PHP Traits: When to Use Them (and Why to Avoid Them)
Complete guide to PHP traits: what they are, what changed in PHP 8.0–8.3, why they violate SOLID principles, and why Dependency Injection is the better alternative.
PHP & Software Engineering Blog
Articles about PHP, software architecture, algorithms and more.
Data Transformation with Benthos (now Redpanda Connect)
Benthos - now Redpanda Connect - is a stream processor for data transformation. Learn the input/pipeline/output model, Bloblang, and a real AWS S3 example.
Passwords and Managers: My Very Own Story
Introducing Keestash, my own password manager as a Software-as-a-Service product. Keestash is free and Open Source.
Migrating to Laminas (Zend Framework): A Practical Guide
Practical guide to migrating PHP applications to Laminas and Mezzio: PSR compliance, module structure, Guzzle builder pattern, ConfigProvider caching, and PSR-7 stream pitfalls.
Scalable System Design: Design a Contact Tracing System
In this post, I want to address scalable system design and how to grow a system while it's user base grows.
Homeserver Management with Linux and Puppet
I set up a home server and manage it with puppet. This blog summarizes the setup step by step and shows my learnings.
Brushing Up My Computer Science Skills: A Deep(er) Dive
This blog post is part of preparation for a computer science interview in big tech. Summarizing my computer science skills in a blog post.
Mastering a MySQL 5.7 Migration Successfully
A brief summary of how to migrate large databases to MySQL 5.7 and steps upgrading MySQL while keeping production up and running.
PHPAlgorithms 1.0.0 is there
PHPAlgorithms is released in version 1.0.0. Read about the improvements and breaking changes for this stable release.
PHP Exceptions and the Stacktrace
A feature that a colleague and me were developing has caused us to stumble across an interesting and edge case problem with PHP exceptions.