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Framework internals, packages, and patterns for building maintainable backends.
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Reader Stacks
Tutorials and guides on PHP, Laravel, Angular, Flutter, DevOps, and application security.
What we cover
Frontend
Angular, Flutter, and the day-to-day of shipping interfaces that hold up.
DevOps
Deployment, tooling, and the operational side of running real applications.
Security
Vulnerability roundups and practical fixes for the issues that actually get exploited.
Latest tutorials
Laravel
Creating Reusable Blade Components in Laravel
php artisan make:component, passing data as props, and the difference between a class-backed component and an anonymous view-only one.
Laravel
Writing Raw SQL Queries in Laravel Safely
When a raw query is actually justified over Eloquent, and why parameter binding — not string concatenation — is the difference between a raw query and a SQL injection bug.
Laravel
Appending URL Query Parameters to Laravel Pagination Links
By default Laravel pagination links drop your filter/sort query params on page 2+. Here is how to keep them with appends() or withQueryString().
Laravel
Enabling and Disabling Debug Mode in Laravel
APP_DEBUG in .env, why it must always be false in production, and what actually leaks when it is left on by mistake.
Laravel
How to Print the Raw SQL Query in Laravel Eloquent
toSql(), getBindings(), and DB::listen() — the difference between seeing the query shape and seeing the actual query that ran, bindings included.
Laravel
Getting the Current URL in a Laravel Blade File
url()->current(), request()->fullUrl(), and route()->currentRouteName() — the difference between the URL, the route name, and the query string, and when each one is the right check.
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