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Why “Smart” Code Can Be a Fool’s Errand: A Laravel Developer’s Guide

Leave a Comment / Coding / AJB / September 24, 2024 / best practices, code maintenance, code quality, custom code, developer efficiency, frameworks, laravel, maintainability, overengineering, performance issues, project success, readability, security risks, software engineering

One of the worst issues I encounter with software engineers is the insistence on writing custom code when using frameworks like Laravel. Often, developers aim to be “clever” or “smart,” but it frequently results in a broken solution. Please resist this practice. Here are 9 reasons why: 1. Reinventing the Wheel: Frameworks offer standardized workflows […]

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MySQL Best Practices

Database operations often tend to be the main bottleneck for most web applications today. As programmers need to do our part by structuring tables properly, writing optimized queries and better code. Table Names By convention, the “snake case” in lowercase (no PascalCase – we’re not using Microsoft SQL Server here!), plural name of the class will