Writing

A practical guide to single-purpose action classes in Laravel — why they make code clearer, how to name, structure and test them, and when to skip them.

Legacy code built your company and pays your salary. A case for treating the code you inherit with a little more respect.

How to configure sortable attributes in Meilisearch when using Laravel Scout — the bit the docs gloss over.

Techniques for testing complex SQL and Eloquent queries in Laravel using an in-memory SQLite database and seeders.

A testing advocate pushes back on the overselling of tests: what writing tests really does, and doesn't, give you.

How to slugify image filenames uploaded from the Trix editor in Laravel Nova so they're URL-safe before landing in S3.

Part 1 of a series on what actually happens when you type a URL into your browser — starting with DNS.

A step-by-step walkthrough of packaging and publishing a Vue component to npm — including the parts other tutorials skip.

Why the logical OR (||) operator behaves differently in JavaScript than in PHP, and what it actually returns.

A field guide to the trickier, similarly-named Laravel collection methods — and how to finally tell them apart.

?? vs ?: vs || in PHP — what each operator actually does and how they differ, in one quick explainer.

Approaches for passing your translated strings from Laravel to a front-end framework, for both SPAs and multi-page apps.

A clean pattern for organising calls to third-party APIs in Laravel when the service doesn't ship its own SDK.