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API Versioning in PHP: Strategies, URL Paths & Header-Based Approaches

01December 6, 2022 · 14 min readAPIs

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API Versioning in PHP: Strategies, URL Paths

Evaluates URL path, query string, header, and media-type versioning with PHP implementation examples and backwards-compatibility tips.

PHP
APIs
REST
Versioning
Backwards Compatibility

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Newest production notes across Laravel, PHP, databases, security, performance, debugging, and release work.

128November 29, 2022 · 14 min readArchitecture

Simple Abstractions vs Leaky Ones: How to Tell

Defines what makes an abstraction genuinely useful versus one that forces callers to understand its internals to use it correctly.

PHP
Architecture
Abstractions
Interfaces

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129November 17, 2022 · 14 min readNetworking

Linux High Availability With Keepalived: VRRP & Failover

Sets up Keepalived VRRP for virtual IP failover, configures health check scripts, tracks interface state, and tests manual failover.

Linux
Keepalived
VRRP
High Availability

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130November 14, 2022 · 16 min readPerformance

PHP Microservices With RoadRunner: High-Performance Worker

Introduces RoadRunner as a Go-based PHP app server, covering worker loops, middleware, HTTP/2, and benchmarks vs php-fpm.

PHP
RoadRunner
Microservices
Performance

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131November 3, 2022 · 14 min readDebugging

How to Reproduce a Bug Reliably: The Most Underrated

Argues that reliable reproduction is 80% of the solution, covering environment snapshots, seed data, request replay, and minimising the reproduction case.

PHP
Debugging
Reproduction
Testing

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132October 29, 2022 · 26 min readLanguage Evolution

The Laravel Effect: How One Framework Made PHP Developers

Documents how Laravel introduced expressive APIs, Eloquent ORM, and a developer-experience philosophy that fundamentally raised expectations across the entire PHP ecosystem.

Language Evolution
Laravel
PHP
Eloquent

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133October 27, 2022 · 14 min readLaravel

Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Apps in Laravel: Architecture

Compares single-database, multi-database, and schema-based tenancy with practical code for middleware, scoping, and data isolation.

Laravel
SaaS
Multi Tenancy
Architecture

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134October 10, 2022 · 18 min readOpen Source

How to Maintain an Open Source Project Without It

Practical boundaries and systems for maintainers - issue triage templates, bot automation, co-maintainer onboarding, and how to say no without guilt.

Open Source
Maintainers
Triage
Automation

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135October 4, 2022 · 13 min readDatabase

Configuring PostgreSQL on Linux: Authentication, Tuning

Covers pg_hba.conf authentication methods, postgresql.conf memory and connection tuning, WAL-based streaming replication, and pg_stat monitoring.

Linux
PostgreSQL
Database
Replication

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Built for search, readers, and future debugging.

Production contextArticles focus on live-application problems: slow queries, fragile releases, unclear ownership, failed jobs, admin workflow friction, and code paths that are hard to review.
Implementation detailThe archive favors concrete Laravel and PHP decisions: Eloquent, Blade, queues, Filament, testing, security, structured data, deployment checks, and operational cleanup.
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