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…

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…