Brandon Savage published ‘Getting past project inertia’…

… it’s a good 5 minute read. Brandon makes an excellent point about getting yourself motivated when starting a project. Check it out over on…

Random thoughts about `::class` in PHP by Ivan Enderlin

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Came across a shot article from Ivan Enderlin about the ::class constant. Some things to be aware of if you like using it as much as I…

Lifecycle of Docker Container

Nitin Agarwal of on Medium did a great write up of the lifecycle of a docker container. For people just entering the world of containerization…

Core software principles and design patterns.

Inspired by a recent conversation with a peer I decided to get together a list of 10 resources concerning software as a whole. Both for…

Inspiration for your day:

“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself” Franklin D. Roosevelt First Inaugural Address. That said, whatever you’re afraid of, it is not nearly as…

A look back on two weeks of Extreme Programming by Jason McCreary

Any interesting article about agile Vs extreme programming (specifically pair programming) over at pureconcepts.com . Thinking about it the more I like the idea of…

Handy list of PHP Composer tips.

I usually do not post ‘tips and tricks’ links but this one is super informative. As a PHP centric programmer composer is a daily part…

OWASP end of year round up

Excellent article discussing the top 10 application vulnerabilities. Given this year has seen Equifax, US Military, and a number of other organizations fail there job…

Yii2-starter-kit update…and shameless plug.

  A project I heavily rely on these days recently got some updates. Shameless plug: I was kinda  a part of a bunch of them.…

If this is the new CSS, count me in.

I’ve always had a love / hate relationship with CSS. Love that it’s powerful, simply syntax, and generally human comprehensible (minus not having a ‘center…