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"https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-building-cli-tools-php-symfony-console-component/blog-building-cli-tools-php-symfony-console-component-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Forking as a Feature: How Disagreement Drives Innovation in Open Source", "url": "/blog/forking-as-a-feature-how-disagreement-drives-innovation-in-open-source", "description": "Reframes the fork not as a failure of community but as a vital mechanism - exploring famous forks like MariaDB, LibreOffice, and Node/io.js and what they produced.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Open Source Forks Governance MariaDB LibreOffice Node.js Forking as a Feature: How Disagreement Drives Innovation in Open Source Reframes the fork not as a failure of community but as a vital mechanism - exploring famous forks like MariaDB, LibreOffice, and Node/io.js and what they produced.", "category": "Open Source", "tags": [ "Open Source", "Forks", "Governance", "MariaDB", "LibreOffice", "Node.js" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": 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"https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-automated-testing-pyramid-php-unit-integration-e2e-pest/blog-automated-testing-pyramid-php-unit-integration-e2e-pest-1200.webp" }, { "title": "The Object-Oriented Revolution: How OOP Changed the Mental Model of an Entire Industry", "url": "/blog/the-object-oriented-revolution-how-oop-changed-the-mental-model-of-an-entire-industry", "description": "Examines how object-oriented thinking transformed software design in the 1990s and how its dominance shaped - and occasionally distorted - the way developers model every problem.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Language Evolution Object-Oriented Programming OOP Software Design Programming Paradigms The Object-Oriented Revolution: How OOP Changed the Mental Model of an Entire Industry Examines how object-oriented thinking transformed software design in the 1990s and how its dominance shaped - and occasionally distorted - the way developers model every problem.", "category": "Language Evolution", "tags": [ "Language Evolution", "Object-Oriented Programming", "OOP", "Software Design", "Programming Paradigms" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-building-php-sdk-http-client-abstraction-retries-test-fakes/blog-building-php-sdk-http-client-abstraction-retries-test-fakes-1200.webp" }, { "title": "The YAGNI Principle in Practice: Shipping Simple Code That Lasts", "url": "/blog/yagni-principle-practice-shipping-simple-code-lasts", "description": "Practical guide to You Aren't Gonna Need It - recognizing speculative features in code review, and techniques for deferring decisions safely.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Engineering YAGNI Simplicity Code Review Refactoring The YAGNI Principle in Practice: Shipping Simple Code That Lasts Practical guide to You Aren't Gonna Need It - recognizing speculative features in code review, and techniques for deferring decisions safely.", "category": "Engineering", "tags": [ "Engineering", "YAGNI", "Simplicity", "Code Review", "Refactoring" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-building-crud-apis-laravel-sanctum-authentication-2021/blog-building-crud-apis-laravel-sanctum-authentication-2021-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Configuring Linux Audit System: auditd Rules, Reports & Compliance", "url": "/blog/configuring-linux-audit-system-auditd-rules-reports-compliance", "description": "Sets up auditd with custom rules for file access, privilege escalation, and network-related syscalls, then generates aureport reports for compliance audits.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Security Linux auditd auditctl aureport Compliance Configuring Linux Audit System: auditd Rules, Reports & Compliance Sets up auditd with custom rules for file access, privilege escalation, and network-related syscalls, then generates aureport reports for compliance audits.", "category": "Security", "tags": [ "Linux", "Security", "auditd", "auditctl", "aureport", "Compliance" ], "updated": "2026-05-07", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-building-multi-tenant-saas-apps-laravel-architecture-tenancy-strategies/blog-building-multi-tenant-saas-apps-laravel-architecture-tenancy-strategies-1200.webp" }, { "title": "The Debugging Notebook: Why Writing Down Your Hypotheses Makes You Faster", "url": "/blog/debugging-notebook-why-writing-down-hypotheses-makes-you-faster", "description": "Makes the case for keeping a live debugging journal - recording what you tried, what you ruled out, and what you suspect to prevent circular thinking.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Debugging PHP Troubleshooting Incident Response Engineering Process The Debugging Notebook: Why Writing Down Your Hypotheses Makes You Faster Makes the case for keeping a live debugging journal - recording what you tried, what you ruled out, and what you suspect to prevent circular thinking.", "category": "Debugging", "tags": [ "PHP", "Debugging", "Troubleshooting", "Incident Response", "Engineering Process" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-building-crud-apis-laravel-sanctum-authentication-2021/blog-building-crud-apis-laravel-sanctum-authentication-2021-1200.webp" }, { "title": "PHP Encryption Best Practices: AES-256, Libsodium & Secure Key Management", "url": "/blog/php-encryption-best-practices-aes-256-libsodium-secure-key-management", "description": "Shows proper symmetric and asymmetric encryption, key rotation, and envelope encryption using PHP's sodium extension.