Hamp" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/qd2hQOxgx6M Find more episodes on our Introducing the...
ReadJuly 7, 2025
Why Your Team Needs a Custom Coding Standard
One of the biggest challenges of working on a development team is that everyone writes code a little (or a lot) differently. One of my favorite examples of this is how many ways you can format an...
ReadJune 30, 2025
Using the Right Types in PHP Means Shipping Fewer Bugs
One of the biggest reasons programming projects turn into a mess isn’t the language itself. It’s the way individual programmers use the language. PHP is what is known as a "loosely typed"...
ReadJune 24, 2025
Yelling at Clouds With Chris Hartjes
Check out my video on "Yelling at Clouds With Chris Hartjes" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/g9qso8ECu0E Find more episodes on our Introducing the Community Corner Podcast...
ReadJune 17, 2025
Atomic Commits Explained Stop Writing Useless Git Messages
Check out my video on "Atomic Commits Explained: Stop Writing Useless Git Messages" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/zH0mn7gktsQ
ReadJune 10, 2025
PHP Installer for Extensions(PIE) with James Titcumb
Check out my video on "PHP Installer for Extensions(PIE) with James Titcumb" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/GWslJLb72hA Find more episodes on our Introducing the...
ReadJune 9, 2025
Why You *Really* Need a Pre-Commit Script for Your PHP Projects
Git Hooks can super charge your development flow
ReadJune 7, 2025
Bulk Creating Thumbnails at the Command Line
I've been working on wrap-up articles for my days at phptek 2025 and as part of those posts I've been including some of the pictures I took. As a "lazy programmer," I'm always looking to automate...
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