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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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ChatGPT and Laravel

Leave a Comment / Coding / AJB / March 4, 2023 / ChatGPT, Guide, laravel, PHP

Did you know you can use #ChatGPT to generate #laravel code? As I work to explore AI and what it can do, I’ve created a Server provider using the AI. In this example, you can see the prompts and the responses from ChatGPT. It’s pretty amazing.

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Speaking at Laracon EU

Leave a Comment / Coding / AJB / January 21, 2021 / laracon, laravel, speaking, work

I’m very excited to share that I will be speaking at Laracon EU 2021 from January 18th-22nd, 2021 and cannot wait to (virtually) see everyone at the event. I will be discussing Choreography vs Orchestration in serverless microservices using Laravel. About Laracon EU Laracon EU hosts multiple annual conferences which are the main gathering of

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Aloha Goodbye Kohana Framework

Coding / AJB / March 15, 2015 / Kohana, laravel, PHP

It’s with a heavy heart that we must begin to phase out Kohana Framework from our projects. We will be migrating all current project and all future projects to a newer, more supported framework: Laravel. That is all. A About Kohana Koseven was an elegant, open source, and object-oriented HMVC framework built using PHP7, by

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