Mobile Development
Jul 11, 2026
Flutter State Management: Provider, Bloc, and Riverpod
Minimal working examples for Provider, Bloc, and Riverpod—plus when to graduate and how I think about testing.
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Jul 19, 2026
Why Laravel Is My Primary Backend Stack (Docs, Trust, and Supply-Chain Reality)
I default to Laravel for backends because the docs are excellent, the core stack is mostly first-party, and my dependency tree stays easier to reason about than a typical npm micro-package pile—without pretending PHP is immune to supply-chain attacks.
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Mobile Development
Laravel
Jul 09, 2026
Building RESTful APIs with Laravel the Way I Ship Them
Follow-along Sanctum API: versioned routes, Form Requests, API Resources, policies, pagination, and error shapes Flutter can handle.
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WordPress
Jul 07, 2026
WordPress Security: The Basics I Actually Enforce
An actionable WordPress hardening checklist—updates, plugins, 2FA, backups, permissions—and when I recommend moving to Laravel instead.
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System Administration
Jul 05, 2026
Docker for Development: Fewer “Works on My Machine” Days
A real Compose sketch for Laravel (app, MySQL, Redis), DB_HOST gotchas, Sail vs plain Compose, and dev vs production discipline.
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System Administration
Jul 03, 2026
Optimizing MySQL for Laravel Apps: Indexes First
Find slow queries, EXPLAIN them, add the right indexes, fix Eloquent habits, and only then tune server knobs.
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Web Development
Jul 01, 2026
Modern JavaScript I Still Use With a Laravel Backend
Vite + Alpine patterns I actually use with Laravel, the ES features that matter, and npm lockfile hygiene.
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