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MariaDB can query inside a JSON column, but the functions differ from MySQL in ways that break ported queries. Every example here was run against MariaDB 10.11 with the real output pasted in, plus how each operation maps to RedisJSON.
WordPress is a great starting point, but growth can expose limits. Here are six practical signs your business may need a more purpose-built platform.
SaaS is often the right starting point, but it always comes with compromises. Learn when custom software becomes the better long-term move for growing businesses.
Handovers rarely go wrong because someone refuses to cooperate. They go wrong because nobody wrote down who owns what. Here is what a clean developer handover looks like, and why owning your accounts does not mean administering them.
We moved a production app from Laravel 12 to 13 and Filament 3 to 4. The tests went green, and then we read the deploy workflow and found three problems no test could have caught: a lockfile CI was about to reject, a Node version the dependencies had outgrown, and a PHP constraint promising something impossible.
A deep dive into Todizzle - a headless checklist and task management REST API built with PHP 8.4 and Laravel 13. Covers the tech stack decisions, every feature including RFC 5545 recurrence and MCP server integration, the testing approach, and lessons learned.
Speed up your PHPUnit and Pest test suite with SQLite :memory:, parallel execution, and test sharding. Real composer scripts you can copy today.
Vibe coding with AI is a great way to build fast - until something breaks and you're staring at 2,000 lines you didn't write. We help you understand what happened and get unstuck.
We open-sourced our internal Slack notification package. Slack Alerts gives you a fluent PHP API for building rich Block Kit messages, routing to named channels, and shipping prebuilt templates for common alerts — all in a single composer require.
A Laravel package for storing contact form submissions with a status workflow, spam metadata tracking, lifecycle timestamps, and soft deletes.
An extensible spam detection pipeline for Laravel with scored rules, built-in heuristics, and optional database-backed learned patterns.
Set up a clean GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline with Slack notifications for success and failure, using a practical workflow you can ship today.
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