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Hexagonal Architecture in PHP: Practical Ports and Adapters Implementation

01April 22, 2026 · 12 min readArchitecture

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Hexagonal Architecture in PHP: Practical Ports

Builds a complete hexagonal architecture example - domain model, use cases, ports, and adapters for HTTP, CLI, and database.

PHP
Architecture
Hexagonal Architecture
Ports and Adapters
Testing

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

20April 21, 2026 · 12 min readArchitecture

PHP Data Transfer Objects: Validation, Casting

Shows multiple DTO patterns in PHP, including readonly classes, Spatie DTO package, validation at construction, and collection helpers.

PHP
DTO
Architecture
Immutability

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21April 18, 2026 · 13 min readAPIs

Building a PHP SDK: HTTP Client Abstraction, Retries

Full tutorial for designing a third-party PHP SDK - fluent interface, PSR-18 HTTP client, retry middleware, and testable fakes.

PHP
SDK
PSR-18
APIs

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22April 18, 2026 · 10 min readModernization

Surviving Legacy Laravel Modernization

A practical Laravel modernization plan for legacy applications, covering tests, PHP upgrades, PHPStan, SEO regressions, and safe delivery.

Laravel
Legacy Modernization
Testing
PHPStan

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23April 16, 2026 · 16 min readArchitecture

PHP Refactoring Handbook: How to Modernize Legacy

Systematic approach to legacy PHP modernization - strangler fig pattern, characterization tests, dependency inversion, and incremental upgrades.

PHP
Refactoring
Architecture
Legacy Code

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24April 15, 2026 · 16 min readPerformance

PHP Memory Management: Reference Counting, Garbage

Explains PHP's zval memory model, reference cycles, gc_collect_cycles, and tools like Valgrind and xDebug for leak detection.

PHP
Memory Management
Garbage Collection
Performance

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25April 14, 2026 · 17 min readTooling

PHP Workers and Queues: Supervisor, Horizon

Production guide for managing PHP queue workers - Supervisor config, graceful restarts, deploy coordination, and alerting setup.

PHP
Queues
Supervisor
Horizon

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26April 10, 2026 · 10 min readPerformance

Laravel Octane Production Checklist

A production Laravel Octane checklist for safe workers, memory, queues, database connections, Core Web Vitals, and measurable SEO performance gains.

Laravel Octane
Performance
Production
Queues

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27April 9, 2026 · 13 min readTooling

Laravel Zero: Build Powerful PHP CLI Applications

Walks through building, testing, and compiling a Laravel Zero CLI tool to a PHAR with self-update and platform-specific builds.

PHP
Laravel Zero
CLI
PHAR

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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.
Discovery surfaceEvery listing keeps a stable URL, excerpt, date, reading time, local responsive image, category, tags, RSS entry, sitemap entry, and local search-index data.