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Security PHP Encryption Libsodium Key Management PHP Encryption Best Practices: AES-256, Libsodium & Secure Key Management Shows proper symmetric and asymmetric encryption, key rotation, and envelope encryption using PHP's sodium extension.", "category": "Security", "tags": [ "PHP", "Security", "Encryption", "Libsodium", "Key Management" ], "updated": 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Modules", "modprobe", "Secure Boot", "C", "Administration" ], "updated": "2026-05-07", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-integrating-stripe-payments-laravel-subscriptions-webhooks-guide/blog-integrating-stripe-payments-laravel-subscriptions-webhooks-guide-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Using a Debugger Properly: Breakpoints, Watch Expressions & Call Stack Inspection", "url": "/blog/using-debugger-properly-breakpoints-watch-expressions-call-stack-inspection", "description": "Goes beyond print statements to teach conditional breakpoints, logpoints, memory inspection, and stepping strategies in modern debugger tooling.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Debugging PHP Xdebug Breakpoints Tooling Using a Debugger Properly: Breakpoints, Watch Expressions & Call Stack Inspection Goes beyond print statements to teach conditional breakpoints, logpoints, memory inspection, and stepping strategies in modern debugger tooling.", "category": "Debugging", "tags": [ "PHP", "Debugging", "Xdebug", "Breakpoints", "Tooling" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-composer-best-practices-autoloading-version-constraints-monorepos/blog-composer-best-practices-autoloading-version-constraints-monorepos-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Laravel Octane: Turbocharged PHP With Swoole & RoadRunner in Production", "url": "/blog/laravel-octane-turbocharged-php-swoole-roadrunner-production", "description": "Explains how Octane boots your app once per worker, covers stateful pitfalls, memory leaks, and production deployment considerations.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Laravel Laravel Octane Swoole RoadRunner Performance Laravel Octane: Turbocharged PHP With Swoole & RoadRunner in Production Explains how Octane boots your app once per worker, covers stateful pitfalls, memory leaks, and production deployment considerations.", "category": "Laravel", "tags": [ "Laravel", "Laravel Octane", "Swoole", "RoadRunner", "Performance" ], 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PHP", "Type System", "Migration" ], "updated": "2026-05-07", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-database-indexing-strategies-php-apps-b-trees-full-text-composite/blog-database-indexing-strategies-php-apps-b-trees-full-text-composite-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Hardening Linux SSH: 2FA With Google Authenticator & Certificate Auth", "url": "/blog/hardening-linux-ssh-2fa-google-authenticator-certificate-auth", "description": "Implements SSH two-factor authentication with the Google Authenticator PAM module and OpenSSH certificate authority authentication for controlled server access.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Security Linux SSH OpenSSH MFA Certificates Hardening Linux SSH: 2FA With Google Authenticator & Certificate Auth Implements SSH two-factor authentication with the Google Authenticator PAM module and OpenSSH certificate authority authentication for controlled server access.", "category": "Security", "tags": [ "Linux", "SSH", "OpenSSH", "Security", 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Evolution", "Laravel", "PHP", "Eloquent", "Developer Experience", "Frameworks" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-api-versioning-in-php-strategies-url-paths-header-based-approaches/blog-api-versioning-in-php-strategies-url-paths-header-based-approaches-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Apps in Laravel: Architecture & Tenancy Strategies", "url": "/blog/building-multi-tenant-saas-apps-laravel-architecture-tenancy-strategies", "description": "Compares single-database, multi-database, and schema-based tenancy with practical code for middleware, scoping, and data isolation.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Laravel SaaS Multi Tenancy Architecture Database Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Apps in Laravel: Architecture & Tenancy Strategies Compares single-database, multi-database, and schema-based tenancy with practical code for middleware, scoping, and data isolation.", "category": "Laravel", "tags": [ "Laravel", "SaaS", 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"updated": "2026-05-07", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-composer-best-practices-autoloading-version-constraints-monorepos/blog-composer-best-practices-autoloading-version-constraints-monorepos-1200.webp" }, { "title": "Memory Leaks and Infinite Loops: Debugging the Bugs That Hide in Plain Sight", "url": "/blog/memory-leaks-infinite-loops-debugging-bugs-hide-plain-sight", "description": "Methodical approach to diagnosing memory leaks and infinite loops - profiler usage, heap snapshots, watchdog timers, and systematic reproduction steps.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Debugging PHP Memory Leaks Profiling Reliability Memory Leaks and Infinite Loops: Debugging the Bugs That Hide in Plain Sight Methodical approach to diagnosing memory leaks and infinite loops - profiler usage, heap snapshots, watchdog timers, and systematic reproduction steps.", "category": "Debugging", "tags": [ "PHP", "Debugging", "Memory Leaks", "Profiling", "Reliability" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": "https://andrej.prus.dev/assets/images/optimized/blog-database-indexing-strategies-php-apps-b-trees-full-text-composite/blog-database-indexing-strategies-php-apps-b-trees-full-text-composite-1200.webp" }, { "title": "The Art of Knowing What to Delete: Elegance Through Subtraction", "url": "/blog/art-knowing-what-delete-elegance-through-subtraction", "description": "Shows how the most impactful refactors remove code rather than add it - dead branches, redundant layers, and abstractions that outlived their purpose.", "type": "post", "keywords": "Engineering Refactoring Simplicity Dead Code Code Quality The Art of Knowing What to Delete: Elegance Through Subtraction Shows how the most impactful refactors remove code rather than add it - dead branches, redundant layers, and abstractions that outlived their purpose.", "category": "Engineering", "tags": [ "Engineering", "Refactoring", "Simplicity", "Dead Code", "Code Quality" ], "updated": "2026-05-08", "image": 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