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PHP Event Loops Explained: How ReactPHP and Amp Handle Concurrency

01February 22, 2026 · 17 min readCore PHP

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PHP Event Loops Explained: How ReactPHP and Amp Handle

Demystifies event loops, non-blocking I/O, and timer scheduling in PHP, comparing ReactPHP streams vs Amp channels.

PHP
Event Loops
ReactPHP
Amp
Concurrency

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38February 18, 2026 · 19 min readTooling

PHP Code Review Checklist: 50 Things Senior Developers

A comprehensive, annotated code review checklist covering naming, error handling, security, performance, and testability issues.

PHP
Code Review
Tooling
Security

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39February 12, 2026 · 14 min readDatabase

PHP and PostgreSQL: Advanced Queries, JSONB & Full-Text

Explores PostgreSQL-specific features from PHP - JSONB querying, array columns, CTEs, and pg_query for performance-critical apps.

PHP
PostgreSQL
JSONB
Full-Text Search

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40February 5, 2026 · 14 min readAPIs

API Design Best Practices for PHP Developers: REST

Covers API design fundamentals - hypermedia controls, status codes, versioning, and generating OpenAPI docs from PHP attributes.

PHP
APIs
REST
OpenAPI

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41January 31, 2026 · 15 min readTesting

Testing Laravel Applications: Feature Tests, Mocking

Covers Laravel's HTTP test helpers, Mockery integration, database factory states, and running tests against in-memory SQLite.

Laravel
Testing
Feature Tests
Mockery

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42January 27, 2026 · 17 min readTesting

Pest PHP 3 New Features: Architectural Testing & Mutation

Covers Pest 3's new architectural assertions, built-in mutation testing, how it compares with Infection PHP, and snapshot testing support.

PHP
Pest
Testing
Architecture Testing

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43January 10, 2026 · 17 min readCore PHP

PHP 9.0 Preview: What's Coming and How to Prepare Your

Early look at PHP 9.0 planned changes - removal of deprecated features, new syntax proposals, and migration path from 8.x.

PHP
PHP 9.0
Migration
Core PHP

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44December 3, 2025 · 16 min readLaravel

Laravel Volt & Folio: Single-File Components

Explores Laravel Folio's file-based routing and Volt's single-file Livewire components for rapid full-stack PHP development.

Laravel
Livewire
Volt
Folio

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45November 19, 2025 · 18 min readPerformance

PHP Rate Limiting Strategies: Token Bucket, Sliding Window

Implements three rate-limiting algorithms in PHP with Redis, covering distributed locking, graceful degradation, and HTTP 429 responses.

PHP
Redis
Rate Limiting
Performance

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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.
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