Are you like me and dislike large container images? Checkout this article from learnk8s.io

TL;DR: The base image in your Dockerfile’s FROM statement can be a 10x difference in the size of your images. Bigger images === longer time…

Yii2 2.0.14 released; bringing with it some excellent changes.

The Yii2 team has release the latest version of the Yii2 framework. With it comes improvements in the following (but not limited to) areas: Scalability…

Today, today is a good day.

Yesterday I sat for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. It’s been nearly 6 months of studying, little gaming, much less beer, and far fewer trips. But…

I dont often post about design tools, but when I do…

…I insist, as part of an everyday workflow, business and designers PLEASE use some mock / prototyping tooling. For the love of all that is…

My presentation at SunshinePHP 2018:

Here at SunshinePHP 2017 I did a presentation on automating the code QA process. Find the slides here: https://goo.gl/GanL3n

RE-post: My personal experience migrating a module rom Yii1.x to Yii2.x

(Originally posted on the Sourcetoad Blog circa 20015) Yii is an amazing framework. As it has been iterated on version 2 is now out and…

Find yourself doing the same steps starting many projects? Check this out.

http://keepcoding.ehsanabbasi.com/ has released a PHP project starter template with a nicely put together  setup. Composer, Travis, PHP Mess Detector, etc. If you find yourself doing…

PHPSTorm, once again showing why it’s the best PHP Editor.

EAP 2018.1 will include loop refactoring to use SPL array_* functions. Nice! https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2018/01/refactor-your-code-to-functional-style-with-phpstorm-2018-1/

Uncle Bob sage words once again, still valid no matter where or when.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWKjhJtqVAbno-B4RmJHCDO0ZUKC2tpUQ   Watch these 9 short videos; take them in, live them, be them.

Top development tools of 2017 from StackNews.

One of my favorite tech news sites StackShare has releases there annual Top Tools list of 2017. From New Tool of the Year to Business Tool of the…