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Visitor Pattern



"The Visitor Pattern isn't used often. This is because there are few situations in which it is applicable or even makes sense. However, it's a nice pattern to know and to have in your tool belt when the time comes. Let's look at how this pattern can be applied in a PHP environment."

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Installing xdebug for use on remote server

Installing xdebug for use on remote server

I used instructions found in the PHPStorm docs with the xdebug3 set of code. I’m just going to mention some specifics that aren’t listed in the PHPStorm docs or that I found particularly key. Setting up an SSH tunnel https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/remote-debugging-via-ssh-tunnel.html#set-up-an-ssh-tunnel-to-the-remote-machine This sets up a way for your remote server to talk to your local computer. … Continued

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The Law of Leaky Abstractions



"There’s a key piece of magic in the engineering of the Internet which you rely on every single day. It happens in the TCP protocol, one of the fundamental building blocks of the Internet. TCP is a way to transmit data that is reliable."

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A Beginner’s Guide to SvelteKit



"SvelteKit is an officially supported framework, built around Svelte. It adds key features to a Svelte app — such as routing, layouts and server-side rendering — and makes front-end development outrageously simple."

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"We’re excited to announce Cloudflare R2 Storage! By giving developers the ability to store large amounts of unstructured data, we’re expanding what’s possible with Cloudflare while slashing the egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services to zero."
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The F# Society



"Local artists from BOP STOP!!! The Bop Stop at The Music Settlement is Cleveland's premier listening room: an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie."

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Set a Max Execution Time in Your MYSQL Query

Sometimes I need to run a long query. Or sometimes when running one using TablePlus and it is taking a long time the kill process doesn’t always work. You can set a timeout with this syntax in your select /*+ MAX_EXECUTION_TIME(2000) */. The time is in milliseconds. This is a part of the mysql optimizer … Continued